Star Class News/History Tags

Steve Erickson Stars in Supporting Roles

HISTORY
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 ...
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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. ...
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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...
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Ding Schoonmaker - Profile of Star Champions

HISTORY
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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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Malin Burnham, Profiles of Star Champions

HISTORY
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...
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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...
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Duarte Bello, Profiles of Star Champions

HISTORY
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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Albert F. Wakefield, Profiles of Star Champions

HISTORY
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 m...
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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 ...
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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 Co...
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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 s...
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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 isl...
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