Paul H. Smart Trophy

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The Paul H. Smart Trophy

Awarded to the winner of the second race at the World Championship

The Paul H. Smart Trophy acknowledges the winner of the second race at the Worlds. The namesake donor, Paul Hurlburt Smart, holds a revered position in the history of the Star Class and is considered to be among those who really promoted the Class in the earliest days, then stewarded it through the next 3 decades. Beyond the Stars and his 12 years as Class President, then Commodore, Paul was also active in the international yachting community, especially at the US Olympic Committee, rising to the Chairmanship in 1964.

Paul boosted the local Star group in 1928 buying six second hand Stars, reselling them at cost to Norton Yacht Club Members. Growth across three local fleets on Long Island Sound was fast, growing to 32 Stars before World War II. Over the years, Paul owned seven Stars, raced in eleven World Championships, six as skipper and five as crew. Internationally, Paul began his Olympic activity by crewing for his son, Hiliary, and winning the 1948 Gold Medal. Later, Paul became the Olympic Yachting Committee Chair in 1964.

Few have committed as much time and energy to the Star Class as Paul Smart. On the occasion of his retirement from the Class Presidency, the Governing Committee passed the following resolution, “The Members wish to express their deep appreciation and sincere thanks for all that Paul Hurlburt Smart has done for the Star Class in his 12 years. The welfare of the ISCYRA has always been uppermost in his thoughts, and most of his waking hours have been devoted to its cause. Throughout the Class and indeed everywhere in the world of yachting, his name is held is the highest esteem. We are most fortunate that his retirement is far from total, and that, as our Commodore, he will maintain the contacts and extend the activities that has contributed so much to the health and growth of the Star Class.”

YEAR	BOAT	SKIPPER	CREW	FLEET	ENTRIES	LOCATION	RESULTS
2025	#8594	Diego Negri	Sergio Lambertenghi	VE	101	Split, Croatia	Results
2024	#8538	Will Stout	Danny Cayard	SDB	64	San Diego	Results
2023	#8568	Flavio Favini	Nicolas Seravalle	NG	96	Scarlino, Italy	Results
2022	#8532	Jorgen Schoenherr	Marcus Koy	DF	84	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
2021	#8567	Diego Negri	Frithjof Kleen	VE	82	Kiel, Germany	Results
2020	Not sailed
2019	#8509	Augie Diaz	Henry Boening	BisB	63	Porto Cervo, Italy	Results
2018	#8177	Eivind Melleby	Joshua Revkin	Isol	60	Oxford, MD, USA	Results
2017	#8502	Facundo Olezza Bazan	Juan Pablo Engelhard	N	70	Troense, Denmark	Results
2016	#8340	Robert Stanjek	Frithjof Kleen	BF	72	Miami, FL, USA	Results
2015	#8497	Diego Negri	Sergio Lambertenghi	VE	39	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
2014	#8480	Lars Grael	Samuel Gonçalves	Par	87	Lake Garda, Italy	Results
2013	#8203	Brian Ledbetter	Gregg Morton	PS	66	San Diego, CA USA	Results
2012	#8472	Flavio Marazzi	Enrico De Maria	TB	72	Hyeres, France	Results
2011	#8309	Afonso Domingos	Federico Melo	CP	41	Perth, Australia	Results
2010	#8364	Flavio Marazzi	Enrico de Mario	TB	73	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
2009	#8273	George Szabo	Rick Peters	SDB	86	Varberg, Sweden	Results
2008	#8170	Mateusz Kusznierewicz	Dominik Zycki	POL	104	Miami, FL, USA	Results
2007	#8292	Hamish Pepper	Carl Williams	ISOL	62	Cascais, Portugal	Results
2006	#8138	Flavio Marazzi	Martin Kozaczek	TB	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	#8107	Xavier Rohart	Pascal Rambeau	NI	83	Cadiz, Spain	Results
2002	#8109	Torben Grael	Marcelo Ferreira	Gua	103	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Results
2001	#7692	Andrea Racchelli	M. Ferrari	VE	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	#7931	Howard Shiebler	Rick Peters	LB	95	Portoroz, Slovania	Results
1997	#7657	Eric Doyle	Brian Terhaar	SDB	71	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1996	#7826	Torben Grael	Marcelo Ferreira	Gua	61	Rio De Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1995	#7829	Mark Reynolds	Hal Haenel	SDB	76	Laredo, Spain	Results
1994	#7737	Ross Macdonald	Eric Jesperson	EB	97	San Diego, CA, USA	Results
1993	#7713	Joe Londrigan	Phil Trinter	SDB	90	Kiel, Germany	Results
1992	#7425	Paul Cayard	Steve Erickson	SDB	53	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
1991	#7603	Ross Macdonald	Eric Jesperson	EB	119	Cannes, France	Results
1990	#7405	Carl Buchan	Hugo Schreiner	PS	95	Cleveland, OH, USA	Results
1989	#7434	William Parks	Joe Londrigan	SLM	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	#7134	Mats Johansson	Mats Hanson	Vin	110	Capri, Italy	Results
1985	#7074	Paul Cayard	Ken Keefe	WSFB	80	Nassau, Bahamas	Results
1984	#6942	Paul Cayard	Ken Keefe	WSFB	79	Vilamoura, Portugal	Results
1983	#7434	William Parks	David Cornes	SLM	78	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Results
1982	#6756	Antonio Gorostegui	Jose Luis Doreste	Lar	81	Medemblik, Netherlands	Results
1981	#6651	Hans Wallen	Henrik Dubois	Kat	84	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1980	#6437	Albino Fravezzi	Oscar Dalvit	SG	54	Rio De Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1979	#6489	Harry C. Melges Jr.	Andreas Josenhans	SLM	78	Marstrand, Sweden	Results
1978	#6346	Harry C. Melges Jr.	Andreas Josenhans	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	#5651	Tom Blackaller	Ron Anderson	WSFB	73	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1974	#5662	Tom Blackaller	Ronald Anderson	WSFB	51	Loredo, Spain	Results
1973	#5443	Dennis Conner	James Reynolds	SDB	56	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results

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