• 2023 Worlds Championship Scarlino
  • 2023 Worlds Championship Scarlino
  • 2023 Worlds Championship Scarlino
  • 2023 Worlds Championship Scarlino

2023 Worlds Championship Scarlino

Bericht © Starclass.org

Fotos: © Martina Orsini

Dreams come true when you work hard for them. Max Kohlhoff and Ole Burzinski won the 2023 Star World Championship today in Marina di Scarlino, Tuscany, after three years of dedication, training, and passion for sailing and for the Star boat. They started the Championship with a bullet and ended it with a golden star affixed to their mainsail, a lifelong dream for the 200+ Star sailors in Scarlino. For some, this was their 20th attempt. This year, it was Max and Ole's turn to win.

"Since we started three years ago, our goal was always to win the gold star to put on the mainsail. We believed it was possible, but it was definitely hard work... and doing it here, on our second attempt, is unbelievable!" commented Max Kohlhoff right after coming off the water. "It's hard to find words for this special moment, achieved here in Scarlino. We had some great regattas this year, always finishing second, but finally, this time it clicked, and it was the reward for our hard work."

The final day of the 2023 Star World Championship started with a different breeze from the north. The first race of the day started around 11:15 AM with 7/8 knots of wind speed, but it varied throughout the four legs, with a gentle but constant shift to the right. The 30-year-old German team Max Kohlhoff and Ole Burzinshi and the Belgian/Dutch team Manu Hens and Joost Houweling had a great start and rounded first and second at the top mark. Kohlhoff / Burzinski took over Hens / Houweling on the last downwind leg, won the race, and became the provisional overall leaders due to a poor race by the Swiss Pete Eckerd with the Portuguese crew Frederico Melo and an even worse one by Diego Negri and Alessandro Sodano (ITA). After Race Five, the discard rule came into play, so all three teams were still in the hunt for the title ahead of Race Six.

For the last race, the wind came even more from the right, 050 degrees, and the wind speed varied from as little as 5 knots to as much as 13. The best at reading it were the Irish Peter O’Leary and Steve Milne, even though the first at both the top mark and the gate were the Americans Doug Smith and Brian O’Mahony. Negri / Sodano and Eckert / Melo finished eighth and 12th, respectively, which was enough to keep them both on the podium: the Swiss/Portuguese team won silver, and the Italians took bronze.

"We had a terrific week, we sailed really well, very consistently, but today was our worst day, a very difficult day, very shifty. It always looked good, I never had bad feelings, but it was either no wind or gusts coming from the other direction. We just had something missing, so yes, it's bittersweet, but also so good!" said Piet Eckert. "It's a tricky day, a little disappointing, of course, after starting the day as leaders, but our goal was to make the top 10. We had never made the top 10 in our previous three World Championships, so finishing second is fantastic, even though we came out today to win. Congratulations to Max and Ole; they did amazing today!" added Frederico Melo.

"Last year, I started the World Championship without sails, this time without my crew... Sergio Lambertenghi had a little accident to his foot, and the day before coming here, he called it off. Luckily, Alessandro was ready to step in after just a couple of days of training together this summer. This week was racing but also training at the same time, as I was teaching him how to do things for the first time on the boat. So, finishing third feels even more amazing, and it makes me think that I really know this boat well!" commented Diego Negri. "Many thanks to Diego for giving me this opportunity. It came at the very last minute, and I was so excited to join him and join the Star Class," added Alessandro Sodano.

With the prize-giving at the Yacht Club Isole di Toscana, the 2023 Star World Championship comes to a close. It will be remembered for the crazy weather, the long waits, the frustration, and the fear of not making it. Still, it will also be remembered for the excitement of having two new young Star World Champions, emerging from a successful U30 program run by Arnd Glunde in the North of Germany. This is a sign of hope for a Class that's more than 100 years old, which has seen great legends of the sport raise the 100-year-old trophy and can continue to produce champions.

Result

 
RankBowNoNatSailNoHelmNameCrewNameR1R2R3R4R5R6TotalNettNotes
1st 38
GER
8489 Max Kohlhoff Ole Burzinski 1.0 (14.0) 2.0 8.0 1.0 5.0 31.0 17.0 SR
2nd 40
SUI
8575 Piet Eckert Frederico Melo 3.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 (21.0) 13.0 50.0 29.0 M
3rd 42
ITA
8583 Diego Negri Alessandro Sodano 2.0 6.0 4.0 15.0 (17.0) 8.0 52.0 35.0 M
4th 18
ITA
8568 Flavio Favini Nicolas Seravalle (28.0) 1.0 19.0 7.0 3.0 11.0 69.0 41.0 GM
5th 13
BEL
8455 Manu Hens Joost Houweling 8.0 (29.0) 21.0 3.0 2.0 20.0 83.0 54.0 M
6th 53
IRL
8465 Peter O'Leary Stephen Milne 5.0 25.0 (97.0 BFD) 18.0 10.0 1.0 156.0 59.0 SR
7th 78
ITA
8563 Enrico Chieffi Nando Colaninno 4.0 15.0 9.0 17.0 15.0 (45.0) 105.0 60.0 GM
8th 16
CRO
8531 Marin Misura Tonko Barac 12.0 18.0 (97.0 BFD) 16.0 4.0 15.0 162.0 65.0 SR
9th 41
GER
8446 Hubert Merkelbach Kilian Weise 42.0 13.0 1.0 5.0 5.0 (97.0 DNC) 163.0 66.0 GM
10th 82
USA
8464 Jack Jennings Pedro Trouche 23.0 5.0 8.0 26.0 11.0 (30.0) 103.0 73.0 SR
11th 23
CRO
8589 Tonci Stipanovic Tudor Bilic 26.0 2.0 (30.0) 21.0 6.0 19.0 104.0 74.0 SR
12th 44
USA
8580 Eric Doyle Payson Infelise 7.0 26.0 6.0 1.0 36.0 (48.0) 124.0 76.0 M
13th 39
GBR
8443 Ante Razmilovic Brian Hammersley 18.0 (56.0) 14.0 24.0 23.0 4.0 139.0 83.0 M
14th 61
DEN
8532 Jorgen Schoenherr Markus Koy 25.0 27.0 15.0 6.0 (50.0) 21.0 144.0 94.0 GM
15th 94
GER
8513 Daniel Fritz Michael Oberweger 9.0 16.0 13.0 30.0 (48.5) 28.0 144.5 96.0 JR
16th 11
USA
8585 Scott Barnard Phil Trinter 6.0 8.0 18.0 34.0 (71.0) 36.0 173.0 102.0 GM
17th 51
ITA
8344 Valerio Chinca Daniele Bresciano 30.0 (39.0) 7.0 23.0 27.0 16.0 142.0 103.0 M
18th 26
NOR
8587 Eivind Melleby Joshua Revkin 10.0 40.0 (97.0 BFD) 2.0 30.0 25.0 204.0 107.0 M
19th 75
DEN
8296 Flemming Sorensen Niels Thrysoe 58.0 (97.0 BFD) 10.0 33.0 7.0 2.0 207.0 110.0 GM
20th 32
ITA
8556 Nicolo Saidelli Fritjof Kleen 19.0 9.0 23.0 13.0 (57.0) 52.0 173.0 116.0 M
21st 36
NOR
8582 Per Arne Nilsen Massimo Canali 14.0 23.0 20.0 (56.0) 12.0 47.0 172.0 116.0 GM
22nd 37
DEN
8572 Frank Berg Marcel Beltz 27.0 19.0 (97.0 DSQ) 42.0 28.0 3.0 216.0 119.0 GM
23rd 52
GER
8470 Jan Borbet Jesper Spehr 39.0 31.0 3.0 9.0 (43.0) 41.0 166.0 123.0 JR
24th 33
NED
8263 Alexander Jorissen Erik Veldhuizen (68.0) 32.0 29.0 19.0 39.0 6.0 193.0 125.0 GM
25th 10
NED
8473 Haico de Boer Samuel Goncalves 17.0 20.0 (97.0 BFD) 27.0 25.0 37.0 223.0 126.0 M
26th 96
DEN
8571 Jorgen Svendsen Jens Chr. Jurlander 33.0 (51.0) 22.0 10.0 34.0 32.0 182.0 131.0 M
27th 20
USA
8570 Doug Smith Brian O'Mahony 11.0 46.0 45.0 (97.0 DNF) 26.0 9.0 234.0 137.0 GM
28th 22
CRO
8360 Toma Stipanovic Mario Lulic 13.0 37.0 47.0 (97.0 DNF) 13.0 27.0 234.0 137.0 JR
29th 29
ITA
8557 Giovanni Coppo Giovanni Bradanini 15.0 (64.0) 25.0 40.0 35.0 22.0 201.0 137.0 SR
30th 46
ITA
8578 Giampiero Poggi Davide Mugnaini 29.0 28.0 32.0 (59.0) 8.0 42.0 198.0 139.0 M
31st 59
GER
8457 Uwe Barth Steffen Rutz 57.0 7.0 16.0 50.0 14.0 (69.0) 213.0 144.0 M
32nd 12
USA
8591 Jim Buckingham Phil Toth 32.0 24.0 46.0 11.0 (52.0) 31.0 196.0 144.0 GM
33rd 60
GER
8361 Stefan Lehnert Dietmar Hobbie 40.0 43.0 (48.0) 36.0 20.0 7.0 194.0 146.0 GM
34th 04
ARG
8421 Diego Peisajovich Javier Siro 52.0 (66.0) 17.0 35.0 9.0 33.0 212.0 146.0 M
35th 25
ARG
8553 Juan Kouyoumdjian Felipe Caivano 48.0 34.0 (97.0 BFD) 20.0 22.0 23.0 244.0 147.0 M
36th 49
GER
8225 Helge Spehr Uwe Thielemann 20.0 (71.0) 40.0 25.0 16.0 55.0 227.0 156.0 M
37th 66
GER
8370 Vincent Schrader Marcel Vockel 35.0 36.0 12.0 39.0 37.0 (46.0) 205.0 159.0 JR
38th 95
ITA
8500 Giuseppe Recchi Paolo Canale 55.0 11.0 31.0 41.0 (97.0 DSQ) 24.0 259.0 162.0 M
39th 08
SWE
8586 Tom Loefstedt Edoardo Natucci 31.0 (78.0) 27.0 14.0 42.0 51.0 243.0 165.0 GM
40th 92
SUI
8499 Juerg Wittich Christian Trachsel 38.0 12.0 50.0 44.0 24.0 (57.0) 225.0 168.0 M
41st 80
SUI
8560 Juerg Ryffel Beat Heinz 21.0 (97.0 BFD) 44.0 37.0 58.0 10.0 267.0 170.0 GM
42nd 63
ITA
8497 Cristofori Pierpaolo Corsi Manlio (66.0) 38.0 26.0 12.0 45.0 54.0 241.0 175.0 GM
43rd 17
HUN
8579 Tenke Tibor Gereben Peter (97.0 RET) 49.0 28.0 28.0 18.0 53.0 273.0 176.0 GM
44th 81
GER
8411 Tobias Schott Peter Linke 47.0 10.0 (97.0 BFD) 48.0 63.0 17.0 282.0 185.0 M
45th 15
USA
7996 Matthew Rajacich Eric Wagner 49.0 3.0 43.0 49.0 (59.0) 43.0 246.0 187.0 JR
46th 19
AUT
8577 Rainer Wilhelm Gebhard Wallinger 56.0 30.0 52.0 (97.0 BFD) 44.0 14.0 293.0 196.0 M
47th 07
GER
8581 Arnd Glunde Chris Engel 34.0 (79.0) 55.0 58.0 32.0 18.0 276.0 197.0 M
48th 31
ITA
8584 Mario Borroi Alberto Ambrosini 24.0 21.0 54.0 46.0 55.0 (59.0) 259.0 200.0 M
49th 28
GER
8438 Juergen Wolff Pascal Rambeau (97.0 UFD) 97.0 BFD 11.0 32.0 19.0 44.0 300.0 203.0 M
50th 45
NED
8321 Ard van Aanholt Steyn van Driessel 50.0 (60.0) 24.0 38.0 56.0 39.0 267.0 207.0 JR
51st 43
USA
8588 Steve Gould Greg Sieck 46.0 (68.0) 49.0 60.0 41.0 12.0 276.0 208.0 GM
52nd 02
POR
8462 John Harald Orneberg Afonso Domingos (72.0) 57.0 37.0 53.0 31.0 40.0 290.0 218.0 GM
53rd 79
ITA
7488 Roberto Benamati Eliano Celestini 41.0 (97.0 BFD) 97.0 DSQ 22.0 29.0 38.0 324.0 227.0 GM
54th 87
ITA
8516 Marco Viti Alessandro Cattaneo 22.0 69.0 34.0 51.0 RDGa (70.0) 60.0 306.0 236.0 GM
55th 05
ARG
7700 Martin Pedro Ferrero Tomas Fioriti 61.0 (63.0) 39.0 43.0 61.0 34.0 301.0 238.0 JR
56th 06
AUT
8359 Alexander Wiesinger Adi Luezlbauer 71.0 33.0 41.0 55.0 40.0 (97.0 RET) 337.0 240.0 GM
57th 27
USA
8592 Eugenio Cingolani Juan Francisco Carrasquet 36.0 17.0 (97.0 BFD) 52.0 64.0 72.0 338.0 241.0 M
58th 48
ITA
8527 Paolo Nazzaro Alessandro Vongher 59.0 (97.0 BFD) 42.0 29.0 53.0 58.0 338.0 241.0 GM
59th 83
NED
8313 Michiel van Dis Stig Rahbek 62.0 62.0 33.0 45.0 51.0 (97.0 DNC) 350.0 253.0 GM
60th 84
DEN
8010 Per Madsen Henrik Ahrentsen (77.0) 42.0 70.0 70.0 47.0 26.0 332.0 255.0 M
61st 86
HUN
8380 Robert Forintos Csaba Polgar dr (73.0) 50.0 64.0 61.0 33.0 68.0 349.0 276.0 M
62nd 24
ARG
8551 Juan Pablo Percossi Fabian Mac Gowan (82.0) 72.0 38.0 47.0 75.0 49.0 363.0 281.0 SR
63rd 70
GER
8409 Hannes Ramoser Jonas Ballenberger 54.0 47.0 65.0 (71.0) 48.5 67.0 352.5 281.5 SR
64th 56
ITA
7845 Alberto Bellelli Matteo Iovenitti (80.0) 67.0 60.0 73.0 67.0 29.0 376.0 296.0 GM
65th 76
GER
8385 Hubert Rauch Chris Conrads 65.0 73.0 35.0 (97.0 BFD) 68.0 56.0 394.0 297.0 GM
66th 68
GER
8545 Florian von Linde Matthias Albrecht (75.0) 48.0 73.0 51.0 54.0 71.0 372.0 297.0 M
67th 72
ITA
8514 Guido Falciola Luca Paloschi 37.0 70.0 63.0 31.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 395.0 298.0 GM
68th 67
SUI
8574 Daniel Wyss Roger Cheer 45.0 81.0 51.0 62.0 (97.0 BFD) 65.0 401.0 304.0 GM
69th 77
SUI
8512 Bernhard Seger Sofie Seger 84.0 45.0 66.0 65.0 46.0 (97.0 RET) 403.0 306.0 GM
70th 85
BRA
8208 Fabiano Vivacqua Paul McKenzie (79.0) 44.0 67.0 66.0 60.0 70.0 386.0 307.0 M
71st 35
GER
8384 Frank Thurner Jerzy Sukow (83.0) 53.0 68.0 67.0 65.0 61.0 397.0 314.0 GM
72nd 21
USA
1964 Cynthia Olsen Stephen Braverman 67.0 59.0 62.0 63.0 (73.0) 63.0 387.0 314.0 M
73rd 64
GER
8204 Stephanie Gundlage Lena Gundlage 64.0 RDGa 64.0 RDGa 57.0 64.0 (69.0) 66.0 384.0 315.0 M
74th 34
GER
8552 Thomas Kohler Alexander Fischer-Brandies 78.0 76.0 61.0 68.0 38.0 (97.0 DNC) 418.0 321.0 GM
75th 50
ITA
8569 Graziano Bonanno Giovanni Giorguli 76.0 74.0 72.0 (97.0 DNF) 66.0 35.0 420.0 323.0 GM
76th 55
NED
7753 Mark Drontmann Jip Pen 63.0 22.0 53.0 (97.0 DNF) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 429.0 332.0 M
77th 03
USA
8510 Tom Londrigan Greg Smith (97.0 UFD) 52.0 36.0 54.0 97.0 BFD 97.0 RET 433.0 336.0 M
78th 91
ITA
8382 Luca Massacesi Claudio Parboni (97.0 DSQ) 61.0 97.0 BFD 57.0 62.0 64.0 438.0 341.0 GM
79th 65
GER
8427 Reinhard Schmidt Niels Hentschel 16.0 35.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 439.0 342.0 M
80th 62
GER
8534 Thomas Appel Christian Knoll 70.0 54.0 59.0 69.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 446.0 349.0 GM
81st 71
ITA
8561 Paolo Insom Silvio Dell'Innocenti 86.0 (97.0 DNC) 71.0 72.0 74.0 50.0 450.0 353.0 GM
82nd 88
SWE
7978 Ingvar Krook Christoffer Thunberg 53.0 77.0 69.0 (97.0 BFD) 97.0 BFD 62.0 455.0 358.0 GM
83rd 58
POR
8297 Jose Mendes Andres Lloret 64.0 83.0 56.0 (97.0 DNF) 72.0 97.0 RET 469.0 372.0 M
84th 14
GRE
8434 Emilios Papathanas Stelios Noutsos 43.0 41.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 472.0 375.0 M
85th 47
FRA
8196 Raoul Dabry Tristan Cotte 69.0 82.0 58.0 (97.0 DNF) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 500.0 403.0 GM
86th 54
NED
8350 Robert Drontmann Pieter Bas Hendriks 60.0 55.0 (97.0 RET) 97.0 BFD 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 503.0 406.0 M
87th 89
GER
8567 Henning Voigt Dirk Struve 44.0 75.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 507.0 410.0 GM
88th 09
NED
8381 Jord Poelen Guus Poelen 89.0 84.0 74.0 74.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 515.0 418.0 JR
89th 93
SUI
7717 Benjamin Stahelin Balthasar Stahelin 88.0 86.0 75.0 75.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 518.0 421.0 M
90th 57
NED
8417 Roelof van Olst Volkert Teding van Berkout 85.0 58.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 531.0 434.0 GM
91st 73
ITA
8576 Riccardo Improta Andrea Lupoli 51.0 (97.0 BFD) 97.0 BFD 97.0 DNF 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 536.0 439.0 M
92nd 74
ITA
8180 Renato Irrera Paolo Cisbani 74.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 76.0 97.0 RET 538.0 441.0 GM
93rd 69
ITA
8373 Stefano De Bernardi Francesco De Bernardi 87.0 65.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 540.0 443.0 GM
94th 01
GER
7860 Rainer Roellenbleg Uli Seeberger 81.0 80.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 549.0 452.0 GM
95th 30
AUT
8486 Harald Wirth Caroline Wirth 90.0 85.0 (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 563.0 466.0 GM
96th 90
ITA
7879 Riccardo de Sangro Filippo Petella (97.0 DNC) 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 97.0 DNC 582.0 485.0 GM