A Star (or Starboat) is a 6.9m (22.7 ft) one-design racing keelboat for two people.
It has a beam of 1.7m (5.7 ft) and draft of 1.0m (3.3 ft). It weighs 671 kg (1479 lbs) with a sail area of 26.5 m^2 (285 ft^2).
The Star was designed in 1911 by Francis Sweisguth. Since that time, over 7,500 boats have been built, and it has had a long history as an olympic class. Although far from a modern design, the class remains popular today, with many of the world's top sailors having started out in Stars.
External links
International Star Class Yacht Racing Association (http://www.starclass.org)
Stars are classified by their spectra (see spectrum), from blue-white to red, as O, B, A, F, G, K, or M; the Sun is a spectral type G star.
Light received from a star consists of a spectrum of wavelengths; the hotter the star, the shorter the wavelength at which the light is most intense.
Many stars that appear as single points of light in even the most powerful telescopes are actually systems of two or more stars orbiting one another, bound together by their mutual gravitational attraction; the binary stars are most common among these multiple star systems.
The Star class pioneered an unusual circular boom vang track, which allows the vang to effectively hold the boom down even when the boom is turned far outboard on a downwind run.
Another notable aspect of Star sailing is the extreme hiking position adopted by the crew, who uses a harness help hang low off the windward side of the boat with only their lower legs inside.
The Star was designed in 1911 by Francis Sweisguth and the first 22 were built in Port Washington, New York by Isaac E. "Ike" Smith.
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