Id Crook Memorial Trophy

Id Crook Memorial Trophy is the sailing trophy awarded at the Masters Snipe World Championships. The Id Crook Memorial Trophy is awarded to the winning skipper and crew. Canada donated it to the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA).[1] It's named after Canadian Id Crook, SCIRA's commodore, in 2000.

The regatta venue must rotate among North America, Europe, South America and Japan. No races to be run in wind velocity exceeding 15 knots.

Skipper must be at least 45 years of age in the year of the regatta. The combined age of the skipper and crew must be at least 80 years in the year of the regatta.

4 divisions of medals are presented for trophies for the top 3 places in the following divisions:

  • Apprentice Master Division (45-54 years)
  • Master Division (55-64 years)
  • Grand Master Division (65-74 years)
  • Master Legends Division (75 years old and onwards)

Overall Master World Champion will be top placing team.

The Master Legends Division was created in 2015

Winners

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Year Venue Skipper & Crew Country
1986 Atlanta Yacht Club Ken Simons & Bill Simons   United States
1987 Yacht Club Santo Amaro Ivan Pimentel & Ricardo Lebreiro   Brazil
1989 Oakville Harbour Yacht Club Ivan Pimentel & Luis Pesnovich   Brazil
1991 Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera Félix Gancedo & Carlos Llamas   Spain
1992 Clube Internacional da Marina de Vilamoura Paulo da Silva Santos & Fernando Silva   Brazil
1994 Kaiyo Yacht Harbor Kazunori Shinka & Tetsuji Nakatani   Japan
1996 Vestfjorden Seilforening Birger Jansen & Marianne Stigar   Norway
1998 Club Náutico Córdoba Bibi Juetz & Felipe Vasconcellos   Brazil
1999 Horsens Sejlklub Flemming Christiansen & Morten Ullmann   Denmark
2002 St. Petersburg Yacht Club Augie Diaz & John Kehoe   United States
2004 Associazione Sportiva Nautica Sabazia Augie Diaz & Lisa Griffith   United States
2006 Royal Nassau Sailing Club Augie Diaz & Pam Kelly   United States
2008^ Società Triestina della Vela
2010 Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro Paulo da Silva Santos & Rodrigo Inacio   Brazil
2012 Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera Augie Diaz & Justine O’Connor   United States
2014 Fukuoka City Yacht Harbor Takeyasu Sugiyama & Hirotaka Kaneda   Japan
2016 Royal Nassau Sailing Club Ernesto Rodriguez & Kathleen Tocke   United States
2018 Associação Naval de Lisboa (Vilamoura) Damián Borrás & Jordi Triay   Spain
2020^^ St. Petersburg Yacht Club
2023 Club Náutico Puerto Sherry Damián Borrás & Sara Franceschi   Spain

^The 2008 championship could not be completed due to wind conditions and the inability to achieve 3 races, which is the minimum for a Championship.[2]
^^The 2020 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

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  1. ^ SCIRA Canada. "Deed of gift" (PDF). Snipe. Canada: Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2016.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ SCIRA (2009). "World Masters-Not enough races". Snipe. Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA). Archived from the original on December 21, 2016.
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