Starbåt

A two-man keelboat with a large mainsail, an Olympic class for eighty years.

The Star was sailed at the Olympic Games from 1932 to 2012. It remains one of the most demanding classes for two sailors.

Materials: Wood and later fibreglass; sloop-rigged keelboat

Manufacture: Built in many countries to the same rules.

The low, flat hull.

The large mainsail and small jib.

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