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<\/p>\nJack Jennings and Phil Trinter (USA) are the 2026 Star North American Champions. After leading the championship from the opening race, the American duo sealed the title with an impressive five victories in eight races, finishing with just 10 net points with a race to spare.<\/p>\n
The final day brought two more races in a northerly breeze of 10\u201312 knots, with the competition for the remaining podium positions going down to the wire.<\/p>\n
Jennings and Trinter added a second place in Race 7 before sitting out the final race, having already secured the championship. Behind them, John Loe and Shane Zwingelberg (USA) delivered a strong finish, winning Race 7 and taking third in Race 8 to claim the silver medal with 18 points.<\/p>\n
George Szabo and Guy Avellon (USA) completed the podium with 21 points after finishing sixth and second in today\u2019s races, recovering from an earlier DNC to secure bronze.<\/p>\n
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Star North American Championship | \u00a9 Lexi Pline Photography<\/p>\n
Jim Buckingham and Brad Nichol (USA) finished fourth overall, while Burkhard Keese and Jesper Spehr (GER) took fifth on countback ahead of Keith Dodson and Mark Strube (USA).<\/p>\n
The final race victory went to Doug Smith and TC Belco, providing a fitting conclusion to four days of competitive Star sailing.<\/p>\n
The championship offered a great variety of conditions, from the strong northerly winds and gusts exceeding 20 knots of the opening days to the lighter, tactically demanding breeze of the final two days. Throughout the eight races, the fleet delivered close battles and exciting mark roundings, once again showcasing the competitive spirit of the Star Class.<\/p>\n
The event concluded with the prize-giving ceremony, celebrating the new North American Champions and the top finishers.<\/p>\n
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Star North American Championship | \u00a9 Lexi Pline Photography<\/p>\n
FINAL OVERALL RESULTS \u2013 TOP 10<\/p>\n
Jack Jennings \/ Phil Trinter (USA) \u2013 10 pts
John Loe \/ Shane Zwingelberg (USA) \u2013 18 pts
George Szabo \/ Guy Avellon (USA) \u2013 21 pts
Jim Buckingham \/ Brad Nichol (USA) \u2013 33 pts
Burkhard Keese \/ Jesper Spehr (GER) \u2013 46 pts
Keith Dodson \/ Mark Strube (USA) \u2013 46 pts
Stephen Braveman \/ Ron Rezac (USA) \u2013 48 pts
Michael Hecky \/ Luke Lawrence (USA) \u2013 50 pts
Doug Smith \/ TC Belco (USA) \u2013 56 pts
John Polglase \/ Paul Wetmore (USA) \u2013 59 pts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Jennings and Phil Trinter (USA) are the 2026 Star North American Champions. After leading the championship from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[172908,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-443642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-star-class","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}