West Kirby Star

In 1924 the club decided to expand the class and had a new boat Jupiter built by S. Bond in Rock Ferry for £78 15s 6p and she was auctioned off at a club hot pot later that year. By the time Stella was built in 1927 the cost had risen to £90 not including sails. Following the success of Jupiter it was decided to have a detailed specification so that any new stars that were built would be as near to Jupiter as possible, this specification included "the deck to be of yellow pine, Planking to be of larch - all through planks without any scarfs or butt joints, boat to be built to the approved specification but workmanship material and design to be modelled on Jupiter which is open for inspection, the committee were to inspect during the construction."

In 1948 it was again agreed to increase the size of the fleet following the loss of Capella without a trace from her mooring at West Kirby, and it was agreed to purchase a new boat from Rutherfords, unfortunately the government would not grant them a licence to build a new boat. Instead the committee turned to Williams & Nixon with a contract to build four new Stars, numbers 6, 8, 10 and 11 for a price of £147 each, there was a delay in building but all four boats were eventually delivered in 1949.

In 1956 with new methods of construction being used to build boats, a sub committee formed to examine the possibility of expanding the fleet and altering the rigging was unanimous that there should be no major modifications to the design and the only changes have been to allow the use of man made fibres for sails and rigging. At the time there was a majority view of star owners that the fleet should not be expanded (11 in favour, 1 against, 2 abstentions) at the current time but instead a new boat somewhat larger than the 16 ft Star should be developed with "a more modern design and a more solid construction than the Liverpool Bay Falcons" This proposal became the Hilbre One Design.

Two more boats were added to the fleet in 1981 by then price had risen to £4000.

Their clinker constructions and seaworthy qualities make them ideal for the conditions in the Dee Estuary. Class rules dictate that each boat must have red sails, main and jib, with a white star containing the boats number on the main.

They can be sailed single handed but three is the normal racing crew.