Polish Star wins first race at 2008 Star Worlds

by Janet Maizner on 12 Apr 2008 The winds were out of the SE at 10 knots with a slight chop on Biscayne Bay, the sun was shining and everyone from competitors to volunteers at the Star World Championships was in good spirits for the first race today.

The top ranked Star Class team in the world, Mateusz Kusznierewicz and crew Dominik Zycki of Poland, was in the top three from the start line and won Day One. In second place was Mark Mendelblatt and crew Mark Strube of St. Petersburg, FL, and the number two ranked team in the world, Italians Diego Negri and Luigi Viale, were in third place.

Marc Pickel and crew Ingo Borkowski of Germany were first around the weather mark, followed by the Japanese team of Kunio Suzuki/Daichi Wada and Kusznierewicz/Zycki.

At the first leeward mark, the Japanese duo took the wrong gate and Kusznierewicz/Zycki seized the moment and moved into second place. Mark Mendelblatt/Mark Strube of St. Petersburg, FL, moved up to third place at the same mark.

'We were very relaxed this morning and sailed a good race,' said Mateusz Kusznierewicz. 'Seeing Mark right behind me made me a little nervous, but we kept our focus on sailing.'

At the second weather mark rounding the Polish team captured first place with Mendelblatt still on their tail and Pickel dropping to third place. As Mendelblatt put it, 'We had good speed today and it got down to us and the Polish team. We expect to do well here, if we don’t make any mistakes.'

This is the first time the two Marks have sailed Stars together since the 2006 Star Worlds in San Francisco. Mendelblatt said other sailing commitments have kept them apart until now. 'I knew I would always come back to the Stars,' he said. 'The America’s Cup was a side trip.'

John Dane/Austin Sperry of Gulfport, MS, the US Star Class team headed to the Olympics, finished in 10th place. Defending Star World Champion Robert Scheidt and crew Bruno Prado finished in 37 place.

Race 1

Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Friday, April 11, 2008 3:35:11 PM EDT

M1 = W1-1 M2 = L3S-1 M3 = L3P-1 M4 = W1-2 M5 = L3S-2 M6 = L3P-2

Division: Star (104 boats)

Pos	Bow/Sail	Skipper/Crew	Club	M1	M2	M3	M4	M5	M6	Finish  Order	Penalty	Pts
1	09/ 8170	Kusznierewicz, Mateusz/Zycki, Dominik	POL	3	1		1	1		1		1.0
2	67/ 8267	Mendelblatt, Mark/Strube, Mark	USA	4	2		2	2		2		2.0
3	25/ 8266	Negri, Diego/Viale, Luigi	ITA	5	3		5	5		3		3.0
4	72/ 8272	Bromby, Peter/White, Lee	BER	12	6		10	7		4		4.0
5	33/ 8333	Pickel, Marc/Borkowski, Ingo	GER	1	NoFin	2	3	3		5		5.0
6	96/ 8296	Marazzi, Flavio/De Maria, Enrico	SUI	10	4		4	4		6		6.0
7	58/ 8158	Treacy, Max/Shanks, Anthony	IRL	16	5		12	8		7		7.0
8	49/ 8345	Percy, Iain/Simpson, Andrew	GBR	7	NoFin	3	6	6		8		8.0
9	42/ 8144	Suzuki, Kunio/Wada,Daichi	JPN	2	NoFin	1	7	NoFin	3	9		9.0
10	30/ 8230	Dane, John/Sperry, Austin	USA	17	NoFin	6	11	NoFin	2	10		10.0
11	14/ 7836	Murray, Iain/Palfrey, Andrew	AUS	26	NoFin	7	14	9		11		11.0
12	87/ 8187	Pepper, Hamish/Williams, Carl	NZL	22	NoFin	4	9	NoFin	4	12		12.0
13	24/ 8156	Horton, Andy/Scott, Andrew	USA	29	9	NoFin	16	NoFin	6	13		13.0
14	26/ 8226	Spitzauer, Hans/Nehammer, Christian	AUT	6	NoFin	5	8	NoFin	1	14		14.0
15	95/ 8195	MacCausland, John/Murphy, Kevin	USA	59	11	NoFin	15	NoFin	5	15		15.0
16	37/ 8337	Adler, Alan/Seifert, Ronald	BRA	36	10	NoFin	20	NoFin	7	16		16.0
17	20/ 8320	Reynolds, Mark/Haenel, Hal	USA	8	7	NoFin	19	11	NoFin	17		17.0
18	08/ 8109	Stanjek, Robert/Koy, Markus	GER	24	8	NoFin	17	13	NoFin	18		18.0
19	X2/ 8261	O'Leary, Peter/Milne, Stephen	IRL	9	NoFin	9	13	10	NoFin	19		19.0
20	34/ 8183	Melleby, Eivind/Pedersen, Petter	NOR	28	NoFin	12	30	NoFin	9	20		20.0
21	02/ 8309	Domingos, Afonso/Santos, Bernardo	POR	21	NoFin	11	22	NoFin	8	21		21.0
22	90/ 8290	Santoni, Silvio/Natucci, Dodo	ITA	42	13	NoFin	21	14	NoFin	22		22.0
23	05/ 8305	Shevtsov, Sergey/Sadchikov, Roman	RUS	25	NoFin	8	18	12	NoFin	23		23.0
24	48/ 8348	Modena, Luca/Lambertenghi, Sergio	ITA	14	12	NoFin	23	16	NoFin	24		24.0
25	91/ 8291	Macdonald, Ross/Mitchell, Steve	CAN	32	21	NoFin	32	20	NoFin	25		25.0
26	47/ 8107	Rohart, Xavier/Rambeau, Pascal	FRA	15	NoFin	17	27	19	NoFin	26		26.0
27	31/ 8331	Loof, Fredrik/Ekstrom, Anders	SWE	18	NoFin	14	29	NoFin	11	27		27.0
28	81/ 7581	Bermudez, Roberto/Ferreira, Marcelo	ESP	50	16	NoFin	28	18	NoFin	28		28.0
29	39/ 8339	Lovrovic Jr., Marin/Mikulicic, Sinsa	CRO	19	NoFin	16	36	NoFin	14	29		29.0
30	54/ 8254	O'Connell, Maurice/Cooke, Ben	IRL	41	NoFin	19	31	NoFin	10	30		30.0
31	60/ 8260	Buchan, Carl/Buchan, Jamie	USA	37	NoFin	13	24	15	NoFin	31		31.0
32	32/ 8332	Chieffi, Enrico/Colaninno, Nando	ITA	13	NoFin	10	26	17	NoFin	32		32.0
33	03/ 8003	Rigoni, Alejo/Gonzalez, Gustavo	ARG	40	NoFin	18	37	NoFin	16	33		33.0
34	X9/ 8232	Dannesboe, Henrik/Morey, Edward	SUI	27	17	NoFin	33	NoFin	13	34		34.0
35	70/ 7570	Lowden, Hunter/Wilson, Brett	CAN	31	NoFin	15	45	24	NoFin	35		35.0
36	18/ 8218	Anderson, Benny/Just, Mogens	DEN	35	14	NoFin	35	NoFin	15	37		36.0
37	55/ 8255	Scheidt, Robert/Prada, Bruno	BRA	43	31	NoFin	38	21	NoFin	38		37.0
38	93/ 8192	Pelekanakis, L/Stylianos, George	GRE	30	NoFin	20	43	22	NoFin	39		38.0
39	73/ 8273	Szabo, George/Peters, Rick	USA	39	18	NoFin	25	NoFin	12	40		39.0
40	80/ 8280	Lovrovic, Dan/Lovrovic Sr., Marin	CRO	20	NoFin	21	40	NoFin	20	41		40.0
41	53/ 8253	Brethorst, Rick/Anderson, Scott	USA	45	23	NoFin	42	25	NoFin	42		41.0
42	62/ 7462	Watt, Dave/Martin, Dave	USA	71	29	NoFin	49	26	NoFin	43		42.0
43	13/ 8213	Wilhelm, Peer/Hollweg, Nils	GER	38	28	NoFin	48	NoFin	24	44		43.0
44	X5/ 7860	Fritz, Werner/Seeberger, Uli	GER	70	NoFin	26	62	29	NoFin	45		44.0
45	77/ 8277	Haakman, Sjaak/Zetzema, Weitze	NED	72	NoFin	27	52	NoFin	23	46		45.0
46	27/ 8343	Svendsen, Joegen/Jurlander, Jens Christian	DEN	52	15	NoFin	34	NoFin	18	47		46.0
47	43/ 8143	Cramer, Brian/Bjorn, Tyler	CAN	48	NoFin	22	44	30	NoFin	48		47.0
48	88/ 7990	Stegmeier, Daniel/Stegmeier, Beat	SUI	51	NoFin	29	59	32	NoFin	49		48.0
49	85/ 8285	Diaz, Augie/Trinter, Phil	USA	62	NoFin	31	60	27	NoFin	50		49.0
50	07/ 7907	MacGowan, Fabian/Engelhard, Federico	ARG	54	22	NoFin	46	NoFin	19	51		50.0
51	76/ 8177	Smith, Jud/Yuill, Terry	USA	67	27	NoFin	50	31	NoFin	52		51.0
52	52/ 8250	Macdonald, Andy/Fatih, Brian	USA	33	19	NoFin	41	23	NoFin	53		52.0
53	X6/ 8283	Brun, Gastao/Kraiczyk, Fabio	BRA	65	33	NoFin	51	35	NoFin	54		53.0
54	36/ 8136	Filter, Henry/Wagner, Will	USA	63	25	NoFin	47	NoFin	21	55		54.0
55	Y4/ 8043	Manderson, John/Gotsulyak, Roman	USA	77	30	NoFin	61	NoFin	22	56		55.0
56	75/ 8175	Babel, James/Hawk, Bill	USA	90	20	NoFin	54	28	NoFin	57		56.0
57	92/ 8292	Makila, Jali/Heinonen, Erkki	FIN	53	43	NoFin	70	38	NoFin	58		57.0
58	12/ 8312	Merriman, Rick/Sharp, Brian	USA	NoFin	36	NoFin	65	NoFin	26	59		58.0
59	64/ 8164	Chinca, Valerio/Ciano, Massimo	ITA	85	32	NoFin	66	NoFin	29	60		59.0
60	01/ 7828	Arapov, Mate/Uljevic, Ognjen	CRO	61	NoFin	28	64	34	NoFin	61		60.0
61	Y3/ 8281	Vokhmintsev, Dmitry/Pinegin, Yury	RUS	68	NoFin	34	67	39	NoFin	62		61.0
62	89/ 8284	Grael, Lars/Jordao, Marcelo	BRA	34	24	NoFin	56	NoFin	25	63		62.0
63	66/ 8166	Tenke, Tibor/Bendicsek, Jozsef	HUN	23	NoFin	24	53	36	NoFin	64		63.0
64	74/ 8263	Jorissen, Sander/Veldhuizen, Erik	NED	76	NoFin	32	55	NoFin	27	65		64.0
65	19/ 8319	Zuazola, Rodrigo/Riegel, Robert	CHI	66	37	NoFin	68	NoFin	30	66		65.0
66	56/ 7978	Krook, Ingvar/Hasselgren, Henrik	SWE	64	26	NoFin	63	NoFin	28	67		66.0
67	Y8/ 8016	Rauch, Hubert/Kling, Felix	GER	60	34	NoFin	69	NoFin	32	68		67.0
68	X4/ 8247	Gureyev, Vasyl/Korotkov, Volodymyr	UKR	47	NoFin	30	57	37	NoFin	69		68.0
69	98/ 8298	Lofstedt, Tom/Carlsson, Krister	SWE	46	NoFin	23	58	33	NoFin	70		69.0
70	44/ 8344	Tamburini, Antonio/Ricci, Renzo	ITA	56	39	NoFin	74	40	NoFin	71		70.0
71	69/ 8269	Kohlhas, Jock/Scott, Larry	USA	75	41	NoFin	NoFin	44	NoFin	72		71.0
72	00/ 8300	Ficker, Peter/Lopes, Arthur	BRA	74	NoFin	38	73	41	NoFin	73		72.0
73	78/ 7777	Labandeira, Julio/Della Torre, Enrique	ARG	57	NoFin	44	80	NoFin	34	74		73.0
74	45/ 8245	Zambella, Joe/Peter Costa	USA	86	46	NoFin	83	NoFin	37	75		74.0
75	29/ 8329	Wyss, Daniel/Joss, Urs	SUI	55	NoFin	37	71	NoFin	31	76		75.0
76	Y6/ 7972	Gimeno, Vicente P/Hasbun, Ignacio	CHI	97	48	NoFin	81	NoFin	38	77		76.0
77	Y1/ 8205	Datsenko, Kostya/Yevseyenko, Olexandr	UKR	58	44	NoFin	75	NoFin	43	78		77.0
78	59/ 8159	Proctor, Ched/Semler, Matt	USA	NoFin	45	NoFin	82	NoFin	39	80		78.0
79	99/ 8096	Avksentiev, Evgen/Kondratuyk, Kostyantin	UKR	69	NoFin	43	86	47	NoFin	81		79.0
80	79/ 8279	Bonanni, Claude/Burgess, Rick	USA	95	47	NoFin	85	45	NoFin	82		80.0
81	10/ 7713	Fransen, Ben/Coleman, Ian	USA	88	NoFin	41	NoFin	NoFin	35	83		81.0
82	68/ 7866	Thomsen, Dierk/Jensen, Darin	GER	84	35	NoFin	72	NoFin	36	84		82.0
83	38/ 7437	Vassilev, Nedko/Nikolov, Boycho	BUL	79	49	NoFin	84	NoFin	40	85		83.0
84	04/ 8009	Gautschi, Christoph/Gouda, Alex	SUI	NoFin	NoFin	40	79	NoFin	41	86		84.0
85	X3/ 7105	Babel, Bill/Davis, Trevor	USA	82	40	NoFin	78	42	NoFin	87		85.0
86	X8/ 7865	Lehnert, Stefan/Menning, Peter	GER	83	NoFin	33	87	NoFin	42	89		86.0
87	Y5/ 7562	Bettarini, Stefano/Cristaldini, Corrado	ITA	73	NoFin	35	NoFin	43	NoFin	90		87.0
88	15/ 8215	Allen, Bill/Lichter, Brad	USA	87	NoFin	42	88	NoFin	44	91		88.0
89	17/ 7814	Donald, Keith/Sean Bryson Quinn	USA	49	52	NoFin	91	49	NoFin	92		89.0
90	61/ 8061	DeCouteau, Derek/Nederlof, Trevor	USA	81	NoFin	45	93	51	NoFin	93		90.0
91	50/ 7750	Burmester, Jens/Mehlen, Markus	GER	91	42	NoFin	89	50	NoFin	94		91.0
92	84/ 7784	Li, Hongquan/Wang, He	CHN	89	50	NoFin	92	NoFin	45	95		92.0
93	63/ 8163	Stazko, Ryan/Donahue, Jack	USA	100	NoFin	46	97	52	NoFin	96		93.0
94	21/ 8021	Wirth, Harald/Pickering, Jim	AUT	98	55	NoFin	95	NoFin	48	97		94.0
95	83/ 8083	Chiarella, John/Carlson, Bob	USA	96	53	NoFin	94	NoFin	46	98		95.0
96	16/ 7816	Hasche, Marko A/Behn, Philip G	GER	94	NoFin	36	90	48	NoFin	99		96.0
97	51/ 7451	Burgess, Dennis/Clay, Gordon	CAN	93	51	NoFin	96	NoFin	47	100		97.0
98	46/ 7946	Weiler, Hermann/Dietrich, Niklas	GER	99	54	NoFin	98	NoFin	49	101		98.0
99T	28/ 8256	Merkelbach, Hubert/Bartel, Gerrit	GER	44	NoFin	25	39	NoFin	17	36	BFD	105.0T
99T	86/ 8085	Zimmerman, Lorenz/Mutti, Michael	SUI	80	NoFin	39	77	NoFin	33	79	BFD	105.0T
99T	22/ 8216	Tomasini-Grinover, Roberto/Bahr, Gunnar	AUT	78	38	NoFin	76	46	NoFin	88	BFD	105.0T
99T	71/ 8119	Tarakanov, Vitaliy/Karelsky, Maxim	RUS	92	NoFin	NoFin	NoFin	NoFin	NoFin	102	BFD	105.0T
99T	82/ 8282	Pascolato, Alessandro/Booning, Henry Raul	BRA	11	NoFin	NoFin	NoFin	NoFin	NoFin	103	BFD	105.0T
DNF	23/ 8301	Sanchez, Francisco/Roca, Manuel	ESP	NoFin	NoFin	NoFin	NoFin	NoFin	NoFin	DNF	DNF	105.0T

Notes

(1)	Start Date/Time = Friday, April 11, 2008

Information is provisional and subject to modification

Principal Race Officer: Rich Raymond
Jury Chair: Eric Tulla