| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 62nd |
| Event details | |
| Venue | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Titles | 1 |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | 160 |
| Competing nations | 13 |
| Results | |
 Gold |  Buchan & Erickson |
 Silver |  Bakker & Vandenberg |
 Bronze | Cayard & Keefe |
The 1985 Star World Championships were held in Nassau, Bahamas in 1985.
| Pos | Crew | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bill Buchan Jr. (H) Steve Erickson | United States | 2 | 6 | 2 | DNF | 5 | 2 | 30.7 |
| | Steven Bakker (H) Kobus Vandenberg | Netherlands | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 38.4 |
| | Paul Cayard (H) Kenneth Keefe | United States | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 40.4 |
| 4 | Augie Diaz (H) Marshall Duane | United States | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 48.7 |
| 5 | Werner Fritz (H) Vincent Hösch |  West Germany | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 56.7 |
| 6 | Giorgio Gorla (H) Alfio Peraboni |  Italy | 18 | 3 | 7 | 12 | DSQ | 1 | 60.7 |
| 7 | Albino Fravezzi (H) Oscar Dalvit | Italy | 20 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 68.7 |
| 8 | Andrew Menkart (H) G. Dolan | United States | 16 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 72 |
| 9 | Alan Adler (H) Christoph Bergmann |  Brazil | 19 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 75 |
| 10 | Peter Wright (H) Terry Bowman | United States | 6 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 85.7 |
| 11 | Ed Adams (H) Tom Olsen | United States | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | DNF | 87 |
| 12 | Peter Sundelin (H) Stephan Kallin |  Sweden | 14 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 89.7 |
| 13 | Hubert Raudaschl (H) Andreas Denk |  Austria | 12 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 107 |
| 14 | Joachim Griese (H) Michael Marcour | West Germany | 15 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 108 |
| 15 | Alexander Hagen (H) Matthias Borowy | West Germany | 8 | DNF | 9 | 10 | 33 | 23 | 113 |
| 16 | Josef Steinmayer (H) Reto Heilig |  Switzerland | 36 | 27 | 1 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 119 |
| 17 | Vicente Brun (H) Bob Billingham | United States | 4 | DNS | 40 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 121 |
| 18 | Kent Carlsson (H) Fredrik Lindblad | Sweden | 33 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 124 |
| 19 | Mark Reynolds (H) Hugo Schreiner | United States | DSQ | DNF | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 131.7 |
| 20 | Steve Kelly (H) Myles Pritchard |  Bahamas | 25 | 22 | 43 | 14 | 11 | 30 | 132 |
| 21 | Roberto Benamati (H) Giuseppe Devoti | Italy | 35 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 136 |
| 22 | John Dane III (H) Frederick May | United States | 30 | DNF | 48 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 142 |
| 23 | Eduardo de Souza (H) Robert Rittscher | Brazil | 23 | 40 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 18 | 149 |
| 24 | Larry Whipple (H) Kirk Utter | United States | 44 | 18 | 36 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 150 |
| 25 | Ross MacDonald (H) Bruce MacDonald |  Canada | 28 | 37 | DNF | 23 | 19 | 17 | 154 |
| 26 | Peter Ficker (H) Sergio Nascimento | Brazil | 26 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 38 | 32 | 158 |
| 27 | Ted Hovey (H) Neil Foley | United States | 21 | 24 | 60 | 16 | 40 | 28 | 159 |
| 28 | Peter Scheel (H) J. C. da Silva Jordao | Brazil | 17 | 16 | 34 | 42 | 22 | 57 | 161 |
| 29 | Cattaneo Adorno (H) Daniel Wilcox | Brazil | 31 | 31 | 18 | 32 | 24 | 35 | 167 |
| 30 | Jens-Peter Wrede (H) Ulrich Seeberger | West Germany | 11 | 4 | DSQ | 22 | DSQ | 25 | 171 |
| 31 | Alberto Zanetti (H) Eduardo Farré |  Argentina | 7 | 30 | 64 | 29 | 39 | 37 | 172 |
| 32 | Stephen G. Gould (H) William Keller | United States | 29 | 19 | 56 | 58 | 18 | 22 | 174 |
| 33 | Mats Johansson (H) Bengt Bengtsson | Sweden | 43 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 60 | 27 | 178 |
| 34 | Hans Vogt Jr. (H) Thomas Buedel | West Germany | 24 | DNF | 28 | 45 | 41 | 10 | 179 |
| 35 | Argyle Campbell (H) Jay Butler | United States | 39 | 28 | 27 | DNF | 28 | 31 | 183 |
| 36 | Wilhelm Kuhweide (H) Felix Meier | Switzerland | 40 | 21 | 44 | 27 | 23 | 47 | 185 |
| 37 | M. Chr. Scheinecker (H) Christian Holler | Austria | 13 | DNF | 15 | 36 | 44 | 52 | 190 |
| 38 | Michael Clements (H) Robert Burton | Canada | 38 | 45 | YMP | 17 | 31 | 51 | 193.8 |
| 39 | John Ulbrich (H) Chris Rogers | United States | 27 | 32 | 67 | 28 | 32 | 46 | 195 |
| 40 | Joachim Hellmich (H) Andreas Gerlach | West Germany | 37 | 29 | 20 | 40 | 45 | 42 | 198 |
| 41 | Uwe von Below (H) Franz Wehofsich | West Germany | 22 | 34 | 22 | 49 | 41 | DSQ | 198 |
| 42 | Colin Bate (H) Grant Crowle |  Australia | 42 | 33 | 25 | 48 | 50 | 24 | 202 |
| 43 | Rob Maine III (H) Richard Rundle | United States | DNF | 35 | 31 | 39 | 47 | 48 | 230 |
| 44 | William Parks (H) Reid Krakower | United States | 50 | 38 | 39 | 44 | 34 | DNS | 235 |
| 45 | Eugene McCarthy (H) Glenn McCarthy | United States | 59 | 46 | 72 | 50 | 29 | 26 | 240 |
| 46 | Anthony Herrmann (H) Mark Herrmann | United States | 49 | 50 | 21 | 62 | 37 | 53 | 240 |
| 47 | Gary MacDonald (H) David Winkler | United States | 32 | 41 | YMP | 53 | 55 | 45 | 243.8 |
| 48 | Larry Suter (H) Todd C. Raynor | United States | 55 | 47 | 38 | YMP | DNF | 44 | 260 |
| 49 | Gui. Calegari (H) Miguel Costa | Argentina | 45 | 43 | 62 | 38 | 49 | 55 | 260 |
| 50 | Pedro Bulhoes (H) Rodrigo Meirelles | Brazil | 54 | 52 | 45 | 34 | 48 | 54 | 263 |
| 51 | Sune Carlsson (H) Stellan Westerdahl | Sweden | 47 | DNF | 63 | 37 | 46 | 40 | 263 |
| 52 | Ingvar Bengtson (H) Gunnar Dahl | Sweden | DNF | DNF | 13 | 30 | 56 | 56 | 266 |
| 53 | Joe Londrigan (H) Tom Londrigan | United States | 53 | 44 | DNF | 54 | 54 | 39 | 274 |
| 54 | Durward Knowles (H) J. Woodside | Bahamas | 41 | DNF | 32 | 52 | DNF | 41 | 277 |
| 55 | Hans Wallén (H) Bengt Andersson | Sweden | DSQ | 23 | 41 | DNF | 53 | 49 | 277 |
| 56 | Heinz Nixdorf (H) Gerhard Borowy | West Germany | 70 | 39 | 47 | DSQ | 58 | 34 | 278 |
| 57 | Dierk Thomsen (H) Axel Reuter | West Germany | 61 | 58 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 58 | 281 |
| 58 | Bruno Marazzi (H) Ueli Keller | Switzerland | 46 | DSQ | 68 | 59 | 43 | 38 | 284 |
| 59 | Lee Kellerhouse (H) William Bridge | United States | 57 | 56 | 66 | 56 | 36 | 50 | 285 |
| 60 | Joe Bainton (H) R. Pepiak | United States | 60 | 51 | 42 | 43 | 66 | 65 | 291 |
| 61 | Detlef Kuke (H) Stephan Wagner | West Germany | 65 | 60 | 46 | 47 | 51 | DNF | 299 |
| 62 | Peter D. Siemsen (H) L. A. C. Veiga | Brazil | 71 | 53 | 50 | 51 | 59 | 61 | 304 |
| 63 | J. M. MacCausland (H) Jay Tyson | United States | 64 | 42 | 55 | 61 | 57 | DNF | 306 |
| 64 | Hank Rowan (H) Jack Fitts | United States | DNF | 54 | 59 | 41 | 65 | 67 | 316 |
| 65 | Joseph Roberts (H) Joseph A. Roberts | United States | DNF | 57 | 57 | 57 | 61 | 60 | 332 |
| 66 | Steve Kling (H) Alan Drew | United States | 48 | DNF | 49 | 68 | 64 | 66 | 325 |
| 67 | Peter Gale (H) Ernie Lawrence | Australia | 51 | 48 | 35 | DNF | DNS | DNS | 326 |
| 68 | Frank E. Raymond (H) Daniel T. Lencioni | United States | 62 | DNF | 58 | 64 | DNF | 36 | 331 |
| 69 | Daniel Adler (H) Alberto Guarischi | Brazil | 34 | 36 | DNS | DNF | DNF | DNF | 343 |
| 70 | Thorn Cook (H) William Nigey | United States | 58 | DNF | 51 | DSQ | 67 | 63 | 350 |
| 71 | Peter Stockmayr (H) Peter Greiner | West Germany | 66 | 61 | 69 | 69 | 63 | 62 | 351 |
| 72 | Dave Williford (H) Steve O'Connell | United States | DNF | 59 | DSQ | 60 | 62 | 59 | 351 |
| 73 | John Chiarella (H) Robert Cook | United States | 63 | 62 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 64 | 357 |
| 74 | Richard Burgess (H) John Wulff | United States | 69 | 55 | 62 | 66 | DNF | DNF | 363 |
| 75 | Harry W. Walker (H) David Dickey | United States | 72 | DNF | 61 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 369 |
| 76 | Bernardo Silva (H) Jorge Goncalves |  Portugal | 68 | DNF | 65 | 63 | 69 | DNS | 376 |
| 77 | John W. Allen (H) John Ahlquist | United States | 67 | DNS | 70 | 65 | DNF | 68 | 381 |
| 78 | Rod Montster (H) Rolf Heinecke | Canada | 56 | DNF | 53 | DNF | DNS | DNS | 382 |
| 79 | Timothy A. Owens (H) Alan Hudson | Australia | 52 | DNS | DNF | DNF | DNS | DNS | 406 |
| 80 | Rainer Roellenbleg (H) Fritz Girr | West Germany | DNS | DNF | 54 | DNF | DNS | DNS | 408 |
Legend:DNF – Did not finish;DNS – Did not start;DSQ – Disqualified;YMP – Yacht materially prejudiced;
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