1939 Star World Championship

The 1939 Star World Championship was held in Kiel, Germany in 1939, organised by Yacht-Club von Deutschland and Norddeutscher Regatta Verein.[1]

1939 Star World Championship
Event title
Edition17th
Host Yacht-Club von Deutschland
 Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
Event details
VenueKiel, Germany
Dates20–25 August 1939
YachtsStar
Competitors
Competitors42
Competing nations8
Results
1st place, gold medalist(s) GoldBrazil von Hütschler & Beyn
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SilverItaly Straulino & Rode
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) BronzeGermany Hansohm & Blankenburg
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The championship regatta started on Sunday 20 August 1939.[2] Walter von Hütschler and Edgar Beyn were the winners when the racing concluded the Friday after.[1][3]

Events

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21 teams from 8 nations were present.[1] Swedish boat Unn was sailed by Arvid Laurin and Alban Verne.[2]

von Hütschler won the first race on Monday 21 August.[4]

The crew of the Dutch boat Bem II, Henny Scholtz, was sent home for military duty and replaced.[1] On Thursday 24 August, Dutch, French, and British crews were notified to return home by their consulates.[1]

Results

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Results of individual races
Pos Boat name Crew Country I II III IV V Tot
  Pimm Walter von Hütschler
Edgar Beyn
  Brazil 1 5 1 3 1 99
  Polluce Agostino Straulino
Nicolò Rode
  Italy 4 1 7 5 4 89
  Maggel Peter Hansohm
Christian Blankenburg
  Germany 2 6 20 1 6 75
4 Scout II Milton Wegeforth
Barney Lehman
  United States 5 2 5 17 7 74
5 Hasto Joachim Weise
K. Weise
  Germany 10 3 3 8 13 73
6 Spirit Stan Ogilvy
T. Fairbanks
  United States 3 7 2 10 15 73
7 Castore Dario Salata
Luigi De Manincor
  Italy 11 11 4 6 9 69
8 Pegasus K. Koppenhagen
Karpf
  Germany 8 14 11 7 3 67
9 Aloha Yves Lorion
Armand Chatord
  France 6 12 17 2 8 65
10 Bellona Esterer
Kolbe
  Germany DSQ 8 10 4 2 64
11 Grunau A. Gaedtke
Poppe
  Germany 7 4 8 WDR 11 63
12 Albatross Peltow
Kopinzsch
  Germany 14 9 13 12 5 57
13 Stella Diana Giuseppe Fago
V. Merani
  Italy 9 13 16 13 16 43
14 Mona III H. Gumprecht
S. Kerrison
  Great Britain 16 10 9 11 DNS 42
15 Gloriana II Mario Ducrot
Enrico Ducrot
  Italy 12 WDR 19 9 10 38
16 Rhythm J. Abberley
E. Seay
  United States 13 16 21 14 14 32
17 Axilla Tito Nordio
P. Mitis
  Italy 18 WDR 12 15 17 26
18 Bem II Bob Maas
Henny Scholtz
  Netherlands 17 DSQ 6 WDR DNS 21
19 Bremen D. Albers
P. Rohland
  Germany 15 DSQ 18 16 18 21
20 Perseus Hissink
Bertelaman
  Germany WDR DSQ 14 WDR 12 18
21 Unn Arvid Laurin
Alban Verne
  Sweden WDR 15 15 WDR DNS 14

Source: [1][5]
Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; WDR – Withdrew;

References

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  • "World Championship Results 1923-1944". International Star Class Yacht Racing Association (ISCYRA).
  • Miller, Elizabeth (1940). "1939 World's Championship - Kiel". Star Class Log. Regatta Results. ISCYRA.
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