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	SKIPPER	CREW	FLEET	ENTRIES	LOCATION	RESULTS
2025	#8550	Paul Cayard	Frithjof Kleen	WSFB	101	Split, Croatia	Results
2024	#8593	John Kostecki	Austin Sperry	WSFB	64	San Diego	Results
2023	#8489	Max Kohlhoff	Ole Burzinski	KF	96	Scarlino, Italy	Results
2022	#8525	Diego Negri	Sergio Lambertenghi	NG	84	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
2021	#8567	Diego Negri	Fritjhof Kleen	BF	82	Kiel, Germany	Results
2020	Not held
2019	#8548	Mateusz Kusznierewicz	Bruno Prada	Cop	63	Porto Cervo, Italy	Results
2018	#8210	Josef Zarif	Guilherme de Almeida	Gua	60	Oxford, MD, USA	Results
2017	#8317	Eivind Melleby	Joshua Revkin	Mid	70	Troense, Denmark	Results
2016	#8465	Augie Diaz	Bruno Prada	Cop	72	Miami, FL, USA	Results
2015	#8474	Lars Grael	Samuel Goncalves	PAR	39	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
2014	#8340	Robert Stanjek	Frithjof Kleen	BF	87	Lake Garda, Italy	Results
2013	#8490	John MacCausland	Phil Trinter	SLE	66	San Diego, CA, USA	Results
2012	#8456	Robert Scheidt	Bruno Prada	Cop	72	Hyeres, France	Results
2011	#8456	Robert Scheidt	Bruno Prada	Cop	41	Perth, Australia	Results
2010	#8371	Iain Percy	Andrew "Bart" Simpson	SO	73	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
2009	#8273	George Szabo	Rick Peters	SDB	86	Varberg, Sweden	Results
2008	#8170	Mateusz Kusznierewicz	Dominik Zycki	ISOL	104	Miami, FL, USA	Results
2007	#8127	Robert Scheidt	Bruno Prada	Cop	62	Cascais, Portugal	Results
2006	#8187	Hamish Pepper	Carl Williams	ISOL	66	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
2005	#8107	Xavier Rohart	Pascal Rambeau	FdeV	52	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
2004	#8191	Fredrick Loof	Anders Ekstr	BK	102	Gaeta, Italy	Results
2003	#8107	Xavier Rohart	Pascal Rambeau	FdeV	83	Cadiz, Spain	Results
2002	#8025	Iain Percy	Steven Mitchell	SO	103	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Results
2001	#7650	Fredrick Loof	Christian Finnsgard	Kat	105	Medemblik, Netherlands	Results
2000	#7995	Mark Reynolds	Magnus Liljedahl	BisB	112	Annapolis, MD, USA	Results
1999	#7737	Eric Doyle	Tom Olsen	SDB	129	Punta Ala, Italy	Results
1998	#7828	Colin Beashel	David Giles	SY	95	Portoroz, Slovenia	Results
1997	#7759	Alexander Hagen	Marcelo Ferreira	Glu	71	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1996	#7763	Enrico Chieffi	Roberto Sinibaldi	PDV	61	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1995	#7829	Mark Reynolds	Hal Haenel	LB	76	Laredo, Spain	Results
1994	#7737	Ross Macdonald	Eric Jesperson	EB	97	San Diego, CA, USA	Results
1993	#7713	Joe Londrigan	Phil Trinter	SLE	90	Kiel, Germany	Results
1992	#7405	Carl Buchan	Hugo Schreiner	SDB	53	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
1991	#7488	Roberto Benamati	Mario Salani	Viar	119	Cannes, France	Results
1990	#7534	Torben Grael	Marcelo Ferreira	Gua	95	Cleveland, OH, USA	Results
1989	#7382	Alan Adler	Nelson Falcao	RdJ	105	Porto Cervo, Italy	Results
1988	#7225	Paul Cayard	Steve Erickson	SDB	70	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
1987	#6378	Ed Adams	Thomas Olsen	NB	79	Chicago, IL, USA	Results
1986	#7209	Vince Brun	Hugo Schreiner	SDB	110	Capri, Italy	Results
1985	#6960	William E. Buchan	Steve Erickson	PS	80	Nassau, Bahamas	Results
1984	#6573	Giorgio Gorla	Alfio Peraboni	LdC	79	Vilamoura, Portugal	Results
1983	#6756	Antonio Gorostegui	Jose L. Doreste	Lar	78	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Results
1982	#6756	Antonio Gorostegui	Jose L. Doreste	Lar	81	Medemblik, Netherlands	Results
1981	#6496	Alexander Hagen	Vincent Hoesch	Glu	84	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1980	#6150	Tom Blackaller	David Shaw	WSFB	54	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1979	#6489	Harry Melges, Jr	Andreas Josenhans	SLM	78	Marstrand, Sweden	Results
1978	#6346	Harry Melges, Jr.	Andreas Josenhans	SLM	99	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
1977	#6177	Dennis Conner	Ronald Anderson	SDB	87	Kiel, Germany	Results
1976	#5660	James Allsopp	Michael Guhin	CB	64	Nassau, Bahamas	Results
1975	#5607	James Schoonmaker	Gerald Ford	BisB	73	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1974	#5662	Tom Blackaller	Ronald Anderson	WSFB	51	Laredo, Spain	Results
1973	#5662	Lowell North	Peter Barrett	SDB	56	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1972	#5663	Willi Kuhweide	Karsten Meyer	KF	60	Caracas, Venezuela	Results
1971	#5291	Dennis Conner	James Reynolds	SDB	49	Puget Sound, WA, USA	Results
1970	#5460	William E. Buchan	Carl Sutter	PS	53	Marstrand, Sweden	Results
1969	#5300	Pelle Petterson	Ulf Schroder	Kat	44	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1968	Not Held
1967	#4969	Paul Elvstrom	Poul Mik-Meyer	DF	62	Copenhagen, Denmark	Results
1966	#4969	Paul Elvstrom	John Albrechtson	DF	78	Kiel, Germany	Results
1965	#4831	Don Bever	Charles Lewsadder	SLE	35	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1964	#4489	Donald K. Elder	Kent Elder	NH	55	Boston Harbor, MA, USA	Results
1963	#4615	Joseph Duplin	Francis Dolan	BH	67	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1962	#4241	Richard Stearns	Lynn Williams III	WH	73	Cascais, Portugal	Results
1961	#4260	William E. Buchan	Douglas Knight	PS	26	San Diego Bay, CA	Results
1960	#3877	Lowell North	Thomas Skahill	Mis	46	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1959	#3877	Lowell North	Morton Carlisle	Mis	30	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1958	#3850	William Ficker	Mark Yorston	NH	24	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1957	#3877	Lowell North	James Hill	SDB	35	Habana, Cuba	Results
1956	#3810	Agostino Straulino	Nicolo Rode	SVRM	59	Naples, Italy	Results
1955	#3376	Carlos de Cardenas	Carlos de Cardenas Jr.	FdeH	37	Habana, Cuba	Results

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