Mary Etchells Trophy

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Mary Etchells Trophy

Awarded to the winning crew at the Star World Championship

Awarded to the World Championship winning crew, the Mary Etchells Trophy represents an underlying foundation of the Class - equal respect for both Skipper and Crew. There are few other classes that understand the importance of the crew's skill in winning. This trophy embodies that. Originally donated in 1955 to recognize "female crew prowess," it was re-deeded in 1960 to recognize the equality of either sex as the winning Star crew. 

Few have represented the strength of the Star crew in such a diminutive package as did Mary Etchells, as the winning crew in the 1961 World Championship at the Gibson Island Yacht Squadron. To date, she remains as the only female crew to attain that achievement and, also, to post the trifecta – adding the Western Hemisphere and the North American Championship wins in the same year.

Mary had always sailed with her husband, Skip Etchells, steering. Mary wanted to carve her legacy as a crew and she did just that. Mary’s greatest achievement in winning the Worlds relied on her flogging jib. “It was close to the finish line, and they had to beat the boat beside them to win Worlds,” said Robert Shadduck. “Mary, as always, the fierce competitor, knew that under existing rules, a yachts finishing position was determined by the first part of the boats hull or its equipment, to cross the finish line. Just as they got to the finish line, Mary let the jib go, and as the sail reached out ahead of the boat, the Etchells’ won that race and the regatta. That’s how in tune she was with what was going on.”

Tough, creative, smart, willing to endure discomfort and strain for hours to secure the win,  this type of determination embodies the Star crews we know today with the very characteristics of those who will compete for and win the coveted Mary Etchells Trophy.

YEAR	BOAT	CREW	FLEET	ENTRIES	LOCATION	RESULTS
2025	#8550	Frithjof Kleen	WSFB	101	Split, Croatia	Results
2024	#8593	Austin Sperry	WSFB (West San Francisco Bay)	64	San Diego	Results
2023	#8489	Ole Burzinski	KF (Kieler Flotte)	96	Scarlino, Italy	Results
2022	#8525	Sergio Lambertenghi	NG	84	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
2021	#8567	Fritjhof Kleen	BF (Berliner Flotte)	82	Kiel, Germany	Results
2020	Not held
2019	#8548	Bruno Prada	Cop	63	Porto Cervo, Italy	Results
2018	#8210	Guilherme de Almeida	Gua (Guanabara Bay)	60	Oxford, MD, USA	Results
2017	#8317	Joshua Revkin	Mid (Mid Connecticut)	70	Troense, Denmark	Results
2016	#8465	Bruno Prada	Cop (Biscayne Bay)	72	Miami, FL, USA	Results
2015	#8474	Samuel Goncalves	PAR (Parano)	39	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
2014	#8340	Frithjof Kleen	BF (Berliner Flotte)	87	Lake Garda, Italy	Results
2013	#8490	Phil Trinter	SLE (Cooper River)	66	San Diego, CA, USA	Results
2012	#8456	Bruno Prada	Cop (Guarapiranga)	72	Hyeres, France	Results
2011	#8456	Bruno Prada	Cop (Guarapiranga)	41	Perth, Australia	Results
2010	#8371	Andrew "Bart" Simpson	SO (Solent)	73	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
2009	#8273	Rick Peters	SDB (San Diego Bay)	86	Varberg, Sweden	Results
2008	#8170	Dominik Zycki	ISOL (Poland)	104	Miami, FL, USA	Results
2007	#8127	Bruno Prada	Cop (Guarapiranga)	62	Cascais, Portugal	Results
2006	#8187	Carl Williams	ISOL (New Zealand)	66	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
2005	#8107	Pascal Rambeau	FdeV (Flotte De Nice)	52	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
2004	#8191	Anders Ekstr	BK (Birka)	102	Gaeta, Italy	Results
2003	#8107	Pascal Rambeau	FdeV (Flotte De Nice)	83	Cadiz, Spain	Results
2002	#8025	Steven Mitchell	SO (Solent)	103	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Results
2001	#7650	Christian Finnsgard	Kat (Birka)	105	Medemblik, Netherlands	Results
2000	#7995	Magnus Liljedahl	BisB (San Diego Bay)	112	Annapolis, MD, USA	Results
1999	#7737	Tom Olsen	SDB (San Diego Bay)	129	Punta Ala, Italy	Results
1998	#7828	David Giles	SY (Sydney)	95	Portoroz, Slovenia	Results
1997	#7759	Marcelo Ferreira	Glu (Gluecksburger)	71	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1996	#7763	Roberto Sinibaldi	PDV (Perla Della Versilia)	61	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1995	#7829	Hal Haenel	LB (San Diego Bay)	76	Laredo, Spain	Results
1994	#7737	Eric Jesperson	EB (English Bay)	97	San Diego, CA, USA	Results
1993	#7713	Phil Trinter	SLE (San Diego Bay)	90	Kiel, Germany	Results
1992	#7405	Hugo Schreiner	SDB (Puget Sound)	53	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
1991	#7488	Mario Salani	Viar (Flotta Del Garda)	119	Cannes, France	Results
1990	#7534	Marcelo Ferreira	Gua (Guanabara Bay)	95	Cleveland, OH, USA	Results
1989	#7382	Nelson Falcao	RdJ (Rio De Janeiro)	105	Porto Cervo, Italy	Results
1988	#7225	Steve Erickson	SDB (San Diego Bay)	70	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
1987	#6378	Thomas Olsen	NB (Narragansett Bay)	79	Chicago, IL, USA	Results
1986	#7209	Hugo Schreiner	SDB (San Diego Bay)	110	Capri, Italy	Results
1985	#6960	Steve Erickson	PS (Puget Sound)	80	Nassau, Bahamas	Results
1984	#6573	Alfio Peraboni	LdC (Flotta Del Lario (Lago Di Como))	79	Vilamoura, Portugal	Results
1983	#6756	Jose L. Doreste	Lar (Laredo)	78	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Results
1982	#6756	Jose L. Doreste	Lar (Laredo)	81	Medemblik, Netherlands	Results
1981	#6496	Vincent Hoesch	Glu (Gluecksburger)	84	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1980	#6150	David Shaw	WSFB (Western San Francisco Bay)	54	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1979	#6489	Andreas Josenhans	SLM (Southern Lake Michigan)	78	Marstrand, Sweden	Results
1978	#6346	Andreas Josenhans	SLM (Southern Lake Michigan)	99	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
1977	#6177	Ronald Anderson	SDB (San Diego Bay)	87	Kiel, Germany	Results
1976	#5660	Michael Guhin	CB (Chesapeake Bay)	64	Nassau, Bahamas	Results
1975	#5607	Gerald Ford	BisB (Biscayne Bay)	73	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1974	#5662	Ronald Anderson	WSFB (Western San Francisco Bay)	51	Laredo, Spain	Results
1973	#5662	Peter Barrett	SDB (San Diego Bay)	56	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1972	#5663	Karsten Meyer	KF (Kieler Flotte)	60	Caracas, Venezuela	Results
1971	#5291	James Reynolds	SDB (San Diego Bay)	49	Puget Sound, WA, USA	Results
1970	#5460	Carl Sutter	PS (Puget Sound)	53	Marstrand, Sweden	Results
1969	#5300	Ulf Schroder	Kat (Kattegatt)	44	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1968	Not Held		( )
1967	#4969	Poul Mik-Meyer	DF (Danish Fleet)	62	Copenhagen, Denmark	Results
1966	#4969	John Albrechtson	DF (Danish Fleet)	78	Kiel, Germany	Results
1965	#4831	Charles Lewsadder	SLE (Southern Lake Erie)	35	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1964	#4489	Kent Elder	NH (Newport Harbor)	55	Boston Harbor, MA, USA	Results
1963	#4615	Francis Dolan	BH (Boston Harbor)	67	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1962	#4241	Lynn Williams III	WH (Wilmette Harbor)	73	Cascais, Portugal	Results
1961	#4260	Douglas Knight	PS (Puget Sound)	26	San Diego Bay, CA	Results
1960	#3877	Thomas Skahill	Mis (Mission Bay)	46	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1959	#3877	Morton Carlisle	Mis ( )	30	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1958	#3850	Mark Yorston	NH ( )	24	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1957	#3877	James Hill	SDB	35	Habana, Cuba	Results
1956	#3810	Nicolo Rode	SVRM	59	Naples, Italy	Results
1955	#3376	Carlos de Cardenas Jr.	FdeH	37	Habana, Cuba	Results

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