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

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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
2021   Jubilee Yacht Club Ernesto Rodriguez Kathleen Tocke   Miami
2022   Etobicoke Yacht Club Raúl Ríos Andrea Riefkohl   Club Náutico de San Juan
2023   Norfolk Yacht and Country Club Arthur Blodgett Grace Howie   Severn Sailing Association
2024   Mantoloking Yacht Club/Bay Head Yacht Club Ernesto Rodriguez Taylor Scheuermann   Miami
  • ^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

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  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.