STAR CLASS at Royal Vancouver Yacht Club

Welcome to the 2023 Season

Pictures from Prizegiving 2023
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Star Class District 6 Championship - October 14 - 15, 2023

One-design weekends -- details here

Star Class North American Championships, powered by Volvo Penta -- May 29 to June 3 - details here

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Link to Jericho Sailing Centre's LIVE WEBCAM!

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Some History

The Star was designed in 1910 by Francis Sweisguth, a draftsman at the William Gardner Marine Architect office. Over the course of his career Sweisguth designed a variety of yachts.  The first 22 stars 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, with more than 2,000 actively racing in 170 fleets.The Star was originally rigged with a large, low-aspect-ratio gunter mainsail and jib, which was replaced by a short Bermuda rig gradually during the early 1920s, before the current tall Bermuda sail plan was adopted in 1930. In 1965, fiberglass replaced wood as the primary hull material. Other changes to the strict design rules for the Star class, include adding flexible spars, an innovative circular-track boom vang, and self-bailers.