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District Two Championship
District Two Championship podium. Top row: Ian Coleman (2nd) and John Vanderhoff (3rd).
Bottom row: winner Peter McChesney and 2nd place Ben Franzen.
District 21 Championship
District 21 Championship

Photo by Greg Schertz
Announcements
The Fixture List (schedule of upcoming class championships) is published for 2009. Also, the 2008-2009 winter schedule of racing in Miami is available.

North American Championship
Thirty boats took part in the final silver star championship of 2008 that was sailed at Harbor Springs, Michigan, USA. Winning were John MacCausland and Kevin Murphy

District Championship Results
The District 21 Championship, sailed at Dillon, Colorado, USA in very windy conditions, was won by Tim Seeling and John Kidder.

The District 2 Championship winners were Peter McChesney and Shane Zwingelberg, repeating their 2007 win.

The District 17 Championship was sailed on the Attersee, Austria, and won by Hans Spitzauer and Tobias Harring.

Xavier Rohart and Brice Savignat won the District 9 Championship at Bandol, France.

National Results
In Germany, the Starfinale winners were Tobias Schott and Peter Linke. The popular Oktoberfestregatta on Lake Ammersee had 70 boats entered with Philip Rotermund and Nils Hollweg the winners. The Kronprinz Rupprecht Erinnerungspreis, sailed at Munich, was won by Werner Fritz and Uli Seeberger.

In Austria, the Traunsteingams regatta winners were Thomas and Martina Hopf.

In Geneva, Switzerland, the Grand Prix de Versoix winners were Daniel Wyss and Urs Joss.

In France, Julia and Graham Bailey won the first race of the fall Star season at Nice, Dot's n' Dots, and then followed with another win at the second race, the Trofeo Acciuga al Cioccolate.

In Italy, the Carcano Trophy was sailed at Mandello del Lario and won by the Brazilians Alessandro Pascolato and Manuele La Porta.

At Rastaholm, Sweden, the GP V-Hostrasta winners were Fredrik Ljungqvist and Daniel Alm.

The Open Finnish Championship, sailed near Helsinki, was won by Mathias Dahlman and Eki Heinonen.

The Dutch Open Champions for 2008 are Alwin Van Daelen and Peter Peet and the Gecombineerde Wedstrijden regatta was won by Bart Schipper and Bob Boeschoten.

In the USA on the east coast, the Bedford Pitcher Trophy (Cedar Point Open) winners were Fotis and Evan Boliakis. The Chili Regatta at Senaca Lake was won by Kirk Reynolds and Dan White and the Nutmeg Regatta winners were John MacCausland and Kevin Murphy.

At Vancouver, Canada, Foss Miller and Stu Frost were the winners of the English Bay Labour Day Regatta and Fred Dill and Mike Wurm won the English Bay Fleet Championship.

In eastern Canada, the champions of the Flotte du Quebec are Andre Marcotte and Eric Croteau.

In Brazil, the Taca Alberto Ravazzano was won by
John King and Luis Carlos Franca Simao and at Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Grand Prix Luis A. Cerrato was taken by Jorge Perez.
District 21 Championship
District 21 Championship 


District 21 Championship
 District 21 Championship
Lake Dillon, Colorado, USA
Photos by Greg Schertz
District 21 Championship
District 21 Championship

Upcoming Events

Update your District's calendar
District 10 Season Final - Fin GP6 10/04/2008 
District 1 2008 Larchmont Y.C. 10/11/2008 - 10/12/2008
District 9 Herbstpeis ZYC 2008 10/11/2008 - 10/12/2008
District 9 Herbstpreis TYC 2008 10/11/2008 - 10/12/2008
District 5 2008 Calvin Paige Trophy 10/18/2008 - 10/19/2008
District 14 Trofeo Best Wind Shop 10/25/2008 - 10/26/2008

- more events -

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