Finn Gold Cup 1990 to 1996

35. Gold Cup 1990

Porto Carras, Greece, July 5-15

105 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