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aukepalmhof
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STAR class yacht

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:35 pm

The International Star (or Starboat) is a 6.9 m (22.7 ft) one-design racing keelboat for two people.


Starboat regatta (2010)The boat must weigh at least 671 kg (1479.3 lb) with a maximum total sail area of 26.5 m2 (285 ft2). It is sloop-rigged, with a mainsail larger in proportional size than any other boat of its length. Unlike most modern racing boats, it does not use a spinnaker when sailing downwind. Instead, when running downwind a whisker pole is used to hold the jib out to windward for correct wind flow. Early Stars were built from wood, but modern boats are generally made of fiberglass.

The Star class pioneered an unusual circular boom vang track, which allows the vang to effectively hold the boom down even when the boom is turned far outboard on a downwind run. Another notable aspect of Star sailing is the extreme hiking position adopted by the crew and at times the helmsman, who normally use a harness to help hang low off the windward side of the boat with only their lower legs inside.

The Star was designed in 1910 by Francis Sweisguth—draftsman for William Gardner's Naval Architect office—and the first 22 were built in Port Washington, New York by Ike Smith during the winter of 1910-11. Since that time, over 8,400 boats have been built. The Star has been an Olympic Games class since 1932. Although far from a modern design, the class remains popular today, with about 2,000 boats in active racing fleets in North America and Europe.

As a result of the 2011 Mid-Year Meeting in St. Petersburg, the Star class is dropped from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1]


OlympicsThe Olympics were not held in 1940 or 1944 due to World War II.

For 1976, the Star class was replaced by the Tempest class.

Grenada 1972 ½c sg522, scott?
Russia 1978 4k + 2k sg4820, scott?
Gambia 1984 D5 sgMS533, scott?
Romania 1962 1Le sg2922, Scott?
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Re: STAR class yacht

Post by Arturo » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:27 pm

Star Class Yacht

Bahamas 1948, S.G.?, Scott: 148.

Poland 1965, S.G.?, Scott: 1329.
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Re: STAR class yacht

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Oct 13, 2017 8:43 pm

Bahamas issued in 1972 one stamp for the summer Olympic Games in München (Munich), Germany in 1972.
The stamp shows us a sailing yacht.
Bahamas took part in three classes of yacht racing in Munich, the “Star”, “Soling” and “Dragon” class.
The stamp shows us a yacht with two men on board so it must be a “Star” class yacht, the other two classes had three men crew, and only one yacht from the Bahamas took part in the Star class race under skipper Durward Knowles and Montagua Roscoe Highs as crew. The yacht ended as 13th in her class.

Source: Wikipedia.
Bahamas 1972 18c sg 385, scott 338. (the ship in the coat of arms of the Bahamas is the DELICIA.) see: http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... CIA#p15413
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