1961 Star World Championship

1961 Star World Championship

Event title
Edition	39th
Event details
Venue	San Diego, United States
Yachts	Star
Titles	1
Competitors
Competitors	52
Competing nations	7
Results
Gold	Buchan & Knight
Silver	Bennett & McKeague
Bronze	North & Skahill
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The 1961 Star World Championship was held in San Diego, United States in 1961.

Results

Results of individual races

Pos	Boat name	Crew	Country	I	II	III	IV	V	Tot
	Frolic	Bill Buchan Jr. Douglas Knight	United States	1	1	1	6	1	125
	Tranquil	John W. Bennett John McKeague	United States	6	2	2	8	6	111
	North Star IV	Lowell North Thomas Skahill	United States	2	3	10	9	2	109
4	Tyrant	William Twist Morgan L. Morgan	United States	3	9	4	7	8	104
5	Gemini	Richard G. Hahn Ted Monroe	United States	8	7	8	11	3	98
6	Gem VIII	Durward Knowles Sloane Farrington	Bahamas	4	6	WDR	2	4	92
7	Glider	Richard Stearns Lynn Williams	United States	7	4	18	10	5	91
8	Shrew	William Parks Robert Halperin	United States	10	8	3	12	12	90
9	Mouette	Donald Bever William Beattie	United States	5	22	5	3	15	85
10	Duet	Owen P. Merrill Frank Hogg	United States	11	5	12	20	7	80
11	Creepy II	Foster Clarke Maurice Kelly	Bahamas	13	14	9	17	9	73
12	Cetus	Bonar Davis William Mahy	Canada	16	10	11	4	22	72
13	Flamingo IV	Paul Woodbury Barry Stevens	United States	19	12	17	5	10	72
14	Soiree	Jack Streeton Lance Morton	United States	9	17	22	1	14	72
15	Siren	Donald J. Trask James de Witt	United States	21	11	15	15	17	56
16	Poky	Eugene Pennell Robert Andre	Canada	17	15	7	23	18	55
17	Ariel	Alan C. Holt Jay Winberg	United States	24	DNF	6	13	13	52
18	Chatterbox	Michel Gautier Fernand Thieck	Morocco	18	16	16	26	11	48
19	Shadow II	Carlos de Cárdenas James Reynolds	Cuba	12	23	13	25	21	41
20	Desiree	Charles H. Dole Cy Gillette	United States	14	21	14	22	23	41
21	Prelude II	Ray Fiedler Eustace Vynn Jr.	United States	15	24	19	18	19	40
22	Ninotchka	Peter Dirk Siemsen Jorge Pontual	Brazil	22	DNF	23	14	16	33
23	Flambeau	Miles P. Wynn Eric Nelson	United States	23	20	20	16	25	31
24	Ouija	John Scarborough John Rumsey	United States	20	18	DNF	21	20	29
25	Boomerang	W. J. Froome T. M. Boland	United States	26	19	21	19	24	26
26	Nausikaa	Carlos Braniff Felipe Mier	Mexico	25	13	24	24	26	23

Source:
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; WDR – Withdrew;

References

• "Star Class World Championship Results 1958 to 1977". starclass.org. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
• "1961 World Championship - Regatta Report". starclass.org. Retrieved December 6, 2016.