July 2022 News

TWO MORE!! - UPDATE !

The U 30 committee would like to express its thanks to Starclass member and 2006 District Champion Will Swigart for stepping up to sponsor Vincent and Marcel from Germany.  Will has kindly lent his beautiful 8291 to these young star sailors so that they can compete at the Western Hemisphere Championship and the Worlds.  Indeed, he has gone so far as to arrange delivery of the boat to and from the regattas, so all the boys have to do is show up and sail their best.

We use this opportunity to thank Will publicly for his participation and to commend him as an example of American hospitality and honoring the best traditions of our class.  Quoting Will here without his permission: 

“I remember being an age when gestures like this made an enormous difference, equally German Star sailors were amazingly open and helpful to Chuck Beek and me in the summer of 1986.”

Certainly most of us can remember a time early in our sailing careers when we were helped along by senior members of the class.  Now we need two more of these.  There are U 30 teams from Austria and Brazil waiting to buy plane tickets if we can supply them with boats!   We once again urge the membership to participate in our project for the future of our class and sport.

Humbly and sincerely,

Benjamin Sternberg
Arnd Glunde

The U 30 committee has received requests from two more U 30 teams – one from Austria, and one from Brazil – for loaner boats to attend the Worlds in Marblehead.  We humbly and urgently ask the membership of the Star Class to come up with two more race-ready boats to welcome these young teams to our marquee event of 2022 and inaugurate them into the best traditions of our class. 

If you are an American within a reasonable driving distance of Marblehead please contact us about lending your boat to one of these teams.

There are charter boats available, so a cash donation could pay for the transport or the charter fee for one of these boats. Please contact the Star Class office if you would like to make a donation for an U30 team.

If you are somewhere in between – maybe with time and a vehicle – and are willing to deliver a boat gratis please let us know.

We firmly believe that absent the Olympics and the SSL the only way we can replenish our ranks and grow our class is by showcasing our most valuable asset – ourselves.  The way we will do this is by applying the resources we have and our goodwill towards the future to roll out the red carpet for our young teams so that not only will they come to compete with us, but that in their turn they will extend the same courtesy they received to the next generation.  This is truly the best tradition of our class, one that we learned from those who came before us, and that we are bound to teach by example to the generations to come.

Sincerely,

Benjamin Sternberg
Arnd Glunde
U30 Committee