1997 Finn World Masters - Cervia, Italy
1
|
ITA 1
|
W Gerz
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2
|
2
|
16
|
53
|
1
|
3
|
24
|
2
|
CAN 1
|
L Lemieux
|
1
|
1
|
DSQ
|
23
|
2
|
2
|
29
|
3
|
CRO 1
|
M Fabris
|
8
|
3
|
DSQ
|
21
|
6
|
4
|
42
|
4
|
ITA 784
|
B Catalan
|
6
|
11
|
53
|
1
|
14
|
12
|
44
|
5
|
GER 47
|
P Raderschadt
|
3
|
7
|
13
|
9
|
24
|
16
|
48
|
6
|
GER 3
|
W Mai
|
19
|
5
|
17
|
6
|
5
|
17
|
50
|
7
|
HUN 177
|
G Antal
|
9
|
9
|
8
|
67
|
19
|
7
|
52
|
8
|
ITA 82
|
R Bosetti
|
12
|
15
|
DSQ
|
13
|
8
|
11
|
59
|
9
|
CZE 8
|
J Outrata
|
7
|
4
|
24
|
91
|
18
|
9
|
62
|
10
|
AUT 2
|
K Schimitzek
|
14
|
19
|
DSQ
|
12
|
11
|
6
|
62
|
11
|
SWE 6
|
J Bjoernberg
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PMS
|
25
|
27
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
67
|
12
|
FRA 78
|
J P Gaston
|
11
|
21
|
33
|
68
|
3
|
1
|
69
|
13
|
GER 51
|
H Heide
|
16
|
10
|
32
|
7
|
25
|
20
|
78
|
14
|
NED 713
|
H De Jager
|
4
|
32
|
20
|
10
|
26
|
21
|
81
|
15
|
GER 10
|
E Biebritz
|
5
|
14
|
38
|
26
|
10
|
31
|
86
|
16
|
GER 39
|
K Erich
|
30
|
12
|
12
|
5
|
45
|
30
|
89
|
17
|
NED 717
|
A Schippets
|
18
|
28
|
5
|
117
|
27
|
15
|
93
|
18
|
CZE 318
|
M Plecity
|
10
|
13
|
DSQ
|
18
|
35
|
28
|
104
|
19
|
GER 44
|
A Lochbrunner
|
21
|
62
|
DSQ
|
14
|
9
|
10
|
116
|
20
|
NED 644
|
L Nodari
|
23
|
55
|
2
|
97
|
15
|
22
|
117
|
21
|
CRO 111
|
M V Damir
|
13
|
26
|
DSQ
|
48
|
13
|
18
|
118
|
22
|
SWE 7
|
M Brandt
|
22
|
51
|
3
|
40
|
28
|
29
|
122
|
23
|
GER 77
|
L Koepnick
|
50
|
24
|
19
|
29
|
42
|
13
|
127
|
24
|
NED 600
|
B Van Den
|
31
|
45
|
28
|
27
|
29
|
14
|
129
|
25
|
SUI 445
|
A Roost
|
28
|
17
|
23
|
19
|
44
|
54
|
131
|
26 AUT 210 W Schuster
27 CRO 110 L Cicarelli
28 GER 63 M Pandler
29 GER 49 H Klein
30 GER 68 W Balthasar
31 GER 66 R Balthasar
32 NED 711 E Scherzer
33 CZE 2 J Senkyr
34 GBR 534 R Cobb
35 CZE 7 V Cintl
36 GER 2071 R Boeckelt
37 GER 55 H Sondermann
38 GER 40 H Stammnitz
39 SUI 438 H Falzer
40 SWE 688 P Nilson
41 SWE 711 S Waldo
42 GER 48 M Poeschl
43 NED 712 K Kruyer
44 SUI 430 R Baumann
45 ITA 33 F Stefani
46 GER 122 H Herwig
47 GER 53 K Berg
48 ITA 84 P Pinzan
49 FRA 784 C Vanthier
50 GER 2033 D Ottlik
51 NED 690 M Kempkes
52 GER 62 S Loeffelmann
53 ITA 93 K Mair
54 NED 723 O Van Heusden
55 GER 34 D Borges
56 GER 1669 B Guenter
57 NED 716 J Van Altena
58 GER 159 D Ciesielski
59 HUN 14 P Sipos
60 FRA 777 J Matayer
61 GER 17 C Niehusen
62 ITA 37 P Visona
63 GER 42 J Fraft
64 GER 139 H Halbach
65 GBR 536 M Till
66 NED 605 R Bnerends
67 GER 281 M Dellas
68 CZE 479 G Antonin
69 SUI 454 A Baumann
71 GER 2222 R Lehnert
72 NED 625 B Huist
73 NED 598 N Boot
74 NED 639 H Van Der
75 SUI 409 M Nerbollier
76 GER 200 H Vetter
77 NED 587 B Kraan
78 GER 78 O Ebbeke
79 GER 1983 E Zopfs
80 GER 21 J Stahlberg
81 FRA 790 D Poissant
82 NED 698 H Saarnio
83 GER 701 D Goetz
84 GER 89 G Kellermann
86 GER 98 X Stephl
87 ITA 710 E Lanzoni
88 GER 94 P Schobert
89 SWE 717 B Bergman
90 GER 102 S Boehl
91 GER 103 B Thiele
92 GER 2099 H Wendel
93 GER 119 P Bronke
94 GER 1941 A Blum
95 GER 1714 P Gellert
96 ITA 88 M Giugni Umberto
97 GER 95 G Bollrath
98 GER 1884 O Kaeser
99 SUI 523 H Lehmann
100 FRA 776 P Pregre
101 GBR 509 M Camps
102 GER 2105 B Fischer
103 NED 697 R Sala Richard
104 CZE 9 S Frantisek Dasek
105 NED 624 G Van Wouedberg
106 GER 73 G Hopp
107 GER 1863 J Ott
108 GER 105 J Warnecke
109 GER 1777 U Dahlinger
110 GER 35 H Ehlers
111 GER 1966 M Thunn
112 GER 168 J Larsen
113 GER 1796 K Mayer
114 GER 131 H Schlick
115 GER 1790 F Bordes
116 NED 532 J Isselmann
117 GER 2031 M Rowenski
118 NED 682 N Van Brummelen
119 GER 234 J Griesser
120 GER 9 F Koch
121 GER 2055 J Mueck
122 GER 153 M Witte
123 FRA 764 B Michal
124 SUI 418 M Hunziker
125 GER 115 A Simon
126 GER 1851 K Licht
127 GER 2013 D Fehse
128 GER 20 C Donner
129 BEL 35 L Neve
130 FRA 742 G Vuillemey
130 GER 1760 M Mangei
Participants came from 13 nations with the largest contingent from Germany. The oldest competitor was Didier Poissant aged 74, the French Olympiad of 1954 in Melbourne whilst the youngest would have been in his 40th year. For the very first time there were two lady entries, one from Switzerland and one from Germany.
At a meeting held during the week the Masters Secretary General Rolf Lehnert was elected to be the Masters representative on the I.F.A. committee. This invitation to join forces with the I.F.A reinforces the already very important status of the Masters fleet.
Race 1
In an easterly wind of 7 - 10 knots, Wolfgang Gerz sailing under ITA 1 but from Germany, made an excellent start in clear air in the middle of the line and led for the first three legs but in covering the second placed G. Antal lost out to Larry Lemieux from Canada who held the lead to the end. Wolfgang was second followed by Peter Raderschadt in third and Henk de Jager in fourth place.
Race 2
After a second failed start the Committee postponed and a delay of some 2 hours ensued. At the restart, Gerz who had started at the favoured pin end and went left up the first beat was first to the mark with Lemieux who started at the Committee boat end being second at the mark. After the wind increased to 2-3, Lemieux managed to slip Gerz’s cover in the shifting conditions to take the gun for his second win with Gerz second and Minski Fabris third. The French veteran Didier Poissant achieved a very creditable 29th place having being in the top ten at the early stages of the race.
Race 3
Most of the previous days leaders went left after the start but a very large shift to the right gave an advantage to those who had opted to go right. This situation led to a number of new faces at the weather mark including the eventual winner, Roland Balthasar from Germany, followed by L.Nodari and Michael Brandt.
The race committee disqualified 17 boats with PMS and posted a protest against Lemieux for apparently hitting a mark as seen by a jury boat. Lemieux denied this incident and after a peremptory hearing without Lemieux being able to call any witnesses he was disqualified. Later another competitor supported his view that he had not hit the mark but as a good sportsman he let the matter rest although this result moved him from a relatively safe overall first.
Race 4
After the third race the wind backed to a sea breeze and settled to force 3 / 4. At the leeward mark on the last round Larry Lemieux, Wolfgang Gerz and Jean Paul Gaston were leading. On the last beat the leaders went left and suffered badly from a 50 degree veer in the wind. The winner was Bruno Catalan. O. Van Heusden was second place and Jan Bjoernberg was third.
Race 5
After an initial postponement and two general recalls the fleet got off with most boats going left. Once again both Gerz and Lemieux fought out the lead. With few windshifts of any importance speed and height through the water were essential and the more experienced helms quickly made both height and distance over the others. The reaches and runs were uneventful but fast and the final beat saw Gerz win, with Lemieux second and Jean-Paul Gaston in third.
Race 6
This was a most enjoyable race sailed under excellent conditions and a flat sea state. There were minor wind shifts which became critical near the first weather mark. The race leaders retained their positions with only some changes and the winner was Jean Paul Gaston from France with Wolfgang Gerz and Larry Lemieux in second and third places. This meant that Lemieux’s DSQ had effectively cost him the championship and Wolfgang Gerz walked off with the Gold Cup.
Wolfgang Gerz disproved all the theories being only some 78 kilos weight and sailing as per usual the Finn in this event only and that in a borrowed boat in which he had not sailed before.