The San Diego Bay Star Fleet

The San Diego Bay Star Fleet Book, Volumes I & II

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.

CONTENTS

XII NINTH GOLD STAR
DENNIS CONNER AND RON ANDERSON: 1977-1985

XIII TENTH GOLD STAR
VINCE BRUN AND HUGO SCHREINER: 1986-1987

XIV ELEVENTH GOLD STAR
PAUL CAYARD AND STEVE ERICKSON: 1988 1991

XV SECOND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
MARK REYNOLDS AND HAL HAENEL: 1992

XVI TWELFTH GOLD STAR
JOE LONDRIGAN AND PHIL TRINTER: 1993-1994

XVII THIRTEENTH GOLD STAR
MARK REYNOLDS AND HAL HAENEL: 1995-1998

VII FIFTH GOLD STAR
LOWELL NORTH AND MORT CARLILE: 1959

VIII SIXTH GOLD STAR
LOWELL NORTH AND THOMAS SKAHILL: 1960-1967

XVIII FOURTEENTH GOLD STAR
ERIC DOYLE AND TOM OLSEN: 1999

XIX FIFTEENTH GOLD STAR
MARK REYNOLDS AND MAGNUS LILJEDAHL: 2000-2002

XX BIG BOATS
1925-2002

Volume II Excerpt
Dennis Conner and Ron Anderson won the 1977 World's at Kiel with 87 boats participating. It was San Diego Bay Star Fleet's ninth Gold Star. The legendary Conner gained substantial weight for this regatta and practiced the whole prior year sitting at his office desk in a special contraption that allowed him to be in a mini-hike position without the support of a hiking vest. Dennis and Ron won this World's with five straight 1sts after finishing 11th in the first race, a feat never accomplished before or after.

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This is a book about "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.