35. Gold Cup 1990
Porto Carras, Greece, July 5-15105 entries from 25 countries The Canadians almost cleaned up in 1990 with only Lasse Hjortnäs and Eric Mergenthaler stopping a 1,2,3 for Canada. After losing the Gold Cup in the last race of the 1989 event, Mexican Eric Mergenthaler was out to win. He moved into the lead after five races and going into the last race was 19 points clear of Hank Lammens and 34 points clear of Larry Lemieux. However he also had a DSQ in race 2 for pumping, so could not afford a bad result in the final race. As it turned out he was 48th at the gybe mark, pulled back to 31st after the second beat and eventually finished 34th. But it wasn’t enough. Lammens finished 13th and Lemieux 3rd, which dropped Mergenthaler to 3rd overall. It was the first time that a Canadian had won a Finn Gold Cup and they had three boats in the top five as well. Anders Lundmark, who had lead at the first mark four times during the week finally won the last race and ended up 7th overall.
Final Results Gold Cup 1990
1.
|
Hank Lammens
|
KC 19
|
75.7
|
2.
|
Lawrence Lemieux
|
KC 201
|
77.4
|
3.
|
Eric Mergenthaler
|
MX 33
|
77.7
|
4.
|
Lasse Hjortnäs
|
D 143
|
87.7
|
5.
|
Mike Milner
|
KC 4
|
97.7
|
6.
|
Kiko Villalonga
|
E 106
|
99.7
|
7.
|
Anders Lundmark
|
S 700
|
107.7
|
8.
|
Alex Cutler
|
US 1044
|
107.7
|
9.
|
Philipp Malte
|
DDR 25
|
113.0
|
10.
|
Dirk Löwe
|
DDR 16
|
140.4
|
11.
|
Simon Gorman
|
KA 175
|
146.0
|
12.
|
Fredrik Lööf
|
S 684
|
149.0
|
13.
|
Enrico Passoni
|
I 722
|
161.0
|
14.
|
Joaquin Blanco
|
E 179
|
169.0
|
15.
|
Jeremy Fanstone
|
K 498
|
171.0
|
16.
|
Stig Westergaard
|
D 155
|
171.0
|
17.
|
Gordie Anderson
|
KC 171
|
175.0
|
18.
|
Toni Poncell
|
E 12
|
178.5
|
19.
|
Yuri Tokovoi
|
SR 21
|
180.7
|
20.
|
Hans Spitzauer
|
OE 218
|
181.0
|
21.
|
Brian Ledbetter
|
US 1080
|
182.0
|
22.
|
Richard Clarke
|
KC 11
|
184.0
|
23.
|
Alexander Rinne
|
G 1912
|
207.0
|
24.
|
Oleg Khoperski
|
SR 14
|
209.0
|
25.
|
Thomas Schmid
|
G 1903
|
211.0
|
26.
|
Mats Caap
|
S 718
|
218.4
|
27.
|
Armando Ortolano
|
GR 211
|
221.7
|
28.
|
Tim Tavinor
|
K 521
|
225.0
|
29.
|
Peter Aldag
|
G 1920
|
226.8
|
30.
|
Maciej Skibski
|
PZ 75
|
229.0
|
31.
|
Otto Strandvig
|
D 146
|
237.0
|
32.
|
Nick Jako
|
KC 13
|
240.0
|
33.
|
David Drappeau
|
F 758
|
242.0
|
34.
|
Lauri Rechardt
|
L 185
|
250.0
|
35.
|
Attila Szilvàssy
|
M 211
|
250.0
|
36.
|
Arif Gürdenli
|
TK 211
|
251.0
|
37.
|
A Papantoniou
|
GR 205
|
264.0
|
38.
|
Haluk Babacan
|
TK 52
|
264.0
|
39.
|
Ville Aalto-Setala
|
L 198
|
266.0
|
40.
|
Gerd Griegel
|
G 1711
|
268.8
|
36. Gold Cup 1991
Kingston, Canada, August 22-September 2 96 entries from 21 countries Defending Champion Hank Lammens opened the series with a win and apart from one bad race was always in the leading bunch and took the title by 10.7 points. The weather conditions were very variable and provided some of the windiest conditions of recent Gold Cups. Lammens led until the sixth race, until a string of good results brought Fredrik Lööf into the top spot going in the last day. Any of four boats could have taken the Gold Cup on the last day. Lööf was leading the score sheet, but Lammens, Brian Ledbetter and Oleg Khoperski could also win, but all had already got a bad result, so they couldn’t afford another one. Lööf started badly and was out of it from the start. Lammens won the race to be sure of his second consecutive Gold Cup. Ledbetter was third to finish runner up and Khoperski was seventh in the race to take third overall.
Final Results Gold Cup 1991
1.
|
Hank Lammens
|
KC 19
|
46.7
|
2.
|
Brian Ledbetter
|
US 1080
|
57.4
|
3.
|
Oleg Khoperski
|
SR 14
|
77.7
|
4.
|
Fredrik Lööf
|
S 684
|
80.7
|
5.
|
Stuart Childerley
|
K 503
|
96.0
|
6.
|
Stig Westergaard
|
D 165
|
106.0
|
7.
|
Xavier Rohart
|
F 748
|
109.0
|
8.
|
François le Castrec
|
F 749
|
115.0
|
9.
|
Lawrence Lemieux
|
KC 201
|
118.0
|
10.
|
Anders Lundmark
|
S 700
|
120.0
|
11.
|
Hans Spitzauer
|
OE 218
|
120.0
|
12.
|
Glenn Bourke
|
KA 182
|
123.0
|
13.
|
Eric Mergenthaler
|
MX 33
|
128.0
|
14.
|
Richard Clarke
|
KC 11
|
129.0
|
15.
|
Dirk Löwe
|
G 14
|
129.0
|
16.
|
Yuri Tokovoi
|
SR 21
|
145.0
|
17.
|
Michael Fellmann
|
G 1916
|
153.0
|
18.
|
Malte Philipp
|
G 25
|
161.0
|
19.
|
Thomas Schmid
|
G 93
|
164.0
|
20.
|
Peter Aldag
|
G 1920
|
167.0
|
21.
|
Mark Herrmann
|
US 1026
|
172.0
|
22.
|
Kiko Villalonga
|
E 106
|
178.0
|
23.
|
Craig Monk
|
KZ 237
|
181.0
|
24.
|
Mats Caap
|
S 718
|
182.0
|
25.
|
Alec Cutler
|
US 1044
|
183.0
|
26.
|
Luca Devoti
|
I 789
|
186.0
|
27.
|
David Himmell
|
US 1066
|
186.0
|
28.
|
Otto Strandvig
|
D 146
|
192.0
|
29.
|
Richard Byron
|
US 1060
|
197.0
|
30.
|
Mike Milner
|
KC 4
|
199.0
|
31.
|
Richard Lott
|
K 484
|
200.0
|
32.
|
Philippe Presti
|
F 762
|
202.0
|
37. Gold Cup 1992
Cadiz, Spain, May 7-17 94 entries from 32 countries The 1998 Gold Cup was held in Cadiz as part of the Mundo Vela ‘92, a series of sailing events involving Olympic classes and offshore racers to commemorate the discovery of America by Columbus. At the opening ceremony, Vice President (Sailing) Björn Westergaard, reminded everyone that long before Columbus ‘discovered’ the Americas, a Dane called Eric the Viking had landed there. After two light weather races, the first being won by Oleg Khoperski and the second being won by 57 year old Gus Miller, the wind arrived. Peter Aldag won the third race in strong winds. A day was then lost because the wind was too strong, and then Craig Monk won the windy 4th race. Two races were sailed on the last day. The first went to Xavier Rohart. Craig Monk was leading after five races, but a protest from the jury about his black bands in race 5 affected him so much he dropped out of the last race and applied for average points. In the race Eric Mergenthaler was now the favourite, but his boom broke halfway up the final beat. This meant that either Glenn Bourke or Hans Spitzauer could win if they did well enough - but they didn’t and Brian Ledbetter won the race. Monk’s protest was disallowed and the jury penalised him with a DND which dropped him to 19th overall. This meant that Eric Mergenthaler had finally won the Finn Gold Cup.
Final Results Gold Cup 1992
1.
|
Eric Mergenthaler
|
MX 33
|
61.7
|
2.
|
Glenn Bourke
|
KA 182
|
64.7
|
3.
|
Hans Spitzauer
|
OE 218
|
65.0
|
4.
|
Brian Ledbetter
|
US 1080
|
74.0
|
5.
|
Peter Aldag
|
G 1920
|
82.7
|
6.
|
Hank Lammens
|
KC 19
|
83.7
|
7.
|
Xavier Rohart
|
F 748
|
92.0
|
8.
|
Björn Westergaard
|
D 165
|
102.0
|
9.
|
Oleg Khoperski
|
IYRU 14
|
104.0
|
10.
|
Stuart Childerley
|
K 503
|
106.0
|
11.
|
Christoph Bergmann
|
BL 87
|
109.0
|
12.
|
Stig Westergaard
|
D 155
|
109.7
|
13.
|
Armando Ortolano
|
GR 1
|
110.0
|
14.
|
Lasse Hjortnäs
|
D 143
|
114.0
|
15.
|
Jali Makila
|
L 212
|
114.7
|
16.
|
Enrico Passoni
|
I 722
|
131.0
|
17.
|
Anders Lundmark
|
S 700
|
131.7
|
18.
|
Fredrik Lööf
|
S 684
|
132.0
|
19.
|
Craig Monk
|
KZ 237
|
135.7
|
20.
|
Jeremy Fanstone
|
K 498
|
140.0
|
21.
|
Michael Fellmann
|
G 1916
|
144.0
|
22.
|
José van der Ploeg
|
E 105
|
144.0
|
23.
|
Emanuele Vaccari
|
I 727
|
147.7
|
24.
|
Alexander Rinne
|
G 31
|
148.0
|
25.
|
Dirk Löwe
|
G 14
|
149.0
|
26.
|
Othmar M v Blumencron
|
Z 418
|
152.0
|
27.
|
Philippe Presti
|
F 762
|
152.0
|
28.
|
Luca Devoti
|
I 789
|
156.7
|
29.
|
Bart Zielhuis
|
H 544
|
161.7
|
30.
|
Jürgen Knuth
|
G 11
|
171.0
|
31.
|
Arif Gürdenli
|
TK 211
|
173.0
|
32.
|
Gerd Griegel
|
G 71
|
176.0
|
38. Gold Cup 1993
Bangor, Northern Ireland, July 9-19 61 entries from 19 countries No one managed to win more than one race, the overall results saw a different leader after each race and the overall winner Philippe Presti didn’t win a single race. The racing was very close and for the first time in many years a variety of hulls filled the top positions (4 different hulls in top 5). In addition, carbon masts were starting to be used (Lööf and Westergaard). After six races Roy Heiner was leading but with only 6.25 points separating the top 5 places it was all down to the last race. Heiner went the wrong way and ended up 12th. Spitzauer dropped out with gear failure, so now it was down to three. At the last mark Presti in the new Devoti hull was 3rd, Lööf 4th and Richard Clarke sailing the new boat from Larry Lemieux was 5th. Lööf passed Presti but needed to pass one more boat to take the title. But it wasn’t to be. Lööf finished 3rd, and Presti crossed the line 4th, less than half a meter ahead of Clarke. Philippe Presti had won and again Fredrik Lööf would have to wait another year.
Final Results Gold Cup 1993
1.
|
Philippe Presti
|
FRA 762
|
28.00
|
2.
|
Fredrik Lööf
|
SWE 7
|
28.75
|
3.
|
Richard Clarke
|
CAN 11
|
34.00
|
4.
|
Roy Heiner
|
NED 638
|
34.75
|
5.
|
Hans Spitzauer
|
AUT 1
|
35.00
|
6.
|
Hank Lammens
|
CAN 19
|
37.00
|
7.
|
Jali Makila
|
FIN 1
|
47.75
|
8.
|
Othmar M v Blumencron
|
SUI 1
|
49.75
|
9.
|
Stig Westergaard
|
DEN 155
|
58.75
|
10.
|
Mark Herrmann
|
USA 1026
|
60.00
|
11.
|
Will Martin
|
USA 1132
|
66.00
|
12.
|
Anders Lundmark
|
SWE 699
|
70.00
|
13.
|
Craig Monk
|
NZL 237
|
71.75
|
14.
|
Xavier Rohart
|
FRA 778
|
101.00
|
15.
|
Michael Fellmann
|
GER 79
|
102.00
|
16.
|
David Shelton
|
USA 1109
|
104.00
|
17.
|
Mark Lammens
|
CAN 9
|
106.00
|
18.
|
Luca Devoti
|
ITA 789
|
108.75
|
19.
|
Mauro Fioretto
|
ITA 791
|
116.00
|
20.
|
Ville Aalto-Setala
|
FIN 2
|
122.00
|
21.
|
Darrell Peck
|
USA 1081
|
124.00
|
39. Gold Cup 1994
Pärnu, Estonia, August 12-21 69 entries from 23 countries After being the first Olympic class to sail its World Championships in Northern Ireland in 1993, the Finns again found an unconventional place to sail the Gold Cup. Just over 100km away from the site of the 1980 Olympic regatta in Tallinn, the Finns found beautiful sailing water with good winds and good racing: one of the best Gold Cups ever was the unanimous verdict. The weather started wet and windy and ended with more moderate conditions. No sailor won more than one race and the racing was tight until the end. Fredrik Lööf had twice lost the Gold Cup on the last day. This time he took the lead after day two, won race four and then taking each day as it came maintained his points lead over Hank Lammens. Half way through the last race, Lammens had the lead with Lööf in 10th, enough for Lammens to win his 3rd Gold Cup. But José Maria van de Ploeg went more to one side and took the lead. Lööf fought back to 7th while Lammens slipped to 3rd. It was enough for Fredrik Lööf to win the Gold Cup for the first time.
Final Results Gold Cup 1994
1.
|
Fredrik Lööf
|
SWE 7
|
21.75
|
2.
|
Hank Lammens
|
CAN 19
|
24.75
|
3.
|
José Maria van der Ploeg
|
ESP 105
|
28.75
|
4.
|
Hans Spitzauer
|
AUT 1
|
30.00
|
5.
|
Richard Clarke
|
CAN 11
|
32.75
|
6.
|
Craig Monk
|
NZL 237
|
38.75
|
7.
|
Dirk Löwe
|
GER 14
|
48.00
|
8.
|
Philippe Presti
|
FRA 762
|
57.75
|
9.
|
Othmar M v Blumencron
|
SUI 1
|
65.00
|
10.
|
Xavier Rohart
|
FRA 778
|
77.75
|
11.
|
Michael Maier
|
CZE 304
|
88.00
|
12.
|
Lawrence Lemieux
|
CAN 201
|
93.00
|
13.
|
Mateusz Kusznierewicz
|
POL 17
|
101.00
|
14.
|
Dominik Zycki
|
POL 4
|
102.00
|
15.
|
Sebastien Godefroid
|
BEL 7
|
107.00
|
16.
|
Darrell Peck
|
USA 1081
|
120.00
|
17.
|
David Shelton
|
USA 1137
|
131.00
|
18.
|
Michael Fellmann
|
GER 79
|
133.00
|
19.
|
Jali Makila
|
FIN 1
|
134.00
|
20.
|
Philippe Rogge
|
BEL 2
|
134.00
|
21.
|
Mauro Fioretto
|
ITA 781
|
136.00
|
22.
|
John Driscoll
|
IRL 1
|
137.00
|
23.
|
Robert Eric Oetgen
|
USA 1087
|
142.00
|
24.
|
Will Martin
|
USA 1182
|
143.00
|
25.
|
Kalle Akerson
|
SWE 700
|
145.00
|
26.
|
Mark Lammens
|
CAN 9
|
154.00
|
27.
|
Igor Tkachuk
|
UKR 119
|
159.00
|
28.
|
Paul McKenzie
|
AUS 165
|
160.00
|
29.
|
James Lyne
|
GBR 534
|
164.00
|
30.
|
Andre Budzien
|
GER 70
|
164.00
|
40. Gold Cup 1995
Melbourne, Australia, January 9-15 65 entries from 23 countries The 40th Finn Gold Cup was hosted by Black Rock Yacht Club, an off-the-beach dinghy club on Port Phillip. With the exception of Denmark and the Netherlands every Finn country with medal potential had sent its top sailors. Competition was therefore fierce. After conditions ranged from no wind to 25 knots during the first six races, the championship reached its climax with Hans Spitzauer leading defending champion Fredrik Lööf and Philippe Presti just 2 points further back. With no race possible after 3 pm and no wind at 2:45, everyone was convinced that there would be no race. But the wind kicked in and the start gun was fired at 2:59. With the biased line, the boats at the pin were over and a general recall was fired. So, Hans Spitzauer won the Gold Cup as they couldn’t make another start. Spitzauer didn’t win a race but his series score of 7, 2, 2, 2, 8, 4 was consistent enough to win by the smallest of margins. Fleet depth was also shown once more by the fact that the top 14 sailors came from 12 different countries.
Final Results Gold Cup 1995
1.
|
Hans Spitzauer
|
AUT 1
|
17.00
|
2.
|
Fredrik Lööf
|
SWE 7
|
17.75
|
3.
|
Philippe Presti
|
FRA 762
|
19.75
|
4.
|
Richard Clarke
|
CAN 11
|
28.75
|
5.
|
Xavier Rohart
|
FRA 778
|
31.75
|
6.
|
Hank Lammens
|
CAN 19
|
36.00
|
7.
|
Michael Fellmann
|
GER 79
|
42.00
|
8.
|
Luca Devoti
|
ITA 789
|
44.00
|
9.
|
José Maria van der Ploeg
|
ESP 105
|
62.75
|
10.
|
Michael Maier
|
CZE 304
|
64.00
|
11.
|
Jali Makila
|
FIN 215
|
68.00
|
12.
|
Dean Barker
|
NZL 247
|
71.00
|
13.
|
Peter Theurer
|
SUI 2
|
72.00
|
14.
|
Karlo Kuret
|
CRO 110
|
74.00
|
15.
|
Leith Armit
|
NZL 241
|
85.00
|
16.
|
Othmar M v Blumencron
|
SUI 1
|
86.00
|
17.
|
Oleg Khoperski
|
RUS 21
|
88.0
|
18.
|
Paul McKenzie
|
AUS 208
|
99.0
|
19.
|
Andreas Buchert
|
GER 6
|
100.0
|
20.
|
Richard Stenhouse
|
GBR 540
|
101.0
|
21.
|
Larry Lemieux
|
CAN 201
|
103.0
|
22.
|
Dirk Löwe
|
GER 14
|
105.0
|
23.
|
Andre Budzien
|
GER 70
|
105.75
|
24.
|
Emanuele Vaccari
|
ITA 727
|
106.0
|
25.
|
Philippe Rogge
|
BEL 2
|
108.0
|
41. Gold Cup 1996
La Rochelle, France, May 1-10 71 entries from 27 countries For the first time ever the Finn Gold Cup was combined with the Finn World Masters to bring together nearly 200 Finns from all over the world. The winds were generally strong and as usual the Gold Cup was decided on the last beat of the last race. Initially it looked as if defending champion Hans Spitzauer was going to have it easy collecting a 2nd and two wins. Philippe Presti then scored a 1st and a 2nd, closing the gap. Day 6 saw two windy races both won by Luca Devoti, an achievement not equalled by any other Finn sailor for many years. Going into the last race Spitzauer was 0.25 points clear of Presti with Jali Makila, Karlo Kuret and Fredrik Lööf not far behind. Initially it looks as if the Gold Cup was going to Makila, but a big shift on the second beat brought Lööf and Presti back to the front. Lööf finally won the race with Presti in 5th and Spitzauer in 6th. Philippe Presti had done enough to win his second Finn Gold Cup.
Final Results Gold Cup 1996
1.
|
Philippe Presti
|
FRA 762
|
|
2.
|
Hans Spitzauer
|
AUT 1
|
|
3.
|
Fredrik Lööf
|
SWE 7
|
|
4.
|
Karlo Kuret
|
CRO 11
|
|
5.
|
Jali Makila
|
FIN 215
|
|
6.
|
Sebastien Godefroid
|
BEL 7
|
|
7.
|
Roy Heiner
|
NED
|
|
8.
|
Yuri Tokovoi
|
UKR 21
|
|
9.
|
Michael Maier
|
CZE 304
|
|
10.
|
Hank Lammens
|
CAN 19
|
|
11.
|
Oleg Khoperski
|
RUS 21
|
|
12.
|
Xavier Rohart
|
FRA 778
|
|
13.
|
John Driscoll
|
IRL 1
|
|
14.
|
Luca Devoti
|
ITA 789
|
|
15.
|
Richard Stenhouse
|
GBR 540
|
|
16.
|
Mateusz Kusznierewicz
|
POL 17
|
|
17.
|
Michael Fellmann
|
GER 79
|
|
18.
|
Thomas Schmid
|
GER
|
|
19.
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Richard Clarke
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CAN 11
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20.
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Peter Theurer
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SUI 440
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21.
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Paul McKenzie
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AUS 208
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22.
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Walter Riosa
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ITA 55
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23.
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Ian Ainslie
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RSA 1
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24.
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Dominik Zycki
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POL 4
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