The San Diego Bay Star Fleet Book, Volumes I & II
 
 
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      Ed Sprague has raced Stars for 46 years. His book is a labor of love of the one-design International Star and Olympic Keelboat. The Star Class has survived ninety-nine years, becoming the world's largest one-design keel class. World Championship regattas regularly attract over 100 competitors from around the world.  
     
    The San Diego Bay Star Fleet A 75 year story about a remarkable one-design sailing fleet. The San Diego Bay Star Fleet has won 15 Gold Star World Championships, 35 Silver Star (Hemisphere) championships, three Olympic Gold Medals, one Olympic Silver Medal and two Junior Star Championships. Fifty-one World and Hemisphere championships have been won in the last 75 years-a remarkable achievement. In the last 10 years the San Diego Bay Star Fleet has won the Star World Championship four times and the Olympic Gold Medal once. The fleet won back to back championships in 1999 and 2000. Not even the 28 championships the New York Yankees have won can compare.

    You will recive 1957 & 1958 Star World DVD with your order

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       Some say it is The Pacific swell, the steady breeze, the local sail makers or the support San Diego Yacht Club that makes San Diego a hot bed of top internationally ranked sailors. One thing for sure they all sailed Star boats.

       These San Diego Bay Star Class World Champions chose the Star not only because it is a delight to sail, but because the boat is powerful and the boat is sensitive to hull trim and sail trim. The thirty-one foot mast on a 22'8" hull provides power in light air and the large main can be controlled in 30 knots of wind by flatterning the sail with the bendy mast and other controls.

       Whatever the reason for the success of the San Diego Bay Star Fleet sailors, the fleets of the Star Fifth District and the sailors that sailed against them in national and international competition helped to develop these sailors.

    		  
     

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