Snipe North American Championship Explained

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
1976	Royal Nassau Sailing Club	Bruce Colyer	Glenn Sutter	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1977	Mission Bay Yacht Club	Jeff Lenhart
1978	Severn Sailing Association	Jeff Lenhart	Peggy Lenhart
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		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
1993		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
1997^	Oakville Yacht Squadron
1998		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
2002	Carlyle Sailing Association	Rob Hallawell	Bridget Hallawell
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
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		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		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		Miami
2018	San Diego Yacht Club	Ernesto Rodriguez		Miami
2019	San Diego Yacht Club	Enrique Quintero		Coral Reef Yacht Club
2021	Jubilee Yacht Club	Ernesto Rodriguez		Miami
2022		Raúl Ríos	Andrea Riefkohl	Club Náutico de San Juan
2023		Arthur Blodgett	Grace Howie	Severn Sailing Association
2024		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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Birney-Mills-Memorial-Trophy. snipe.org. 16 May 2017. 21 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161121182457/http://www.snipe.org/images/stories/pdf/Birney-Mills-Memorial-Trophy.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Kim Thompson trophy. snip.org. 16 May 2017. 21 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221160659/https://snipe.org/images/2014/2014DoG/2014%20Kim%20Thompson%20Perpetual%20Trophy.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Chuck loomis trophy. snipe.org. 2016-12-09. 2016-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221154828/http://www.snipe.org/images/stories/pdf/chuck%20loomis%20trophy09.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Rodriguez-Tocke dominate Snipe North Americans. 21 May 2017. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 22 May 2017. 21 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170521233009/http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/05/21/rodriguez-tocke-dominate-snipe-north-americans/. live.