Bud Vanderveer Trophy

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Bud Vanderveer Trophy

Awarded to the Skipper with the best total score without discards after the first three completed races of the Star World Championship.

This trophy was dedicated to the memory of Bud Vanderveer who suffered a fatal automobile accident after winning the third race at the 1932 World Championship. At the time known as the International Championship, Vandeveer won that third race competing in his first “Internationals”, against a major group of international representatives on Central Long Island Sound. In honor of Bud’s passing, Race Four was postponed so that the shocked competitors could pay their respects in a memorial flotilla. The regatta proceeded the following day and was ultimately won by Edward Fink and Edwin Thorne team from Long Beach, CA.   Aside from this tragic turn of events, very little is known, written, nor recorded, about Bud Vandeveer.

Never the less, we can recount the importance of the 1932 Worlds, as it occurred immediately after the 1932 Olympics, raced in Los Angeles, just off the Point Fermin headlands. This was the first Olympiad utilizing the Star as the two-person keelboat. The Star joined the west-coast prominent “Snowbird” as the single-handed dingy and the 6 Meter and 8 Meter Yachts. Seven countries sent Star entrants to Los Angeles and the American team of Gilbert Gray and Andrew Libana brought home Gold. Such began the Star’s run, the longest  in Olympic sailing history, spanning 1932- 2012, excepting only 1976.

Bud’s passing was a tragic lowpoint in early Star history; but 1932 was also a highpoint, and we can celebrate both.

YEAR	BOAT	SKIPPER	CREW	FLEET	ENTRIES	LOCATION	RESULTS
2025	#8602	Mateusz Kusznierewicz	Bruno Prada	ISOL	101	Split, Croatia	Results
2024	#8538	Will Stout	Danny Cayard	SDB	64	San Diego	Results
2023	#8583	Diego Negri	Alessandro Sodano	VE	96	Scarlino, Italy	Results
2022	#8525	Diego Negri	Sergio Lambertenghi	VE	84	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
2021	#8567	Diego Negri	Krithjof Kleen	VE	82	Kiel, Germany	Results
2020	not held
2019	#8509	Augie Diaz	Henry Boening	BisB	63	Porto Cervo, Italy	Results
2018	#8210	Jorge Zarif	Guilherme de Almeida	GuB	60	Oxford, MD, USA	Results
2017	#8317	Eivind Melleby	Josh Revkin	NOR	70	Troense, Denmark	Results
2016	#8465	Augie Diaz	Bruno Prada	BisB	72	Miami, FL, USA	Results
2015	#8497	Diego Negri	Sergio Lambertenghi	VE	39	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
2014	#8317	Eivind Melleby	Bruno Prada	NOR	87	Lake Garda, Italy	Results
2013	#8203	Brian Ledbetter	Gregg Morton	PS	66	San Diego, CA, USA	Results
2012	#8471	Iain Percy	Andrew Simpson	SO	72	Hyeres, France	Results
2011	#8367	Mark Mendelblatt	Brian Fatih	TaB	41	Perth, Australia	Results
2010	#8371	Iain Percy	Andrew Simpson	SO	73	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
2009	#8250	Mark Mendelblatt	Mark Strube	TaB	86	Varberg, Sweden	Results
2008	#8349	Iain Murray	Andrew Palfrey	LMac	104	Miami, FL, USA	Results
2007	#8107	Xavier Rohart	Pascal Rambeau	NI	62	Cascais, Portugal	Results
2006	#8156	Andy Horton	Brad Nichol	NB	66	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
2005	#8107	Xavier Rohart	Pascal Rambeau	NI	52	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
2004	#8028	Mark Neeleman	Peter Van Niekerk	Med	102	Gaeta, Italy	Results
2003	#8040	Francesco Bruni	Guido Vigna	Pal	83	Cadiz, Spain	Results
2002	#8109	Torben Grael	Marcelo Ferreira	Gua	103	Los Angeles Harbor, CA, USA	Results
2001	#8065	Gavin Brady	George Iversen	NZL	105	Medemblik, Netherlands	Results
2000	#7939	Gavin Brady	Jamie Gale	NZL	112	Annapolis, MD, USA	Results
1999	#7876	Ross MacDonald	Kai Bjorn	EB	129	Punta Ala, Italy	Results
1998	#7828	Colin Beashel	David Giles	SY	95	Portoroz, Slovenia	Results
1997	#7834	Peter Bromby	Michael Marcel	BER	71	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1996	#7826	Torben Grael	Marcelo Ferreira	Gua	61	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1995	#7835	Ross Macdonald	Eric Jespersen	EB	76	Loredo, Spain	Results
1994	#7737	Ross Macdonald	Eric Jespersen	EB	97	San Diego, CA, USA	Results
1993	#7713	Joe Londrigan	Phil Trinter	SDB	90	Kiel, Germany	Results
1992	#7640	John Kostecki	George Iverson	WSFB	53	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
1991	#7488	Roberto Benamati	Mario Salani	Gar	119	Cannes, France	Results
1990	#7405	Carl Buchan	Hugo Schreiner	PS	95	Cleveland, OH, USA	Results
1989	#7288	Mark Reynolds	Hal Haenel	SDB	105	Porto Cervo, Italy	Results
1988	#7225	Paul Cayard	Steve Erickson	SDB	70	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
1987	#7225	Paul Cayard	Steve Erickson	WSFB	79	Chicago, IL, USA	Results
1986	#7109	Vincent Brun	Hugo Schreiner	SDB	110	Capri, Italy	Results
1985	#6960	Bill Buchan Jr	Steve Erickson	PS	80	Nassau, Bahamas	Results
1984	#6573	Giorgio Gorla	Alfio Peraboni	LdC	79	Vilamoura, Portugal	Results
1983	#6866	John Dane III	Frederick May	NOG	78	Los Angeles Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1982	#6796	Alexander Hagen	Vincent Hoesch	Glu	81	Medemblik, Netherlands	Results
1981	#6281	Peter Wright	Todd Cozzens	SLM	84	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1980	#6150	Tom Blackaller	David Shaw	WSFB	54	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1979	#6489	Buddy Melges	Andreas Johansans	SLM	78	Marstrand, Sweden	Results
1978	#6146	Buddy Melges	Andreas Johansans	SLM	99	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
1977	#6177	Dennis Conner	Ronald Anderson	SDB	87	Kiel, Germany	Results
1976	#5607	Ding Schoonmaker	David Dickey	BisB	64	Nassau, Bahamas	Results
1975	#5607	Ding Schoonmaker	Jerry Ford	BisB	73	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1974	#5662	Tom Blackaller	Ron Anderson	WSFB	51	Laredo, Spain	Results
1973	#5662	Lowell North	Peter Barrett	SDB	56	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1972	#5217	Joerg Bruder	Claudio Meyer	Gua	60	Caracas, Venezuela	Results
1971	#5291	Dennis Conner	James Reynolds	SDB	49	Puget Sound, WA, USA	Results
1970	#5407	Ding Schoonmaker	Arne Akerson	BisB	53	Marstrand, Sweden	Results
1969	#4861	Alan Holt	Richard Gates	PS	44	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1967	#4773	Timir Pinegin	Fedor Chutkov	Mosc	62	Copenhagen, Denmark	Results
1966	#4969	Paul Elvstrom	John Albrechtson	DF	78	Kiel, Germany	Results
1965	#4749	Malin Burnham	James Reynolds	SDB	35	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1964	#4489	Don K. Edler	Kent Elder	NH	55	Boston Harbor, MA, USA	Results
1963	#4749	Malin Burnham	James Reynolds	SDB	67	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1962	#3870	Duarte Bello	Fernando Bello	CP	73	Cascais, Portugal	Results
1961	#4260	Bill Buchan, Jr	Douglas Knight	PS	26	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1960	#4039	Don K. Edler	Kent Elder	NH	46	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1959	#3877	Lowell North	Morton Carlisle	Mis	30	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1958	#3850	Bill Ficker	Mark Yorston	NH	24	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1957	#3877	Lowell North	James Hill	SDB	35	Habana, Cuba	Results
1956	#2920	Lowell North	James B. Hill	SDB	59	Naples, Italy	Results
1955	#3376	Charles de Cardenas	Charles de Cardenas, Jr	FdeH	37	Habana, Cuba	Results
1954	#3376	Charles de Cardenas	Charles de Cardenas, Jr	FdeH	34	Cascais, Portugal	Results
1953	#3316	Agostino Straulino	Nicolo Rode	SVRM	40	Naples, Italy	Results
1952	#2958	Agostino Straulino	Nicolo Rode	SVRM	29	Cascais, Portugal	Results
1951	Magic	D. Stearns	R. Rodgers	WH	49	Chesapeake Bay, USA	Results
1950	Merope	Agostino Straulino	Nicolo Rode	SVRM	41	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1949	#2829	Harry Nye, Jr	Stanley Fahlstrom	SLM	40	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1948	#1961	Lockwood M. Pirie	Harry Rugeroni	WH	24	Cascais, Portugal	Results
1947	#1976	Durward Knowles	Sloan Farrington	N	21	Los Angeles Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1946	#2427	George Fleitz	Walter Krug	LB	28	Habana, Cuba	Results
1945		J. Cowie	Walter Krug	LB	21	Central Long Island Sound, NY, USA	Results
1944	#1801	Gerald Driscoll	Malin Burnham	SDB	19	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1943	#1931	Arthur M. Deacon	Perry R. Roehm	WLIS	19	Great South Bay, NY, USA	Results
1942	#1861	Harry G. Nye	Stanley Fahlstrom	SLM	16	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1941	Scout III	M. Lehman	P. McKibben	NH	13	Los Angeles Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1940	#1150	James Cowie	Gordon Cowie	LB	18	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1939	#1420	Walter von Hutschler	Egon P. Beyn	HF	21	Kiel, Germany	Results
1938	#1420	Walter von Hutschler	Joachim Weise	HF	22	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1937	#1414	Milton Wegeforth	Ernest Phillips	SDB	36	Western Long Island Sound, NY, USA	Results
1936	By-C	Harlan F. Beardslee	Myron L. Lehman	NH	35	Lake Ontario, USA	Results
1935	#1052	Harlan F. Beardslee	Myron L. Lehman	NH	16	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1934	#1052	Harlan F. Beardslee	Myron L. Lehman	NH	15	San Francisco Bay, CA, USA	Results
1933	#946	W. Glenn Waterhouse	Woodbridge Metcalf	SFB	16	Long Beach, CA, USA	Results

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