Diego Negri and Sergio “Ciccio” Lambertenghi of Italy are the 2026 Star World Champions./h3>
The Italian duo claimed the coveted Gold Star with a win in the penultimate race and a third place in the final race to close the door on Norway’s Eivind Melleby and Christian Nehammer who won the final race. Melleby and Nehammer moved into second, after a 12 in the penultimate race put Negri and Lambertenghi out of reach.
Brazil’s Robert Scheidt and Austin Sperry finished with a 14 and 4 to climb into the third podium place, with Argentina’s Leandro and Lucas Altolaguirre unable to build on their two earlier race wins, running out of steam with an 18 and 21 to finish fourth.
Fifth were Will Stout and Danny Cayard USA, with Poland’s Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Bruno Prada fiinishing stongly with a 7 and 5 to take sixth.
Britain’s Ante Razmilovic and Brian Hammersley were 39th.
2026 Star World Championship Presented by Schoonmaker
Leaders after 6 races (95 entries) 1 discard
1st ITA Diego Negri / Sergio Lambertenghi – – 24 pts
2nd NOR Eivind Melleby / Christian Nehammer – – 37 pts
3rd BRA Robert Scheidt / Austin Sperry – – 47 pts
4th ARG Leandro / Lucas Altolaguirre – – 51 pts
5th USA Will Stout / Danny Cayard – – 51 pts
6th POL Mateusz Kusznierewicz / Bruno Prada – – 57 pts
7th SUI Piet Eckert / Frederico Melo – – 58 pts
8th USA Eric Doyle / Payson Infelise – – 59 pts
9th USA Jim Buckingham / Brad Nichol – – 61 pts
10th USA Rick Merriman / Phil Trinter – – 61 pts
11th IRL Peter O’Leary / Joost Houweling – – 63 pts
Full results available here . . .
The 2026 Star World Championship Presented by Schoonmaker, was hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club, over six races on Biscayne Bay and a week of some of the most unpredictable conditions the fleet has faced in Miami.