1972 Star World Championship
The 1972 Star World Championships were held in Caracas, Venezuela in 1972.
Results
| Pos | Boat name | Crew | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Sunny | Wilhelm Kuhweide (H) Karsten Meyer |
 West Germany |
7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 306 |
 |
Buho Blanco | Jörg Bruder (H) Claudio Biekarch |
 Brazil |
3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 300 |
 |
Dingo | James M. Schoonmaker (H) Thomas Dudinsky |
 United States |
8 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 290 |
| 4 | Humbug XII | Pelle Petterson (H) Ingvar Hansson |
 Sweden |
5 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 288 |
| 5 | Gem XI | Durward Knowles (H) Bill Buchan, Jr. |
 Bahamas |
4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 288 |
| 6 | Blott XIII | Stig Wennerström (H) Sture Christensson |
Sweden |
10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | RET | 8 | 285 |
| 7 | Subbnboana | Eckart Wagner (H) Peter Moeckl |
West Germany |
1 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 277 |
| 8 | Cantact | John Albrechtson (H) Göran Tell |
Sweden |
6 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 277 |
| 9 | Noni | António Correia (H) Antonio Rocha |
 Portugal |
9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 272 |
| 10 | Something Else | Lowell North (H) Peter Barrett |
United States |
16 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 272 |
| 11 | No Funcione | Uwe Mares (H) Kai Krueger |
West Germany |
12 | 6 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 266 |
| 12 | Mirage | Flavio Scala (H) Mauro Testa |
 Italy |
2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | RET | 26 | 265 |
| 13 | Star of the Sea | Joseph R. Duplin (H) Frank Eggers |
United States |
14 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 256 |
| 14 | Riot IV | Henry M. Rowan (H) Delmar R. Dhein |
United States |
17 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 252 |
| 15 | Lucky Liz | Fritz Riess (H) Fritz Geis |
West Germany |
25 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 12 | 232 |
| 16 | Ragamuffin | Larry Whipple (H) Karl Pollard |
United States |
20 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 229 |
| 17 | Hannah | Barton S. Beek (H) Charles Beek |
United States |
23 | 10 | 17 | 21 | RET | 15 | 229 |
| 18 | Impulse | John Buchan (H) Ron Farrell |
United States |
22 | 43 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 226 |
| 19 | Caracas | Josef Steinmayer (H) Marcel Wunderli |
 Switzerland |
18 | 30 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 224 |
| 20 | Is Was | Hans Vogt, Sr. (H) Ludwig Buedel |
West Germany |
19 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 221 |
| 21 | Fiamma | Oskar A. Meier (H) Daniel Wyss |
Switzerland |
11 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 39 | 23 | 216 |
| 22 | Mahayana | Tryg Liljestrand (H) Dag Blidbäck |
United States |
13 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 212 |
| 23 | Mumunha | Mario Innecco (H) Robinson Hasselman |
Brazil |
39 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 211 |
| 24 | Hoya | Daniel Mullane (H) Robert Wester |
United States |
24 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 25 | 203 |
| 25 | Nadia | Jurg Christen (H) Martin Buergi |
Switzerland |
32 | 13 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 29 | 198 |
| 26 | Rampage | Steve Andrews (H) Peter Beam |
United States |
15 | 32 | 18 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 198 |
| 27 | Bavaria | Stef Scheuregger (H) Karl-Heinz Burkert |
West Germany |
25 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 192 |
| 28 | Twin | Ortwin Semmerow (H) Rolf Scholtz |
West Germany |
27 | 20 | 38 | 25 | 21 | 32 | 190 |
| 29 | Happy End | August Weiss (H) Christian Breitenstein |
Switzerland |
26 | 18 | 32 | 41 | 15 | 45 | 183 |
| 30 | Shrew VII | William Parks (H) Philip Botsolas |
United States |
46 | 34 | 26 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 181 |
| 31 | Manita | Duarte de Almeida Bello (H) Manuel Espirito Santo |
Portugal |
48 | 21 | 47 | 32 | 16 | 21 | 178 |
| 32 | Desiree | Angelo Marino (H) Luigi Saidelli |
Italy |
29 | 14 | 22 | 17 | DNS | DNS | 170 |
| 33 | Playmate | Sonke Breckwoldt (H) Walter Rausch |
 Venezuela |
43 | 50 | 33 | 29 | 19 | 37 | 154 |
| 34 | Blue Chip III | David Gaillard (H) Jack Levedahl |
United States |
21 | 42 | 37 | 34 | 28 | RET | 153 |
| 35 | Shamrock | Russell Bogie (H) Rick Alexanderson |
United States |
45 | RET | 42 | 35 | 23 | 22 | 148 |
| 36 | Spankuk | Chresten Jensen (H) Harald Jensen |
United States |
35 | 23 | 57 | 27 | 48 | 36 | 146 |
| 37 | Whitecap | Roger Doane (H) David Doane |
United States |
33 | 56 | 27 | 48 | 26 | 46 | 135 |
| 38 | Griffin | Dexter Richards (H) Chris Alex |
United States |
RET | 46 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 129 |
| 39 | Demon V | Kenneth Cole (H) Thomas McCook |
United States |
40 | 39 | 23 | 44 | 42 | 43 | 128 |
| 40 | Zwidawurzn | Albert Sporer (H) Hans Prechter |
West Germany |
28 | 37 | 48 | 45 | 46 | 34 | 125 |
| 41 | Zaperoco | Thomas D. Drew-Bear (H) John R. Drew-Bear |
Venezuela
|
30 | 29 | 45 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 120 |
| 42 | Sylke | Manfred Meyer (H) Karl-Heinz Bald |
West Germany
|
36 | 40 | 39 | 46 | 41 | 47 | 113 |
| 43 | Der Otto | H. Mitterhauser (H) Juerg Oborkofler |
 Austria
|
49 | 33 | 41 | 49 | 31 | 51 | 112 |
| 44 | Eljopeja | Hans J. Ruedel (H) Peter Moeller |
West Germany
|
31 | 54 | 46 | 43 | 45 | 39 | 111 |
| 45 | Virgin Star | Ken Klein (H) Robert Thompson |
 U.S. Virgin Islands
|
41 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 47 | 42 | 111 |
| 46 | Fury | Kenneth Morton (H) Barbara Morton |
United States
|
42 | 36 | 44 | 39 | 44 | 50 | 110 |
| 47 | Cutty Sark | Peter Metzner (H) Alex Dumont |
Brazil
|
47 | 31 | DNS | DNS | 38 | 27 | 109 |
| 48 | Lausbub IV | Martin Schwieger (H) Nico Jurgensen |
West Germany
|
56 | 48 | 34 | 36 | 50 | 38 | 109 |
| 49 | Tucana VIII | Dierk Thomsen (H) Henner Liebenberg |
West Germany
|
44 | 52 | 43 | 47 | 37 | 40 | 104 |
| 50 | Titila | Roberto Mieres (H) Raul Perrachione |
 Argentina
|
37 | 55 | 49 | 38 | DNS | 35 | 101 |
| 51 | Espuma del Mar | Daniel Camejo (H) Juan Feld |
Venezuela
|
53 | 38 | 55 | 52 | 32 | 41 | 99 |
| 52 | Debbie | Philip Pines (H) Pual Colinai |
United States
|
51 | 49 | 52 | 50 | 22 | 49 | 94 |
| 53 | Flipper III | Joseph Roberts, Jr. (H) Joseph Roberts, Sr. |
United States
|
55 | 53 | 36 | RET | 51 | 44 | 76 |
| 54 | Hang Ten | Greg Smith (H) Barry Hess |
United States
|
50 | 51 | 54 | 53 | 40 | DNS | 67 |
| 55 | Fearless Fred | Freddy Schiavo (H) Peter Ganterbein |
Switzerland
|
52 | 45 | 50 | 54 | RET | 48 | 66 |
| 56 | En Garde | Gordon Young (H) Fritz Maiweg |
Venezuela
|
57 | 47 | 56 | 51 | 43 | RET | 61 |
| 57 | Zwentebold | Hugo Schott (H) Cyril Dvorak |
West Germany
|
54 | 57 | 53 | 55 | 36 | RET | 60 |
| 58 | Playboy | Karsten Boysen (H) Helmut Flegel |
Venezuela
|
34 | 44 | 51 | RET | DNS | DNS | 60 |
| 59 | Trece | Thomas D. Drew-Bear (H) Irwin Hest |
Venezuela
|
RET | DNS | DNS | 56 | 52 | DNS | 18 |
| 60 | Chubasco | Rocco Campanelli (H) Frank Geronimo |
United States
|
RET | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 0 |
Legend: DNS – Did not start; RET – Retired;