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Mr. Star Class - George Criminale, Sr, Mobile Bay Fleet


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Mr. Star Class: Part adrenaline-chasing sailor, part groundbreaking float artist, George Criminale Sr. was as Mobile as it gets. Click here to read article
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Hiking Techniques through the years


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Hiking Techniques through the years The importance of getting crew weight over the side on a Star has been recognized since the earliest championship events. In 1924 Bill Inslee, who won the first two Gold Star events held by the Class in 1922 and 1923, wrote an article for April-May issue of Starl...
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Mystic Seaport Star Class Collection


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THE STAR CLASS COLLECTION AT THE MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM In 1961 the estate of Adrian Iselin II donated Iselin's complete Star collection, including his boat Ace II, # 202, to the Mystic Seaport Museum. Iselin was a two-time World Champion, in 1925 and 1936, both times in his home-built Ace II. I...
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Ladies of the Star Class 1938 Log


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TO THE LADIES (text and pictures reprinted from the 1938 Log) Women are playing a constantly greater part in every phase of modern sport but in none more so than in yachting. And in the sailing of small racing yachts no international class has a larger percentage of feminine participants than the ...
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Thoughts on Boat Renovation by Bill Buchan


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THOUGHTS ON BOAT RENOVATION by Bill Buchan This guide to buying an older Star and making it competitive is a result of a project which I took on in 2004. With the recent increase in interest in renovating older Stars I thought the various considerations involved in finding an older boat worthy of ...
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The Development of Star Boat Keel


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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KEEL In Star Boats By David Bolles When the Star was designed in November 1910 in the office of William Gardner, there was no thought given to the idea that the Star boat would outgrow its being used as a local New York / New England one-design racer. Wh...
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GARDNER PLAN of 1910 Star Boat


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GARDNER PLAN of 1910, with Specifications and Letter dated 1917 Jim Peters of Cleveland, Ohio, has kindly provided the following historical material: Star Construction Plan dated November, 1910, Specifications for the Star and a cover letter from the office of William Gardner dated March 19th, 191...
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Francis Sweisguth - Designer and Developer of the Star


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FRANCIS SWEISGUTH 1882-1970 DESIGNER AND DEVELOPER OF THE STAR During the winter of 1910-1911 twenty-two Stars were under construction at the boatworks of Isaac E. Smith, located in Port Washington, New York and another 11 Stars, known at the time as “Nahant Bugs”, were being built by...
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Stardust - Star Class Newsletter for the 1st, 2nd, and 12th Districts 2000-2009


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May 2000 November 2002 May 2005 November 2007 June 2000 December 2002 June 2005 December 2007 July 2000 January 2003 July 2005 January 2008 August 2000 February 2003 August 2005 February 2008 September 2000 March 2003 Sept...
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Lowell North Looks Back, Starlights April 1982


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LOWELL NORTH LOOKS BACK (Starlights,  April, 1982) Members of the Star Class are or ought to be interested in the reminiscences of the only person who has ever won the World's Championship four times, one of the world's best known skippers and sailmakers, Lowell North. Star sailors on ...
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Olympic Prospects 1968


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PRESIDENT'S REPORTS ON OLYMPIC PROSPECTS Frank H. Gordon, Executive President (Starlights, 1968) Two recent developments affecting the Stars as an Olympic class have occurred which lead me to make this report to entire membership. First, at last year's World's in Denmark, at the reques...
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Interview - Some Tips from Bill Buchan


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SOME TIPS FROM BILL BUCHAN (Starlights, June 1986) When you were an up‑and‑coming young sailor, what type of training program did you follow? Bill: "It seems as though it's been going on for ever. I've always just been in a sailing frame of mind. Sailing has always been first a...
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“Thoughts on Upwind Speed” by Bill Buchan


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SOME THOUGHTS ON UPWIND SPEED by Bill Buchan (PS) (Starlights, November, 1980) Bill Buchan, by a consensus of his major competitors, is the top Star sailor in the world right now. He has won back‑to‑back Bacardi Cups, the 1979 Baltic Regatta, 1980 Spring Championship and the U.S. Olymp...
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“Check Your Keel” by Paul Bogataj


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Check your Keel Do you have proper keel shape? by Paul Bogataj Are you fast upwind, but slower downwind? Perhaps it is the other way around. There are many factors that influence a Star boat's performance. One of these is the section shape of the keel. A keel optimized for upwind sailing is n...
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Star Class I.G.C., C.M.C. and Annual Meeting Minutes, Archival


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26 August, 1967 Annual Meeting 2 August, 1979 IGC & Annual Meeting 10 December, 1994 AdComm Meeting 6 September, 1996 AdComm Meeting 9 November, 1996 IGC Meeting 7 December, 1996 AdComm Meeting 15 March, 1977 AdComm Meeting 7 June, 1997 AdComm Meeting 3-4-5 September, 1997 IGC, CMC &...
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Starboat Masts by Richard Gates


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STARBOAT MASTS By Richard Gates When Alan Holt and I were engineers in the aviation industry we enjoyed sailing Stars, built our own equipment, and started Spar Tech Co. Alan had already established himself as a talented Star sailor and continued to improve his performance in the Star community.&n...
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Sail Area Reduction Report by Bill Buchan and Vince Brun, February 1997 Starlights


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Technical Committee, February 1997 Starlights Interim Technical Committee Sail Area Reduction Report by Bill Buchan, Technical Committee chairman             The Technical Committee has been requested to conduct a sail area redu...
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Retrofitting the Jib Halyard by John A. MacCausland


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RETROFITTING THE JIB HALYARD in order to fly the jib higher by John A. MacCausland One of the things which is happening at the moment is that top guys are carrying their jibs a lot higher than before downwind, raising it almost 2 feet or more off the deck. There are a couple of reasons for this. ...
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Powering Up by Mark Reynolds


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Powering Up By Mark Reynolds When the wind is light and the water choppy, invariably you are looking for power. The number one question is usually "How to keep the crew over the side?". Other than sailing with a super light crew here are a few tips for getting the crew over early and powering up f...
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History of the North American Championship


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First NA Championship for Stars Sailed in 1939 By C. STANLEY OGILVY, from the 1960 N.A. program notes MYC hosts the 1960  North American Championships By NORMAN E. WRIGHT, Sports Editor, from the 1960 N.A. program notes A History of the North American S...
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