Star Class News/History Tags

Carlos de Cardenas, Profiles of Star Champions

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Dr. Carlos de Cardenas (Starlights, June, 1969) For several years Carlos de Cardenas was the top name in the Star Class, and during the middle 1950's the de Cardenas family created a sensation throughout the yachting world. Carlos Jr. with Carlos de Cárdenas Sr. after winning the…

Albert F. Wakefield, Profiles of Star Champions

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Albert F. Wakefield (Starlights, May, 1969) Star Class racing on Lake Erie, and in fact all yachting in that area, owes a substantial debt to Commodore Al Wakefield of Vermilion, Ohio. In 1967, the 50th anniversary of his term as Commodore of the Vermilion Boat Club, that organization devoted…

Walter von Hutschler, Profiles of Star Champions

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Walter von Hütschler (Starlights, April, 1969) Walter von Hütschler introduced himself to a startled Star world by winning four straight races of the World's Championship on Long Island Sound against 35 other entries in 1937. He did not take the Gold Star home that year because, in…

Paul Hurlburt Smart, Profiles of Star Champions

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Paul Hurlburt Smart (Starlights, February, 1969) Widely traveled, holder of important Olympic offices, well known to the yachting communities of the world, Commodore Paul H. Smart is perhaps our oldest and best known officer. Executive President of the I.S.C.Y.R.A. from 1953 to 1965 and our…

Buddy Melges, Profiles of Star Champions

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THE BUDDY MELGES STORY published in Starlights, February, 1983 Reprinted courtesy of Yacht Racing/Cruising, where it appeared as part of a feature article in January, 1983. Melges is the kind of person who is at his best when the challenges are new and the odds long. Buddy Melges needed a new and…

Agostino Straulino, Profiles of Star Champions

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Agostino Straulino   By FARE VELA Magazine Nov 5, 2003 From the Agostino Straulino website by Giuseppe Leonetti. Agostino Straulino was born at Lussinpiccolo on the island of Lussino in Dalmatia on Oct. 10, 1914 into a family with a longstanding seagoing tradition. Then the…

1941 Tank Test

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Elderlee Yachts, Builder of Stars 1928-1968

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ELDERLEE, INC. of Oaks Corners, NY built a fine line of sailboats and rowboats from 1946 – 1968. Perhaps the most prominent of these was the Star International Class sailboat. ELDERLEE was the final successor to a boat building firm originally established in the Coney Island…

Star Boat Builder List 1911 - 1983

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List of 535 Star Boat Builders from 1911 to 1983 Compiled from the 1983 Star Class LOG by David Bolles   Aitken, Bronx, New York A Astilleros, Abotamar, Spain AA Astilleros, Abascal, San Martin Santander, Spain AAS Abo Batvark, Abo, Finland AB Abba, Trieste, Italy ABB A. C. Crawford, Nassau AC…

Bill Brosius Rebuilds Alcor #924

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Rebuilding old Stars

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Waikiki Booby Bird Trophy 1941-1957

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E.J. Schoettle’s “Sailing Craft” chapter on Stars (1928)

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F. Laeisz International German Championship history

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F. Laeisz International German Championship  By Marko Hasche, Secretary of the Hamburg Fleet Jun 1, 2006 History of the Championship The regatta has published a history of the Hamburg/Luebeck fleets and the German International Championship. It is available in German as a .pdf file. An…

1972 US Olympic Trials

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1972 US Olympic Trials The 1972 US Olympic Star Trials, which determined the US representative at the 1972 Olympics in Kiel, Germany, were raced on San Francisco Bay in winds over 25 knots every day. The entrant list was impressive with many champions among the 27 entries. When the wind gusted to…

1948 Larchmont Race Week Crews

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A Bevy of Beauties at the 1948 Larchmont Race Week Star Crews all Among the crew members on hand for the 1948 Larchmont Race Week competition were, from left to right: Margaret Hornidge, Pat Gullette, Wilma Bell, Betsy Parker, Sandra Woodworth and Jane Clark. (Newspaper clipping from the collection…

Notes on Eastern Long Island Sound Fleet and Hurricane of 1938

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Notes on the Eastern Long Island Sound Fleet and the Hurricane of 1938 by Ellicott McConnell The Eastern Long Island Sound fleet was one of the original chartered fleets of the Star Class, being chartered in 1922. While its territorial waters were listed as being from Brandford Reef, just east…

John F. Kennedy and his Star boats

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The Kennedy Brothers and the Stars by David Bolles and Guy Gurney Flash II It is well known that two of the Kennedy brothers, Joseph P. and John F. Kennedy, owned and sailed Stars during the 1930's. What is less well know is that Robert Kennedy also owned a Star in the 1950's. As reported in…

Isaac E. Smith Boatyard - Builder of the first Stars

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Dedication to the Isaac E. Smith Boatyard Builder of the first 22 Starboats in 1911 Port Washington, Long Island, New York, USA By Elliott Oldak Alan Dinn, Steve Andrews and Elliott Oldak at the Dedication of the Isaac E. Smith Boatyard Memorial On Saturday October 16, 2004 the Nautical Center of…

Recollections of the Maracaibo, Venezuela Star Fleet (1935-1942)

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Recollections of the Maracaibo, Venezuela Star Fleet By Oster RA Bayne  Jan 3, 2004 Bayne and Claugh with 1939 "State of Zulia" trophy My father, Oster RA Bayne, was born in 1903 in Trinidad, then in the British West Indies. He was the eldest son of Samuel Howard Russell and Emily Leonora…