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7 June 1980

In a move to limit the excesses of 1972 and 76, size limits were introduced for the first time in 1980. There was an early upset when Eric Tabarly was forced to retire as skipper of the hydrofoil trimaran Paul Ricard due to injury. His replacement, Marc Pajot, it was decided, had not qualified in accordance with the rules and consequently was excluded. In the end, due to pressure from the other competitors lead by Philip Weld, he was allowed to race as an unofficial entry. Paul Ricard finished after 18days 13hours which would have given 5th place.
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A new innovation for this race was the introduction of satellite tracking, using the US/French ARGOS system. The small transmitters carried by each competitor could also send an emergency signal. Due to the expense of installing these in every yacht, French radio station, Europe 1 was signed up as co-sponsor with The Observer newspaper.

Weld’s record breaking achievement, in his second OSTAR, was considerable for a 65 year old, even a such a sprightly one. The American’s victory delighted not only his fellow countrymen but also the other competitors amongst whom he was a popular figure.

America also won the Gypsy Moth class and were proclaimed victors of the Jester class until some months later when Jerry Cartwright in Le First was disqualified after it was discovered he had taken aboard diesel oil from a Cuban fishing vessel.
Skipper Nationality Yacht Class Type LOA Time
D H M

Class
Place
Philip Weld U.S.A. MOXIE P Tri 51 17 23 12 1
Nick Keig British THREE LEGS OF MANN III P Tri 53 18 06 04 2
Philip Steggall U.S.A. JEANS FOSTER G Tri 38 18 06 45 1
Mike Birch Canadian OLYMPUS PHOTO P Tri 46 18 07 15 3
Walter Greene U.S.A. CHAUSSETTES OLYMPIA G Tri 35 18 17 29 2
Kazimierz Jaworski Polish SPANIEL II P Mono 56 19 13 25 4
Edoardo Austoni Italian CHICA BOBA P Mono 56 20 02 30 5
Daniel Gilard French BRITTANY FERRIES I G Mono 44 21 00 09 3
Richard Konkolski Czech NIKE II G Mono 44 21 06 21 4
Tom Grossman U.S.A. KRITER VII P Tri 56 21 08 01 6
Wolfgang Wanders German STADT KREFELD G Mono 44 21 14 22 5
Gustaf Versluys Belgian TYPHOON VI G Mono 44 21 15 01 6
Alain Labbe French HYDOFOLIE G Tri 42 21 15 51 7
Olivier de Kersauson French KRITER VI P Mono 54 21 20 30 7
Pierre Sicouri Italian GUIA FILA P Mono 44 22 02 34 8
Robert James British BOATFILE G Tri 31 22 22 55 8
Dennis Gliksman French FRANCE LOISIRS G Mono 44 23 10 00 9
Bertie Reed S.African VOORTREKKER P Mono 49 23 12 42 9
Eugene Riguidel French V.S.D. P Tri 52 24 01 27 10
Philippe Fournier French HAUTE-NENDAZ G Mono 36.5 24 03 05 10
Jean Pierre Millet French OPEN SPACE P Mono 52 25 01 05 11
Victor Sagi Spanish GARUDA P Mono 48 25 08 23 12
Francis Stokes U.S.A. MOONSHINE G Mono 40 25 14 07 11
Naomi James British KRITER LADY P Mono 53 25 19 12 13
Bill Homewood U.S.A. THE THIRD TURTLE G Tri 32 25 20 13 12
Robert Bocinsky U.S.A. AMBERGRIS G Mono 37 26 00 39 13
Jean-Jaques Jaouen French LES MENUIRES G Mono 44 26 15 21 14
Jerzy Rakowicz Polish SPANIEL G Mono 38 26 19 29 15
John Chaundy British FREE NEWSPAPERS J Mono 32 28 00 56 1
William Doelger U.S.A EDITH G Tri 31 28 04 10 16
Uno Hylen Swedish YOLDIA G Mono 37 28 05 48 17
Desmond Hampton British WILD RIVAL G Mono 34 28 13 44 18
John Charnley British ATLANTIC HARP G Mono 43 29 06 21 19
lan Radford British JABULISIWE J Mono 28 30 14 38 2
John Oswald British MOONSHADOW BASILDON G Mono 37.5 30 15 30 20
Oscar Debra Belgian CRUMPY NUT G Mono 43 30 16 32 21
Richard Clifford British WARRIOR SHAMAAL G Mono 35 30 16 45 22
Henk Jukkema Netherlands VICTORIA J Mono 31 30 18 02 3
Chris Smith British SADLER BLUEJACKET J Mono 25 30 19 20 4
Chris Butler British ACHILLEA J Mono 28 30 20 49 5
Kees Roemers Netherlands BOLLEMAAT IV G Mono 44 30 21 24 23
Angus Primrose British DEMON OF HAMBLE G Mono 33 30 23 08 24
Roger Forkert French/U.S.A. PARISIEN LIBERE G Tri 38 31 10 45 25
Guy Bernadin French RATSO II G Mono 38 31 11 45 26
James Kyle U.S.A. DREAM WEAVER J Mono 27 31 23 05 6
Alain Veyron French CAT MARINE J Tri 28 32 02 50 7
Don Clark British ABACUS G Mono 41.5 32 07 17 27
Thomas Gochberg U.S.A. MISTRAL G Mono 41.5 32 18 35 28
Luis Tonizzo U.S.A. EGRET J Mono 27 33 05 25 8
Nikolay Djambazov Bulgarian TANGRA G Mono 36 34 10 53 29
Wijtze van der Zee Netherlands BLACK PEARL G Mono 41 35 11 20 30
Jose Ugarte Spanish NORTH WIND G Mono 39 36 06 43 31
Henk van de Weg Netherlands TJISJE J Mono 29.5 36 22 22 9
Paul Rodgers British CHRISTIAN SAUL G Tri 34 37 03 11 32
Wolfgang Quix German JEANTEX J Mono 31 38 03 02 10
Giampaola Venturin Italian CECCO J Mono 26 38 08 55 11
Juin Guiu Spanish CRISAN G Mono 38 38 14 33 33
J.R. Verwoerd Netherlands SEAGULL II G Mono 33 38 17 00 34
Bob Lush Canadian OLYMPUS SAILING J Mono 25 39 01 46 12
Tony Lush U.S.A. ONE HAND CLAPPING J Mono 32 39 06 56 13
Andre de Jong Netherlands LA PELIGROSA J Mono 30.5 39 16 55 14
Bon Lengyel U.S.A. PRODIGAL J Mono 25 40 06 09 15
Tom Ryan U.S.A. PEGGY G Tri 31 40 20 16 35
Ernest Sonne U.S.A. ELBE G Mono 36 41 10 45 36
John Hunt U.S.A. CRYSTAL CATFISH J Mono 31 41 13 18 16
John Beharrell British MISCIN G Mono 38 42 10 00 37
Beppe Panada Italian MULAT P Mono 56 42 18 20 14
Per Mustelin Finnish MARE J Mono 30 43 03 34 17
William Wallace U.S.A. NOVIA J Mono 30 44 10 42 18
Martin Wills British CASPER J Mono 31 46 13 52 19
Burg Veenemans Netherlands PYTHEAS II P Mono 47 49 08 16 15
Jerry Cartwright U.S.A. LE FIRST J Mono 32 26 22 55 DSQ
Michael Richey British JESTER J Mono 26 -- OUT --
Anthony Vassiliadis Greek OLD NAVY LIGHTS G Mono 34.5 -- OUT --
Piet ter Laag Netherlands LADY DONA G Mono 34 -- RET --
Jacques Timsit French MOTOROLA G Mono 38 -- ABN --
Hans Schulte German SILKE G Mono 38 -- OUT --
Nicholas Clifton British FLEURY MICHON G Proa 42 -- ABN --
Eric Loizeau French GAULOISE IV P Mono 53 -- RET --
J.C. Parisis French CHARLES HEIDSIECK II P Mono 48 -- RET --
Michel Horeau French MAURICE LIDCHI P Tri 51 -- RET --
Warren Luhrs U.S.A. TUESDAY'S CHILD P Mono 54 -- RET --
Simon Hunter British JOMADA J Mono 30 -- RET --
Theo Cockerell British ROUNDABOUT G Mono 36.5 -- ABN --
Bernard Pallard French BRITTANY FERRIES II J Mono 29.5 -- RET --
Peter Philips British LIVERY DOLE G Tri 35 -- ABN --
Czeslaw Gogol-kiewicz Polish RACZYNSKI II P Mono 56 -- RET --
Mac Smith U.S.A. SEA QUEST G Mono 39 -- RET --
Antonio Chioatto Italian MATTIA III G Tri 36 -- ABN --
Judith Lawson U.S.A. SERTA PERFECT SLEEPER G Mono 32 -- RET --
Classes: Jester (J) to 32ft, Gipsy Moth (G) 32 to 44ft, Penduick (P) 44 to 56ft
(OUT: Outside time limit. RET: Retired. ABN: Yacht abandoned. DSQ: Disqualified)