The 2006 Star World Championship was held at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, United States between September 27 and October 8, 2006. The championship was administered by the World Sailing.
Rank | Crew | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Net |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hamish Pepper Carl Williams | New Zealand | 1 | 20† | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |
Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 13† | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | |
Xavier Rohart Pascal Rambeau | France | 14† | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 23 | |
4 | Andy Horton Brad Nichol | United States | 2 | 9 | 1 | 32† (ZFP) | 9 | 9 | 30 |
5 | Fredrik Lööf Anders Ekström | Sweden | 33† | 13 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
6 | Rohan Lord Miles Addy | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 46† | 14 | 40 |
7 | Flavio Marazzi Martin Kozaczek | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15† | 12 | 15 | 46 |
8 | Mateusz Kusznierewicz Dominik Życki | Poland | 17 | 10 | OCS† | 21 (ZFP) | 4 | 7 | 59 |
9 | Jim Buckingham Mike Dorgan | United States | 13 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 49† | 61 |
10 | Marc Pickel Ingo Borkowski | Germany | 43† | 35 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 71 |
11 | Mark Mendelblatt Mark Strube | United States | 25 | 8 | 16 | 34† (ZFP) | 10 | 13 | 72 |
12 | Diego Negri Luigi Viale | Italy | 62† | 14 | 7 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 75 |
13 | Luca Modena Michele Marchesini | Italy | 51† | 12 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 19 | 77 |
14 | Iain Murray Andrew Palfrey | Australia | 7 | 30† | 17 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 79 |
15 | Daniel Stegmeier Beat Stegmeier | Switzerland | 18 | 3 | 18 | 30† (ZFP) | 19 | 41 | 88 |
16 | Afonso Domingo Bernardo Santos | Portugal | 29 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 47† | 17 | 88 |
17 | Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira | Brazil | 15 | 31 | 15 | 42† | 17 | 10 | 88 |
18 | John Dane III Austin Sperry | United States | 34† | 17 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 90 |
19 | Luca Simeone Ferdinando Colaninno | Italy | 39† | 22 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 91 |
20 | George Szabo Eric Monroe | United States | 23 | 28 | 8 | 26 | 31† | 18 | 103 |
21 | Mark Reynolds Hal Haenel | United States | 44 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 22 | DNF† | 105 |
22 | Francesco Bruni Gilberto Nobili | Italy | 42† | 21 | 34 | 20 (ZFP) | 14 | 16 | 105 |
23 | Fabian Mac Gowan Federico Engelhard | Argentina | 10 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 34† | 109 |
24 | Iain Percy Steve Mitchell | United Kingdom | 36 | 16 | OCS† | 16 (ZFP) | 42 | 2 | 112 |
25 | Rick Merriman Rick Peters | United States | 35† | 24 | 21 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 118 |
26 | Bill Buchan Jr. Erik Bentzen | United States | 26 | 6 | DSQ† | 22 | 40 | 26 | 120 |
27 | John Maccausland Bob Schofield | United States | 54† | 32 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 37 | 122 |
28 | Arthur Anosov David Caesar | Ukraine | 30 | 27 | 20 | 60† | 25 | 25 | 127 |
29 | Juan Kouyoumdjian Nicolas Rosas | Argentina | 55† | 46 | 22 (RDG) | 28 | 6 | 27 | 129 |
30 | Marin Lovrovic, Jr Marin Lovrovic, Sr | Croatia | 19 | 18 | 25 | 65† | 45 | 23 | 130 |
31 | Alberto Barovier Umberto Coppola | Italy | 22 | 39† | 35 | 38 | 23 | 29 | 147 |
32 | Henrik Dannesboe Igor Kaptourovitch | Switzerland | DNF† | 29 | 32 | 18 | 36 | 35 | 150 |
33 | Peter Vessella J Darin Jensen | United States | 31 | 45 | 11 | 52 | 16 | DNF† | 155 |
34 | Peter Conde Andrew Hunn | Australia | 40 | 19 | 30 | 58† | 44 | 22 | 155 |
35 | Steven Kelly William Holowesko | Bahamas | 21 | 40 | 36 | 61† | 27 | 32 | 156 |
36 | Erik Lidecis Michael Marzahl | United States | 28 | 25 | 23 | 55† | 53 | 31 | 160 |
37 | Andrew Macdonald Brian Fatih | United States | 49 | 28 (ZFP) | OCS† | 48 | 15 | 21 | 161 |
38 | Steve Gould Greg Sieck | United States | 5 | 44 | 45 | 40 | 50† | 30 | 164 |
39 | Maurice O'Connell Edmund Peel | Ireland | 11 | 11 | OCS† | 50 | 59 | 33 | 164 |
40 | Christoph Gautschi Jurg Konig | Switzerland | 9 | 42 | 42 | 51† | 38 | 45 | 176 |
41 | Kunio Suzuki Daichi Wada | Japan | 20 | 41 | OCS† | 36 | 52 | 28 | 177 |
42 | Ingvar Krook Andreas Fuerer | Sweden | 57† | 43 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 57 | 180 |
43 | Brian Cramer Tyler Bjorn | Canada | 37 | 36 | 38 | 45† (ZFP) | 28 | 44 | 183 |
44 | Karl Anderson Edward Morey | United States | 46† | 37 | 37 | 44 | 30 | 43 | 191 |
45 | Alex Fox Dunnery Best | Canada | 12 | 55 | 52 | 33 | 41 | DNF† | 193 |
46 | Erik Broekhof Erik Veldhuizen | Netherlands | 24 | 49 | OCS† | 43 | 43 | 38 | 197 |
47 | Bill Allen Brad Lichter | United States | 61† | 51 | 33 | 40 (ZFP) | 37 | 36 | 197 |
48 | William Fields Richard Burgess | United States | 8 | 38 | 46 | 62† (ZFP) | 58 | 52 | 202 |
49 | Tibor Tenke Jozsef Bendicsek | Hungary | 32 | 34 | 31 | 67† (ZFP) | OCS | 39 | 203 |
50 | Philippe Kahn Joe Londrigan | United States | 41 | 47 | OCS† | 30 | 39 | 48 | 205 |
51 | Foss Miller Greg Newhall | United States | 16 | 48 | 40 | 59† | 55 | 50 | 209 |
52 | Richard Pearce Paul Manning | United States | 47 | 54† | 48 | 34 | 35 | 54 | 218 |
53 | Rodrigo Zuazola Marcos Fuentes | Chile | 56 | OCS† | 41 | 46 | 34 | 55 | 232 |
54 | Robert Forintos András Komm | Hungary | 27 | 58† | 53 | 41 | 57 | 56 | 234 |
55 | Eizens Cepurnieks Aleksander Muzicenko | Latvia | 58† | 52 | 43 | 35 | 62 | 46 | 234 |
56 | Nedko Vassilev Paul Erikson | Bulgaria | 60† | 53 | 44 | 39 | 51 | 47 | 234 |
57 | Antonio Tamburini Renzo Ricci | Italy | 38 | 57 | OCS† | 67 (ZFP) | 33 | 42 | 237 |
58 | Brian Huse Scott Killam | Canada | 48 | 56† | 47 | 44 (ZFP) | 49 | 51 | 238 |
59 | Jock Kohlhas David Bolles | United States | 52 | 50 | 39 | 56 | 61† | 49 | 246 |
60 | Roberto Tomasini Grinover Walter Passegger | Austria | 45 | 62† | 50 | 47 | 60 | 59 | 261 |
61 | Vicente Gimeno Luis Felipe Herman | Chile | 53 | 59† | 51 | 45 | 54 | 58 | 261 |
62 | Steve Johnson Stephan Cohen | New Zealand | 59 | 64 | 55 | 67† (ZFP) | 48 | 61 | 277 |
63 | Brian O'Mahoney David Pleman | United States | 50 | 61 | 54 | 67† (ZFP) | 56 | 60 | 281 |
64 | Derek Decouteau Joseph Donnette | United States | 64 | 60 | 49 | 66 (ZFP) | OCS† | 53 | 292 |
65 | Dennis Burgess Dave Kershaw | Canada | 63 | 63 | 56 | BFD† | 63 | 62 | 307 |
66 | Scot Merrick Crystine Lee | United States | 65† | 65 | 57 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 312 |
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