# 1972 Star World Championship

The 1972 Star World Championship was held at the Club Puerto Azul in Naiguatá, Venezuela in 1972.

## Results

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