Star Class News/History Tags

Tank Notes on Star Boats, 1941

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Tank Notes on Star Boats by Harry A. Hofmann An article on the results of Star tank test that appeared in Yachting in January, 1941 SEVERAL years ago, after Pimm had provoked a revolution in the Star Class, the shape of her hull started a fountain of conjectures on the advantages to be g...

Steve Erickson Stars in Supporting Roles

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By Stuart Streuli  February 29, 2004 Steve Erickson He's a pioneer of the professional sailor movement. But Steve Erickson says he had no idea where he was headed after he won the 1984 Star class gold medal at the tender age of 23. "I had the opportunity to make a little bit of money ...

The Greatest Class of all Time By Steve Haarstick

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The Greatest Class of all Time By Steve Haarstick Feb 17, 2004 Steve Haarstick and Rick Burgess On Feb 25, I should hopefully be on route 81, on my way back from the Star Masters in Miami. (He finished as top Grand Master.) I got back into Stars 5 years ago, and except for a brief fling ...

Tom Blackaller, Profiles of Star Champions

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Remembering Tom Blackaller By David Bolles, Skip Allan, and Paul Cayard Tom Blackaller From fast cars to fast boats, one-design helmsman Tom Blackaller (1937-1989) had his greatest success in the 6-Meter and Star classes including two national, three world, and four Western Hemisphere titles. ...

Bill Buchan, Profiles of Star Champions

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Bill Buchan and Stars By David Bolles Bill Buchan (left) and Doug Knight won the 1961 Worlds The Buchan family business in Scotland was tied to boats and fishing. In the early 1920’s they immigrated to the Pacific Northwest where they felt that they could continue their trade. Bill's...

History of the Arms-White Regatta

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ARMS‑WHITE REGATTA Arms Trophy To Winning Skipper White Trophy To Winning Crew Doug and Bob Schofield, Winners of the 2002 and 2003 Arms-White Regatta The Arms-White series is named after two sailors from the Central Long Island Sound Star fleet, John Taylor Arms and Elwood S. White. I...

FLEXIBLE SPARS, A Pamphlet “LITTLE BUT PERFECT”

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Pimm, Star # 1078, with Walter von Hütschler and Hans-Joachim Weise, getting ready to gybe around for the start of one of the races at the 1936 European’s. FLEXIBLE SPARS A Pamphlet "LITTLE BUT PERFECT" Describing their Theory and Use by Walter von Hütschler Published and D...

1961 World Championship Video - San Diego, CA

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Ding Schoonmaker - Profile of Star Champions

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Interview with Ding Schoonmaker By Mark Reynolds, Mar 20, 2003   Ding Schoonmaker pictured with Mike Dorgan at the 1997 Masters Regatta Star World Champion, Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, 12-time Star Continental Champion and ISAF Vice President - Ding Schoonmaker was instrumental in t...

Star Racing 1938 in Naples

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Time Magazine Star Articles

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1933 Star World Championship 1933 Bacardi Cup 1941 Star World Championship

Xavier Rohart and Pascal Rambeau, Profiles of Star Champions

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Star Profile - Xavier Rohart and Pascal Rambeau – The Team’s Secret to Success By Lynn Fitzpatrick Jul 7, 2007 Xavier Rohart and Pascal Rambeau More than half way through the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais, Portugal, Xavier Rohart and Pascal Rambeau are one of thr...

Mary Etchells, 1951 World Champion Crew

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Mary Etchells, 1951 World Champion Crew By Ann Franklin Beach Mary Etchells is the only woman who has crewed in Stars and won the World Championship, the Western Hemisphere Championship and the North American Championship. In 1944 she and her husband, Skip Etchells, began winning races in the ...

William W. Parks, Profiles of Star Champions

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President William W. Parks (Starlights, May, 1974) Bill Parks, the newly elected President of the Class, has been a Star sailor for more than a quarter of a century. Belonging to the Southern Lake Michigan Fleet, he races in the Chicago area, but also participates whenever he can in major even...

William P. Ficker, Profiles of Star Champions

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William P. Ficker (Starlights, November, 1970) Bill Ficker, America's Cup summer of 1970 A prominent architect of Newport Harbor, California, is at the present moment one of the most famous sailors in the world. William P. Ficker has recently skippered the 12 Meter Intrepid ...

Malin Burnham, Profiles of Star Champions

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Malin Burnham (Starlights, May, 1970) In 1945 two young Star sailors served notice on the yachting world that a new generation of racing talent had arrived on the California scene. They were Malin Burnham, aged 17, and his still younger crew Lowell North, who together won the last of the Wor...

Richard I. Stearns, Profiles of Star Champions

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Richard I. Stearns (Starlights, April, 1970) Dick Stearns returning to Chicago after winning the Gold Star In 1962. It is difficult to think of anyone in the Star Class who has had such a successful racing career stretching over so long a period as Richard I. Stearns. He flashed into prom...

Duarte Bello, Profiles of Star Champions

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Commodore Duarte Bello (Starlights, February, 1970) Duarte Bello, Vice Commodore of the Star Class for fifteen years, has been for an even longer time one of the best known Star sailors in Europe and in the world. Born in Mozambique, he came to Lisbon at the age of seven and has lived all his l...

Frank H. Gordon, Profiles of Star Champions

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President Frank H. Gordon (Starlights, September, 1969) Frank & Dorothy Gordon after winning the 12th District Blue Star in 1957 Of all the offices of the I.S.C.Y.R.A., at once the most important and the most difficult to fill is that of Executive President. Not only must the Presiden...

Lowell North, Profiles of Star Champions

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Lowell North (Starlights, August, 1969) "Who is this fellow North and how does he do it?" Lowell North These were the opening words of the LOG account of the 1949 World's Championship, in which Lowell North's North Star crossed the finish line first four times and second once, but was ...