The Star World Championship are international sailing regattas in the Star class organized by the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association and sanctioned by World Sailing.
American sailor Lowell North has won the most titles, with five titles between 1945 and 1973 and another seven podiums. Brazilian crew Bruno Prada won also five titles between 2007 and 2019. The most crowned skipper-crew combinations are Italian duo Agostino Straulino and Nicolò Rode and Brazilian duo Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada, with three titles each. Bill Buchan Jr. has three titles, but with different crew.
American sailors have won the most championships, 55 editions, followed by Brazilian sailors, with seven titles, and sailors of Italy with six titles and Germany with five.
Several winners have family relations with each other, e.g. two-time winner Mark Reynolds and 1971 winning crew James Reynolds, 1992 champion Carl Buchan and three-time winner Bill Buchan Jr., 1969 winner Pelle Petterson and his son-in-law 1988 winner Paul Cayard, and the 1954 and 1955 winning father and son couple Carlos de Cárdenas and Carlos de Cárdenas Jr.
The Star was an Olympic class from 1932 to 2012 with the exception of 1976, when it was substituted by the Tempest.
History The first Star World Championships were held on Central Long Island Sound in 1923 and organised by the Bayside Yacht Club, Washington Yacht Club and Manhasset Bay Yacht Club. Eight boats fought for the trophy and the winner was the yacht Taurus with William Inslee and Robert Nelson of Western Long Island Sound fleet.
For the first years, all the championships were held in North America and mostly American sailors participated; the first championships held outside North America were in 1939, in Kiel, Germany.
Editions Date HostAthletesBoatsRef. Ed. Dates Year Host club City Country Ath. Nat Cont Boats M F Mx 1 1923 & & Western Long Island Sound 2 1924 Western Long Island Sound 3 1925 Western Long Island Sound 4 1926 Western Long Island Sound 5 1927 Narragansett Bay 6 1928 Newport Beach 7 1929 New Orleans 8 1930 Chesapeake Bay 9 12-19 Sep 1931 Port Washington, Nassau Co., New York 10 1932 Southport, Connecticut 11 1933 Newport Beach, California 12 1934 Belvedere, California 13 1935 and Newport Harbor 14 1936 Rochester, Monroe County, New York 15 1937 Port Washington, Nassau Co., New York 16 1938 and San Diego 17 1939 Kiel 18 1940 San Diego, California 19 1941 Los Angeles 20 1942 Chicago, Illinois 21 1943 Great South Bay 22 1944 Chicago 23 1945 Stamford 24 1946 Havana 25 1947 Los Angeles 26 1948 Cascais 27 1949 Chicago 28 1950 Chicago 29 1951 Gibson Island 30 1952 Cascais 31 1953 Naples 32 1954 Cascais 33 1955 Havana 34 1956 Naples 35 1957 Havana 36 1958 San Diego 37 1959 Newport Beach 38 1960 Rio de Janeiro 39 San Diego, California 40 1962 Cascais 41 1963 and Chicago 42 1964 Winthrop, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts 43 1965 Newport Beach, California 25 70 44 1966 Kiel 45 1967 Copenhagen N/A 1968 Olympic Year Not Held 46 1969 San Diego, California 47 1970 Marstrand 48 1971 and Puget Sound 49 1972 Club Puerto Azul Caracas 50 1973 San Diego 51 1974 Laredo 52 1975 Lake Michigan 53 1976 Nassau, Bahamas 54 1977 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein 55 1978 Berkeley, San Francisco, California 56 1979 Marstrand 57 1980 Rio de Janeiro 58 1981 Marblehead, Massachusetts 59 19–26 September 1982 Medemblik 60 9–19 August 1983 Marina del Rey, California 61 30 March – 6 April 1984 Vilamoura 62 6–24 November 1985 Nassau, Bahamas 63 10–21 September 1986 Capri 220 18 110 64 19–30 August 1987 Chicago 65 19–31 January 1988 Olivos, Buenos Aires 66 6–17 September 1989 Porto Cervo, Sardinia 67 24–30 September 1990 Cleveland 190 95 68 9–20 October 1991 Cannes 138 119 69 10–18 October 1992 San Francisco 70 8–19 September 1993 Kiel 71 7–18 September 1994 San Diego, California 192 96 72 10–16 September 1995 Laredo 73 9–21 January 1996 Rio de Janeiro 122 15 4 61 74 3–14 September 1997 Marblehead, Massachusetts 75 13–18 September 1998 Portorož 76 1–12 September 1999 Punta Ala 77 14–20 May 2000 Annapolis, Maryland 78 2–12 August 2001 Medemblik 79 15–23 August 2002 Marina del Rey, California 80 11–24 September 2003 Cádiz 81 23 April – 1 May 2004 Gaeta 204 82 12–18 February 2005 Olivos, Buenos Aires 204 28 5 101 83 1–6 October 2006 Berkeley, San Francisco, California 132 84 28 June – 13 July 2007 Cascais 85 11–18 April 2008 Miami, Florida 208 31 5 104 86 2–9 August 2009 Varberg 172 24 5 86 87 12–23 January 2010 Rio de Janeiro 146 20 4 73 88 3–18 December 2011 Perth 82 22 5 41 89 5–11 May 2012 Hyères 144 29 5 72 90 1–7 September 2013 San Diego, California 132 66 91 30 June – 7 July 2014 Malcesine, Lake Garda 174 18 3 87 92 1–10 November 2015 San Isidro 78 93 7–17 April 2016 Miami 144 16 3 72 94 1–8 July 2017 Svendborg 78 12 3 70 95 5–15 October 2018 Oxford, Maryland 120 14 4 60 96 13–23 June 2019 Porto Cervo, Sardinia 126 20 4 63 N/A 13–21 November 2020 Miami cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 97 4–11 September 2021 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein 164 16 4 82 98 8–17 September 2022 Marblehead, Massachusetts 168 16 5 84 99 16–24 September 2023 Scarlino 192 21 4 96 100 4–13 September 2024 San Diego 129 16 5 64 101 8-13 September 2025 Split, Croatia 202 19 4 101
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