2014 Star North American Championship - The battle begins tomorrow
by Laura Beigel on 8 Oct 2014
Rough conditions at the Star North American Championship. - Star North Americans 2009 Allen Clark
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2014 Star North American Championship - On Wednesday October eight, forty two Star teams representing five different nations will hit the race course and contest the final Silver Star Championship title of the year: the 2014 International Star Class North American Championship hosted by the Tred Avon Yacht Club in Oxford, Maryland.
As we have come to expect of International Star Class Championships, this event will be attended by a uniquely elite and diverse group of sailors with several of the top athletes not only in the Star Class, but in each of their respective regions and in the sport of Sailing in general.
Among the competitors this week are two winning Volvo Ocean Race Skippers, three Former Americas Cup Participants, seven Olympic Champions in the Star including two Olympic Medalists, three International Star Class World Champions, 10 International Star Class Silver Star Champions, as well as 15 International Star Class District Champions, just to name a few although this barely covers 1/4 of the Fleet's full list of cumulative achievements.
Needless to say, the level of competition will be extremely high, the racing will be close all the way through and with the rigorous Silver Star Championship format, the Star sailors certainly have their work cut out for them.
The seven race series is scheduled across four days, First Warning will sound no earlier than 1100hrs EST each morning, no more than three races are allowed to be held in a single day and courses will be set between five and seven nautical miles in length total.
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