Star Class History
For information on Star Class history, contact David Bolles

Forty Years Among the Stars - by George W. Elder Star Boat Design and Development A Pictorial History of the Star Class  1911 - 2001       More pictorial history from the 1930s and 40s       More pictorial history from the 1960s-2000 Historical Photos from The Royal Yacht Club Loosdrecht (Netherlands) Kiel Week History and photos of 1937 Kiel Week Recollections of the Maracaibo, Venezuela Star Fleet (1935-1942) Isaac E. Smith Boatyard - builder of the first Stars John F. Kennedy and his Star boats Notes on Eastern Long Island Sound Fleet and Hurricane of 1938 1948 Larchmont Race Week Crews 1972 US Olympic Trials  F. Laeisz International German Championship history  E.J. Schoettle's "Sailing Craft" chapter on Stars (1928) Waikiki Booby Bird Trophy 1941-1957 Star Yacht Register - Boats 1-1056, 1057-2116 (large .pdf files) Partial list of Star Boats under number 5000 Website on rebuilding old Stars | Bill Brosius Rebuilds Alcor #924 Star Boat Builder List 1911 - 1983 Elderlee Yachts, Builder of Stars 1928-1968

Old Starlights Issues: (.pdf format) April 2000 December 1999 January 1925 April 1924 Time Magazine Star Articles 1933 Worlds 1933 Bacardi 1941 Worlds

Profiles of Star Champions:
Agostino Straulino, Olympic and World Champion
Buddy Melges, World Champion
Profiles: Smart, von Hütschler, Wakefield, de Cardenas, North, Gordon, Bello, Stearns, Burnham, Ficker and Parks
Mary Etchells, 1951 World Champion Crew
Xavier Rohart and Pascal Rambeau

World Championship Results 1923 - 1944 1922 1923, 1924 ,1925, 1926, 1932, 1939, 1944 reports 1945 - 1957 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 reports 1958 - 1977 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 reports 1978 - 1989 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985 reports 1990 - 2002  1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002 reports 2003 report 2004 report 2005 report 2006 report 2007 report  2008 report 2009 report 2010 report 2011 report 2012	North American Championship Results 1939 - 1959  1948, 1957 reports 1960 - 1979 1963, 1966, 1968, 1975, 1977 reports 1980 - 2002 results and reports  2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 , 2011, 2012
European Championship Results 1958-1969,  1970-1984  1985-2001 Reports for 1960, 1961, 1967, 1974, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, Results/report:  2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012	Eastern Hemisphere Championship Results and Reports 1991 - 2001, 2002, 2003,  2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Western Hemisphere Championship Results   1990 - 2001 results and reports, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012	South American Championship Results 1990 - 2001 (including reports), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Olympic Star Class Results 1932-2012 | 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1984, 1996,  2004, 2008 2012 reports  Photos of all Star Gold Medalists ISAF Olympic History:  1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008	Bacardi Cup Winners 1927-2013 | reports and results 2013, 2012,: 2011, 2010, 2009. 2008, 2007  2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2002 report,  2001, 2000, 1998, 1994, 1995, 1933