Star ISCYRA World Championship Trophy Winners

International Star Class Championship Perpetual Trophy

Awarded to the winner of the World Championship

The Star World Championship is one of the most coveted trophies in the sport of Sailing.  First awarded in 1922, the list of winners is the Hall of Fame of Sailing. Sailing icons like Paul Elvstrom, Dennis Conner, Buddy Melges, and Lowell North are just a few of the legends who have been awarded the Gold Star.

The World Championship trophy was purchased by the class in 1925 to replace a half model which served as the trophy for the first three “annual regatta’s”. The ’22 race featured just 6 boats and was called the “Annual regatta”. The ‘23 and ‘24 races were called “International’s” as they had surpassed 10 entries. The 1925 regatta was the first regatta to be named the “World Championship” and boasted 15 entries. The early winners were all from Western Long Island Sound.

Through its life time, this precious trophy has been awarded to a US team 58 times, Italy and Germany are runners-up with 9 and 8 wins respectively. San Diego Yacht Club has hosted the most World Championships with 9, Chicago is second with 7. 16 nations have hosted the World Championship in more than 40 cities. The first Worlds outside of the US was in 1939 in Kiel, Germany. The highest number of entries was 129 in 1999 in Punta Ala.

A move toward more global participation started in 1994 when, of the 97 entries, 22 different nations were included and 62 of the entries were non-USA. In 2007 in Cascais, Portugal, 10 of the top 10 finishers were non-USA.

YEAR BOAT SKIPPER CREW # OF BOATS LOCATION FLEET
2025 8550 Paul Cayard  Frithjof Kleen 101 Split, Croatia WSFB
2024 8593 John Kostecki  Austin Sperry 64 San Diego, CA, USA WSFB
2023 8489 Max Kolhoff  Ole Burzinski 97 Scarlino, Italy KF
2022 8525 Diego Negri  Sergio Lambertenghi 84 Marblehead, MA., USA VE
2021 8567 Diego Negri  Frithjof Kleen 82 Kiel, Germany VE
2020 Not Held -- -- -- -- --
2019 8548 Mateusz Kusznierewicz  Bruno Prada 63 Porto Cervo, Italy ISOL
2018 8210 Jorge Zarif  Guilherme de Almeida 60 Oxford, MD Gua
2017 8317 Eivind Melleby  Josh Revkin 70 Troense, Denmark Isol
2016 8465 Augie Diaz  Bruno Prada 72 Miami, FL, USA BisB
2015 8474 Lars Schmidt Grael  Samuel Goncalves 39 Buenos Aires, Argentina Par
2014 8340 Robert Stanjek  Frithjof Kleen 87 Lake Garda, Italy BF
2013 8490 John MacCausland  Phil Trinter 66 San Diego, CA, USA CR
2012 8456 Robert Scheidt  Bruno Prada 72 Hyeres, France GuB
2011 8456 Robert Scheidt  Bruno Prada 41 Perth, Australia GuB
2010 8371 Iain Percy  Andrew Simpson 73 Rio De Janeiro SO
2009 8273 George M. Szabo III  Rick Peters 86 Varberg, Sweden SDB
2008 8170 Mateusz Kusznierewicz  Dominik Zycki 104 Miami, FL POL
2007 8127 Robert Scheidt  Bruno Prada 62 Cascais, Portugal GuB
2006 8187 Hamish Pepper  Carl Williams 66 San Francisco, CA, USA NZL
2005 8107 Xavier Rohart  Pascal Rambeau 52 Buenos Aires, Argentina NI
2004 8141 Fredrick Loof  Anders Ekstr 102 Gaeta, Italy BK
2003 8107 Xavier Rohart  Pascal Rambeau 83 Cadiz, Spain NI
2002 8025 Iain Percy  Steven Mitchell 103 Los Angeles, CA Harbor SO
2001 7650 Fredrick Loof  Christian Finnsgard 105 Medemblik, Netherlands BK
2000 7995 Mark Reynolds  Magnus Liljedahl 112 Annapolis, MD, USA SDB
1999 7934 Eric Doyle  Tom Olsen 129 Punta Ala, Italy SDB
1998 7828 Colin Beashel  David Giles 95 Portoroz, Slovania SY
1997 7759 Alexander Hagen  Marcelo Ferreira 71 Marblehead, MA, USA Glu
1996 7763 Enrico Chieffi  Roberto Sinibaldi 61 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil PDV
1995 7879 Mark Reynolds  Hal Haenel 76 Laredo, Spain SDB
1994 7737 Ross Macdonald  Eric Jesperson 97 San Diego Bay EB
1993 7713 Joe Londrigan  Phil Trinter 90 Kiel, Germany SDB
1992 7405 Carl Buchan  Hugo Schreiner 53 San Francisco, CA, USA PS
1991 7488 Roberto Benamati  Mario Salani 119 Cannes, France GAR
1990 7495 Torben Grael  Marcelo Ferreira 95 Cleveland, Ohio, USA Gua
1989 7117 Alan Adler  Nelson Falcao 105 Porto Cervo, Italy RdJ
1988 7225 Paul Cayard  Steve Erickson 70 Buenos Aires, Argentina SDB
1987 6378 Ed Adams  Thomas Olsen 79 Chicago, IL, USA NB
1986 7109 Vincent Brun  Hugo Schreiner 110 Capri, Italy SDB
1985 6960 William E. Buchan  Steve Erickson 80 Nassau, Bahamas PS
1984 6573 Giorgio Gorla  Alfio Peraboni 79 Vilamoura, Portugal LdC
1983 6756 Antonio Gorostegui  Jose L. Doreste 78 Los Angeles Harbor, CA, USA Lar
1982 6756 Antonio Gorostegui  Jose L. Doreste 81 Medemblik, Netherlands Lar
1981 6498 Alexander Hagen  Vincent Hoesch 84 Marblehead, MA, USA Glu
1980 6150 Thomas Blackaller  David Shaw 54 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil WSFB
1979 6489 Harry C. Melges Jr.  Andreas Josenhans 78 Marstrand, Sweden SLM
1978 6346 Harry C. Melges Jr.  Andreas Josenhans 99 San Francisco, CA, USA SLM
1977 6177 Dennis Conner  Ronald Anderson 87 Kiel, Germany SDB
1976 5660 James Allsopp  Michael Guhin 64 Nassau, Bahamas CB
1975 5607 James N. Schoonmaker  Gerald Ford 73 Lake Michigan, USA BisB
1974 5662 Thomas Blackaller  Ronald Anderson 51 Laredo, Spain WSFB
1973 5662 Lowell North  Peter Barrett 56 San Diego Bay, CA, USA SDB
1972 5663 Willi Kuhweide  Karsten Meyer 60 Caracas, Venezuela KF
1971 5291 Dennis Conner  James Reynolds 49 Puget Sound, WA, USA SDB
1970 5460 William E. Buchan  Carl Sutter 53 Marstrand, Sweden PS
1969 5300 Pelle Petterson  Ulf Schroder 44 San Diego Bay, CA, USA Kat
1968 Not Held --
1967 4969 Paul Elvstrom  Poul Mik-Meyer 62 Copenhagen, Denmark DF
1966 4969 Paul Elvstrom  John Albrechtson 78 Kiel, Germany DF
1965 4831 Donald Bever  Charles Lewsadder 35 Newport Harbor, CA, USA SLE
1964 4489 Donald K. Elder  Kent Elder 55 Boston Harbor, USA NH
1963 4615 Joseph Duplin  Francis Dolan 67 Lake Michigan, USA BH
1962 4241 Richard I. Stearns  Lynn Williams Jr. 73 Cascais, Portugal WH
1961 4260 William E. Buchan  Douglas Knight 26 San Diego Bay, CA, USA PS
1960 3877 Lowell North  Thomas Skahill 46 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Mis
1959 3877 Lowell North  Morton Carlisle 30 Newport Harbor, CA, USA Mis
1958 3850 William Ficker  Mark Yorston 24 San Diego Bay, CA, USA NH
1957 3877 Lowell North  James Hill 35 Habana, Cuba SDB
1956 3810 Agostino Straulino  Nicolo Rode 59 Naples, Italy SVRM
1955 3376 Charles de Cardenas  Carlos de Cardenas Jr. 37 Habana, Cuba FdeH
1954 3376 Charles de Cardenas  Carlos de Cardenas Jr. 34 Cascais, Portugal FdeH
1953 3316 Agostino Straulino  Nicolo Rode 40 Naples, Italy SVRM
1952 2958 Agostino Straulino  Nicolo Rode 29 Cascais, Portugal SVRM
1951 3125 E. Widmer Etchells  Mary Etchells 49 Chesapeake Bay, USA CLIS
1950 3002 Robert Lippincott  Robert Levin 41 Lake Michigan, USA WJ
1949 2829 Harry G. Nye  Stanley Fahlstrom 40 Lake Michigan, USA SLM
1948 1961 Lockwood M. Pirie  Harry Rugeroni 24 Cascais, Portugal WH
1947 1976 Durward Knowles  Sloan Farrington 21 Los Angeles Harbor, CA, USA N
1946 2427 George Fleitz  Walter Krug 28 Habana, Cuba LB
1945 2121 Malin Burnham  Lowell North 21 Central Long Island Sound, USA SDB
1944 1801 Gerald Driscoll  Malin Burnham 19 Lake Michigan, USA SDB
1943 1931 Arthur M. Deacon  Perry R. Roehm 19 Great South Bay, USA WLIS
1942 1861 Harry G. Nye  Stanley Fahlstrom 16 Lake Michigan, USA SLM
1941 1912 George Fleitz  William Severance 13 Los Angeles Harbor, USA LB
1940 1150 James Cowie  Gordon Cowie 18 San Diego Bay, USA LB
1939 1420 Walter von Hutschler  Egon P. Beyn 21 Kiel, Germany HF
1938 1420 Walter von Hutschler  Joachim Weise 22 San Diego Bay, CA, USA HF
1937 1414 Milton Wegeforth  Ernest Phillips 36 Western Long Island Sound, USA SDB
1936 202 Adrian Iselin II  Garrett Horder 35 Lake Ontario, USA WLIS
1935 1052 Harlan F. Beardslee  Myron L. Lehman 16 Newport Harbor, CA, USA NH
1934 1052 Harlan F. Beardslee  Myron L. Lehman 15 San Francisco Bay, CA, USA NH
1933 946 W. Glenn Waterhouse  Woodbridge Metcalf 16 Long Beach, CA, USA SFB
1932 879 Edward Fink  Edwin Thorne 28 Central Long Island Sound, USA LAH
1931 333 William J. McHugh  Joseph F. Watkins 26 Western Long Island Sound, USA CLIS
1930 455 Arthur Knapp Jr.  Newell P. Weed 22 Chesapeake Bay, USA WLIS
1929 56 J. Graham Johnson  C. Lowndes Johnson 23 New Orleans, LA, USA CB
1928 486 Prentice E. Edrington Jr.  Gilbert Gray 17 Newport Harbor, CA, USA NOG
1927 423 Walton Hubbard Jr.  Richard Edwards 17 Narragansett Bay, RI, USA NH
1926 143 Benjamin Comstock  William Gidley 16 Western Long Island Sound, USA NB