Star World Championship
International one-design racing keelboat regattas
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 .
Editions
Date
Host
Athletes
Boats
Ref.
Ed. Dates Year
Host club City Country
Ath. Nat Cont
Boats M F Mx
0 11923
Bayside Yacht Club & Port Washington Yacht Club Day & Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Western Long Island Sound United States
0 21924
Western Long Island Sound United States
0 31925
Western Long Island Sound United States
0 41926
Western Long Island Sound United States
0 51927
Narragansett Bay United States
0 61928
Newport Beach United States
0 71929
New Orleans United States
0 81930
Chesapeake Bay United States
0 912-19 Sep 1931
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Port Washington , Nassau Co. , New York United States
10 1932
Pequot Yacht Club Southport , Connecticut United States
11 1933
Newport Harbor Yacht Club Newport Beach , California United States
12 1934
San Francisco Yacht Club Belvedere , California United States
13 1935
Newport Harbor Yacht Club and Balboa Yacht Club Newport Harbor United States
14 1936
Rochester Yacht Club Rochester , Monroe County , New York United States
15 1937
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Port Washington , Nassau Co. , New York United States
16 1938
San Diego Yacht Club and Coronado Yacht Club San Diego United States
17 1939
Yacht-Club von Deutschland Kiel Germany
18 1940
San Diego Yacht Club San Diego , California United States
19 1941
Los Angeles United States
20 1942
Columbia Yacht Club Chicago , Illinois United States
21 1943
Great South Bay United States
22 1944
Chicago Yacht Club Chicago United States
23 1945
Stamford Yacht Club Stamford United States
24 1946
Havana Cuba
25 1947
Los Angeles United States
26 1948
Cascais Portugal
27 1949
Chicago United States
28 1950
Chicago United States
29 1951
Gibson Island United States
30 1952
Cascais Portugal
31 1953
Naples Italy
32 1954
Cascais Portugal
33 1955
Havana Cuba
34 1956
Naples Italy
35 1957
Havana Cuba
36 1958
San Diego Yacht Club San Diego United States
37 1959
Newport Beach United States
38 1960
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
39
San Diego Yacht Club San Diego , California United States
40 1962
Cascais Portugal
41 1963
Sheridan Shore Yacht Club and Chicago Yacht Club Chicago United States
42 1964
Cottage Park Yacht Club Winthrop , Boston Harbor , Massachusetts United States
43 1965
Newport Harbor Yacht Club Newport Beach , California United States
25 70
44 1966
Kieler Yacht-Club Kiel West Germany
45 1967
Skovshoved Sejlklub Copenhagen Denmark
N/A 1968
Olympic Year Not Held
46 1969
San Diego Yacht Club San Diego , California United States
47 1970
Marstrand Sweden
48 1971
Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle and Seattle Yacht Club Puget Sound United States
49 1972
Club Puerto Azul Caracas Venezuela
50 1973
San Diego United States
51 1974
Laredo Spain
52 1975
Lake Michigan United States
53 1976
Nassau Yacht Club Nassau, Bahamas Bahamas
54 1977
Kieler Yacht-Club Kiel , Schleswig-Holstein Germany
55 1978
St. Francis Yacht Club Berkeley , San Francisco , California United States
56 1979
Marstrand Sweden
57 1980
Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
58 1981
Eastern Yacht Club Marblehead , Massachusetts United States
59 19–26 September 1982
Medemblik Netherlands
60 9–19 August 1983
California Yacht Club Marina del Rey, California United States
61 30 March – 6 April 1984
Vilamoura Portugal
62 6–24 November 1985
Nassau Yacht Club Nassau, Bahamas Bahamas
63 10–21 September 1986
Capri Italy
220 18 110
64 19–30 August 1987
Chicago United States
65 19–31 January 1988
Club Náutico Olivos Olivos, Buenos Aires Argentina
66 6–17 September 1989
Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Porto Cervo , Sardinia Italy
67 24–30 September 1990
Cleveland Yacht Club Cleveland United States
190 95
68 9–20 October 1991
Yacht Club de Cannes Cannes France
138 119
69 10–18 October 1992
San Francisco United States
70 8–19 September 1993
Kiel Germany
71 7–18 September 1994
San Diego Yacht Club San Diego , California United States
192 96
72 10–16 September 1995
Laredo Spain
73 9–21 January 1996
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
122 15 4 61
74 3–14 September 1997
Eastern Yacht Club Marblehead , Massachusetts United States
75 13–18 September 1998
Portorož Slovenia
76 1–12 September 1999
Punta Ala Italy
77 14–20 May 2000
Annapolis Yacht Club Annapolis , Maryland United States
78 2–12 August 2001
Medemblik Netherlands
79 15–23 August 2002
California Yacht Club Marina del Rey, California United States
80 11–24 September 2003
Cádiz Spain
81 23 April – 1 May 2004
Gaeta Italy
204
82 12–18 February 2005
Club Náutico Olivos Olivos, Buenos Aires Argentina
204 28 5 101
83 1–6 October 2006
St. Francis Yacht Club Berkeley , San Francisco , California United States
132
84 28 June – 13 July 2007
Clube Naval de Cascais Cascais Portugal
85 11–18 April 2008
Coral Reef Yacht Club Miami , Florida United States
208 31 5 104
86 2–9 August 2009
Varbergs Segelsällskap Varberg Sweden
172 24 5 86
87 12–23 January 2010
Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
146 20 4 73
88 3–18 December 2011
Perth Australia
82 22 5 41
89 5–11 May 2012
Hyères France
144 29 5 72
90 1–7 September 2013
San Diego Yacht Club San Diego , California United States
132 66
91 30 June – 7 July 2014
Fraglia Vela Malcesine Malcesine , Lake Garda Italy
174 18 3 87
92 1–10 November 2015
Club Náutico San Isidro San Isidro Argentina
78
93 7–17 April 2016
Coral Reef Yacht Club Miami United States
144 16 3 72
94 1–8 July 2017
Troense Bådelaug Svendborg Denmark
78 12 3 70
95 5–15 October 2018
Tred Avon Yacht Club Oxford , Maryland United States
120 14 4 60
96 13–23 June 2019
Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Porto Cervo , Sardinia Italy
126 20 4 63
N/A 13–21 November 2020
Coral Reef Yacht Club Biscayne Bay Yacht Club Miami United States
cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
97 4–11 September 2021
Kieler Yacht-Club Kiel , Schleswig-Holstein Germany
164 16 4 82
98 8–17 September 2022
Eastern Yacht Club Marblehead , Massachusetts United States
168 16 5 84
99 16–24 September 2023
Yacht Club Isole di Toscana Scarlino Italy
192 21 4 96
100 4–13 September 2024
San Diego Yacht Club San Diego United States
129 16 5 64
101 8-13 September 2025
Jedriličarski klub Mornar Split, Croatia Croatia
202 19 4 101
Multiple medallists
As of 2025
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