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Announcements
The 2008 South American Championship is the first ISCYRA event next year on January 3-8 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,, followed by the 2008
Worlds in Miami, USA April 7-18, and the Western Hemisphere Championship in Geneva, New York, USA on May 18-23.
The Star Class will be represented at Hanseboot Show in Hamburg, Germany, October 27 - November 4..
USA Olympic Trials
John Dane III and Austin Sperry won the right to represent the USA at the 2008 Olympics in China. Racing came down to the sixteenth and last race of the regatta with George Szabo/Andrew Scott (2nd) and Mark Mendelblatt/Magnus Liljedahl (3rd) in close contention. (Video interview with Dane and Sperry)
Racing Results
The Swedish grand prix series ended with Fredrik Ljungkvist and Daniel Alm winning the 2007 GP
V - Hostrasta and Niklas Elder and Anders Ohlsson taking the 2007 GP
VI Oktoberpokalen. The overall winners for the six race Swedish
Grand Prix Series were Bo-Staffan Andersson and Michael Broad.
In Finland, their grand prix series ended with the Season
Final - Fin GP7 (won by Joni Leeve and Asko Salminen).
The Italian Ultraclassic series has completed its six races with the 41st
Trofeo Amicizia won by Luca Modena and Sergio Lambertenghi. The overall winners of the Ultraclassic series are Pierpaolo Christofori and Paolo Fulvio. The 1°
Trofeo Francesco Sargentini, sailed in Viareggio, was won by Filippo Lanfranchi and Leonaro Pesi. The Trofeo Carcano, sailed at Mandello del Lario, was won by Massimo Canali, and the Campionato
Italiano Classe Star winners were Diego Negri and Luigi Viale, sailing on Lago di Como,
In Switzerland, the 2007
Zürcher Herbstpreis was won by Hans Stoeckli and Axel Erbe, the Herbstpreis
Thun 2007 winners were Martin Ingold and Dario Bischoff, and the Sigi
Meier Memorial 2007 first place went to Henrik Dannesboe and Claus Lauritsen.
In Germany. the 2007
International German Champions are Philipp Rotermund and Thomas Auracher. The 2007
Lawuse - Preis Berlin Meisterschaft, won by Robert Stanjek and Markus Koy, was sailed in Berlin immediately before the Senatspreis
2007, whose winners were Alexander Schlonksi and Frithjof Kleen. In Essen, the Commodore
Dr. Luër Preis 2007 was won by Udo Murek and Walter Baudisch. The 46th
Oktoberfest-Regatta brought 56 boats to sail on the Ammersee with Werner Fritz and Uli Seeberger taking the trophy.
Austria's Wodi
Wodi Pokal 2007 was won by Gerhard Weinreich and Maximilian Stelzl.
The Netherands' 2007
Open Dutch Champions are Alwin Van Daelen and Peter Peet.
Hungary's Anna
Grand Hotel Kupa 2007 was won by Huba Holivits and Andras Felegyhazy.
The 2007
French National Open Championship, sailed at Marseille, was won by Xaviar Rohart and Jonathan Pacelle,
and the 2007 Le
Lac d'Argent, sailed on Lake Annecy, was won by Philippe and Benoit Brillaud. In Nice, Fabrice and Isabelle Dot won the 2007
Noname Absent Cup and Andrea Orlando and Alessandro Ciocchi won the 2007
Upstart
The Ile de
France 2007 Fleet Champions (Paris) are Romain Andrieux and Olivier Guerin.
In the USA, on Long Island Sound, the 2007
Nutmeg Regatta winners were Bear Hovey and Lee Dayton, and the 2007
Larchmont Columbus Day Regatta winners were Ched Proctor and Matt Semler. On the lakes of New York state, Brian Cramer and Tyler Bjorn won the 2007
Chili Regatta and Mark Passmore and Ivan Bunner won the 2007
FLASIR Regatta.
On the Chesapeake Bay, Peter McChesney and Shane Zwingelberg are the 2007
District 2 Champions. The D2 Green Star was won at the 2007
Shuster Regatta by Dan North and Jeep Jallade with Bob Flower and Jib Jallade winning the regatta. Taking the 2008
Oxford Fall Wind Up were John Manderson and Roman Gotsulak.
In Illinois USA, Peter and Danny Wright won the 2007
Fall Finale and Rick Brethorst and Bob Carson won the 2007 J.
Holt Thomas Memorial
At Los Angeles on the USA west coast, the 2007
King of Spain winners were Andy Horton and Brad Nichol. At the Last
Chance Regatta (to qualify for the USA Olympic Trials), Rick Merriman and Phil Trinter led the way.
In Vancouver, Canada, the English Bay Fleet Champions are Dennis Burgess and Dave Kershaw, In Quebec, the Quebec
Fleet Champions are Will Hendershot and Rick Shousha.
Brazil had the Taca Alberto Ravazzano in Rio de Janeiro at the end of September, won by Fabio Bodra and Arthur Lopes. Valparaiso, Chile's winners of the Campeonato de Invierno were Vincente Gimeno Jr. and Robert Riegel.
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