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. Kim Thompson Memorial Trophy to the winning crew from a qualified North American Country. 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.
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.
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 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 2025 San Diego Yacht Club Ernesto Rodriguez Marina Cano Miami 2026 Sail Newport Justin Callahan Trevor Davis Ida Lewis 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.
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