Snipe North American Championship

The Snipe North American Championship is the annual North American Championship for sailing in the Snipe class.

The regatta is open to Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA) registered boats and class member skippers and crews, and the following trophies are awarded:

  • Birney Mills Memorial Trophy to the winning Skipper from a qualified North American Country.[1]
  • Kim Thompson Memorial Trophy to the winning crew from a qualified North American Country.[2]
  • Chuck Loomis Trophy to the top Junior (Skipper or Crew will not have reached the age of 20 by December 31 of the year in which the event is sailed) team from a qualified North American Country. If no boat/team competes where both skipper and crew are junior sailors, the top placing junior skipper, or the top placing junior crew if no junior skipper racing.[3]

It is held every year alternating venues around any country in North America. 3 races constitute a regatta.

2017 winners were Rodriguez and Kathleen Tocke.[4]

Winners

Year Host Skipper Crew Fleet
1973 Oakville Yacht Squadron Don Hite Lake Angelus, Michigan
1974 U.S. Sailing Center at Association Island Augie Diaz Charlie Bustamante Coconut Grove Sailing Club
1975 U.S. Sailing Center at Association Island Gerald (Jerry) Dennis Thompson Ron Moore Alamitos Bay Yacht Club
1976 Royal Nassau Sailing Club Bruce Colyer Glenn Sutter Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1977 Mission Bay Yacht Club Jeff Lenhart Mission Bay Yacht Club
1978 Severn Sailing Association Jeff Lenhart Peggy Lenhart Mission Bay Yacht Club
1979 Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club Dave Chapin G. Knapp Island Bay Yacht Club
1980 North Cape Yacht Club Mark Reynolds San Diego Yacht Club
1981 Sea Cliff Yacht Club Ed Adams Meredith O'Dowd Ida Lewis Yacht Club
1982 Mission Bay Yacht Club Mark Reynolds DeAnn Reynolds San Diego Yacht Club
1983 Oakville Yacht Squadron Ed Adams Meredith Adams Ida Lewis Yacht Club
1984 Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Keith Dodson Claudia O'Brien Alamitos Bay Yacht Club
1985 Severn Sailing Association Ed Adams Meredith Adams Ida Lewis Yacht Club
1986 Richmond Yacht Club Mike Segerblom Ron Rosenberg Alamitos Bay Yacht Club
1987 Eastern Yacht Club Ed Adams Meredith Adams Ida Lewis Yacht Club
1988 Oakville Harbour Yacht Club Craig Leweck Brad Rodi Mission Bay Yacht Club
1989 Mission Bay Yacht Club Craig Leweck Lisa Manzer Mission Bay Yacht Club
1990 Rush Creek Yacht Club Jack Franco Renee Vesterby Balboa Yacht Club
1991 Newport Harbor Yacht Club Mark Reynolds Deann Reynolds San Diego Yacht Club
1992 Crescent Sail Yacht Club Peter Commette Connie Suddath Lauderdale Yacht Club
1993 Bronte Harbour Yacht Club Ed Adams Carol Newman Ida Lewis Yacht Club
1994 Severn Sailing Association Brian Fishback Lorie Stout Severn Sailing Association
1995 Lake Lanier Sailing Club Willie Graves Carrie Warren Mission Bay, California
1996 Royal Nassau Sailing Club Doug Hart Watt Duffy Mission Bay Yacht Club
1997^ Oakville Yacht Squadron
1998 Carlyle Sailing Association George Szabo Jeff Baker San Diego Yacht Club
1999 Cottage Park Yacht Club George Szabo Carol Cronin San Diego Yacht Club
2000 Spanish Point Boat Club George Szabo Carol Cronin San Diego Yacht Club
2001^^ Royal Nassau Sailing Club Alexandre Paradeda Eduardo Paradeda Clube dos Jangadeiros
2002 Carlyle Sailing Association Rob Hallawell Bridget Hallawell Pleon Yacht Club
2003 Willamette Sailing Club George Szabo Shelly Suarez San Diego Yacht Club
2004 Florida Yacht Club Augie Diaz Lisa Griffith Coconut Grove Sailing Club
2005 Oakville Yacht Squadron Mike Blackwood Patty Mueller South Shore Yacht Club
2006 Gull Lake Yacht Club Augie Diaz Pamela Kelly Coconut Grove Sailing Club
2007 Spanish Point Boat Club Augie Diaz Kathleen Tocke Coconut Grove Sailing Club
2008 Cottage Park Yacht Club Augie Diaz Kathleen Tocke Coconut Grove Sailing Club
2009 Erie Yacht Club Ernesto Rodriguez Megan Place Miami
2010 Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club Jorge Xavier Murrieta Alejandro Murrieta Club Náutico Avándaro
2011 Mission Bay Yacht Club Raúl Ríos Marco Teixidor Club Náutico de San Juan
2012 Etobicoke Yacht Club Raúl Ríos Édgar Diminich Club Náutico de San Juan
2013 Lakewood Yacht Club Augie Diaz Kathleen Tocke Coral Reef Yacht Club
2014 Cottage Park Yacht Club Ernesto Rodriguez Ed Mintzias Miami
2015 Royal Hamilton Yacht Club Raúl Ríos Fernando Monllor Club Náutico de San Juan
2016 Severn Sailing Association Doug Hart Ryan Hopps Mission Bay Yacht Club
2017 Lauderdale Yacht Club Ernesto Rodriguez Kathleen Tocke Miami
2018 San Diego Yacht Club Ernesto Rodriguez Kathleen Tocke Miami
2019 San Diego Yacht Club Enrique Quintero Kathleen Tocke Coral Reef Yacht Club
2020 Jubilee Yacht Club
  • ^In 1997, due to wind conditions, only 2 races were completed and the regatta was not valid.
  • ^^In 2001, Birney Mills Memorial Trophy and Kim Thompson Memorial Trophy went to Bill Hardesty and Jon Rogers (USA), as regatta winners were not from a qualified North American Country.

References

  1. "Birney-Mills-Memorial-Trophy" (PDF). snipe.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. "Kim Thompson trophy" (PDF). snip.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. "Chuck loomis trophy" (PDF). snipe.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  4. "Rodriguez-Tocke dominate Snipe North Americans". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 21 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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