The Lake George Star Fleet races at the Northern Lake George Yacht Club in Hague, NY. The club is a family oriented club with an active junior racing program and race team. Please visit the club website here.
Lauren and John Barth
Peter and Marion Abell
Peter Marshall and Karen Bartlett
Charles Henderson c. 1935
The Lake George Star Fleet
Hague, New York, USA
History of the Lake George Star Fleet
Stars began racing on Lake George in the early 1930s. The Lake George Star Fleet (LG) was chartered by the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association (ISCYRA) in 1934. The Lake George Star Fleet is in ISCYRA District 12, the Northeastern Lakes District.
There is also a Star fleet at the southern end of Lake George known as the Southern Lake George Star Fleet (SLG). That fleet has been inactive for many years.
Stars first raced on Lake George in association with the Roger's Rock Club in Ticonderoga, NY. In 1940, the fleet moved to waters a few miles to the south at Friend's Point. The fleet became associated with the Northern Lake George Yacht Club (NLGYC) where they still race today. With the exception of 1944 and 1945 during WWII, the Stars have raced and awarded a season trophy since 1934.
LGSF Sailors at National and World Events
1934 Worlds, San Francisco
Harry Meislahn and R. Bowden in Sunbeam, 6th place. (Harry was sailing out of Moriches Bay at the time. He later became a member of the LGSF).
1936 Worlds, Lake Ontario at Rochester
Sloan Wilson and C. Miller in #1119 (fleet star)
1942 Worlds, Lake Michigan - War-Time Skipper Series
Ralph Craig and B. Bomboy, 7th place.
1945 Worlds, Central Long Island Sound - War-Time Skipper Series
Ralph Craig and B. Bomboy, 15th place.
1963 North Americans, Rye, NY
Harry Meislahn and Findley Meislahn #3972
1964 Worlds, Boston Harbor
Ralph Earl and Susan Earl #4604 Astronaut
1970 North Americans, Rockport MA
Hank Rowan and Del Dhein #5157, 12th place.
1971 North Americans, Biscayne Bay
Hank Rowan and Robert Q. Buss #5630, 12th place.
1971 Worlds - Puget Sound, Seattle
Hank Rowan and Del Dhein #5630, 20th place
1972 Worlds, Caracas Venezuela
Hank Rowan and Del Dhein #5630, 14th place
1972 North Americans
Hank Rowan and Alden Bryan #5630, 4th place (1rst place in 5th race)
1973 Worlds, San Diego Bay
Hank Rowan and Rick Burgess #5630, 21rst place (1rst place in first race)
1973 North Americans, Chesapeake Bay
Hank Rowan and Del Dhein #5630, 19th place.
1975 Worlds, Lake Michigan
Dick Bliss and Dick Rottier #5852
1975 North Americans, Mobile Bay
Hank Rowan and Del Dhein #5630, 3rd place.
1976 Worlds, Nassau
Hank Rowan and Rick Burgess #5946, 14th place.
1976 North Americans, Boston
Hank Rowan and Rick Burgess #5946, 15th place.
1990 Worlds, Cleveland
Hank Rowan and Rick Burgess #7520
1997 Worlds, Marblehead, MA
Rick Dhein and David Marshall #7663
1998 North Americans, Lake George, NY
10th - Rick Dhein and Keith Gardner #7663,
21rst - Hank Rowan and Glen Suplee #7734,
29th - Bob Krahulik and Jon Krahulik #7127,
31rst - Peter Marshall and John Barth #7498,
36th - Steve Rottier and Rick Rottier #7095,
45th - Janet Lawrence and Libby Lawrence #5946,
47th - Peter Abell and Edward Hicks #6419,
49th - Bob Wotton and Art Hatfield #6416.
2000 Worlds, Annapolis
Rick Dhein and Keith Gardner #7663
Winners of the Championship Cup of the Lake George Fleet
Presented in 1934 by Dr. Joseph Jaffer and Dr. James A. Corscaden
1934 Count Em Up Charles Henderson Jr
1935 Count Em Up Charles Henderson Jr
1936 Selma Joel Pitcairn
1937 Red Jacket Gertrude Alexanderson
1938 Le Panache Sloan Wilson
1939 Winged Foot R.C. Craig
1940 Winged Foot R.C. Craig
1941 Winged Foot R.C. Craig
1942 Winged Foot R.C. Craig
1943 Ariel II George B. McAuliffe Jr
1944 Not Awarded
1945 Not Awarded
1946 Sunbeam II Harry Meislahn
1947 Sunbeam II Harry Meislahn
1948 Sunbeam II Harry Meislahn
1949 Sunbeam II Harry Meislahn
1950 Sunbeam II Harry Meislahn
1951 Sunbeam II Harry Meislahn
1952 Sunbeam II Harry Meislahn
1953 Sunbeam II Harry Meislahn
1954 Sunbeam II Harry Meislahn
1955 Sunbeam II Harry Meislahn
1956 Sunbeam 3 Harry Meislahn
1957 Whim Don Marquis (engraved on trophy as 1958)
1958 Sunbeam IV Harry Meislahn
1959 Sunbeam IV Harry Meislahn
1960 Sunbeam IV Harry Meislahn
1961 Whim Don Marquis
1962 Gypsy Dick Bliss
1963 Sunbeam IV Skip Meislahn
1964 Astronaut Ralph Earl
1965 Riot Hank Rowan
1966 Sunbeam IV Harry & Skip Meislahn
1967 Riot Hank Rowan
1968 Riot Hank Rowan
1969 Riot Hank Rowan
1970 "Gypsy" Robert Wotton
1971 "Riot III" Hank Rowan
1972 Riot IV Hank Rowan
1973 Riot IV Hank Rowan
1974 Riot IV Hank Rowan
1975 Riot IV Hank Rowan
1976 Riot V Hank Rowan
1977 Riot V Hank Rowan
1978 Riot V Hank Rowan
1979 Riot VI Hank Rowan
1980 Riot VI Hank Rowan
1981 Riot VI Hank Rowan
1982 Riot VI Hank Rowan
1983 Riot VI Hank Rowan
1984 Uncle Don Skip Meislahn
1985 Riot VII Hank Rowan
1986 Uncle Don Skip Meislahn
1987 Riot VII Hank Rowan
1988 Uncle Don Skip Meislahn
1989 Uncle Don Skip Meislahn
1990 Riot VIII Hank Rowan
1991 Riot VIII Hank Rowan
1992 Riot VIII Hank Rowan
1993 Riot VIII Hank Rowan
1994 Riot IX Hank Rowan
1995 Riot IX Hank Rowan
1996 Riot IX Hank Rowan
1997 My Horse II Rick Dhein
1998 Yankee Bob, Pete, Dave Marshall
1999 My Horse II Rick Dhein
2000 My Horse III Rick Dhein
2001 Riot IX Hank Rowan
2002 My Horse III Rick Dhein
2003 Attila Steve Rottier
2004 Ragtime Two Peter Abell
2005 Yankee Bob, Pete, Dave Marshall
2006 Riot X Hank Rowan
2007 Riot X Hank Rowan
2008 Yankee Pete Marshall, John Barth
2009 Attila Steve Rottier
2010 Zero Hedge Ed Gardner
2011 Yankee Pete Marshall
2012 Riot X Gendron / Huffman
2013 Yankee P. Marshall / L. Barth
2014 Yankee P. Marshall / L. Barth
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