1939 Star World Championship

1939 Star World Championship

Event title
Edition	17th
Host	Yacht-Club von Deutschland  Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
Event details
Venue	Kiel, Germany
Dates	20–25 August 1939
Yachts	Star
Competitors
Competitors	42
Competing nations	8
Results
Gold	von Hütschler & Beyn
Silver	Straulino & Rode
Bronze	Hansohm & Blankenburg
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The 1939 Star World Championship was held in Kiel, Germany in 1939, organised by Yacht-Club von Deutschland and Norddeutscher Regatta Verein.[1]

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

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

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

• "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.

1. "Star Class | History".
2. "Arvid Laurin till "stararnas" V.M.-segling". Svenska Dagbladet. 15 August 1939. p. 11.
3. "VON HUETSCHLER VICTOR; Retains World Star Class Title in Yacht Series at Kiel". The New York Times. 26 August 1939.
4. "Tysk van V.M. i starbåt". Svenska Dagbladet. 22 August 1939. p. 12.
5. "World Sailing - Star World Championship".

External links

• 1939 Star World Championship at World Sailing