Star Class Honoring the Past, Leading the Future
The Star Class is saddened to learn of the news of the passing of Stig Wennerström at the age of 82. Stig won the Star European Championships in 1967 and 1970 and the 1968 and 1971 Eastern Hemisphere championships and was 3rd in the 1970 Star Worlds. He won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the Soling and was the 1970 Soling World Champion. After his sailing career, he emigrated to the United States, where he spent his last years in Jupiter, Florida.
