Soling North American Championship

The Soling North American Championship is an International sailing regatta in the Soling organized by the International Soling Association under auspiciën of World Sailing. The initiative for this event was taken, inspired by the success of the Soling European Championship, by Milwaukee Yacht Club sailor Jack Van Dyke in 1969 to promote Soling sailing in the US and Canada. Since then over 50 Soling North American Championship were held. The popularity grew during the Olympic period of the Soling. After that era the event continued and is still reasonable successful. The Soling North American Championship is an "Open" event. This means that competitors from all over the world are eligible to enter. So far oversees entries have only won the Championship three times: Australia in 1975 (Australia) Brasil in 1981 (South America) The Netherlands in 2019 (Europe) In all other cases the title went to a team of the United States or Canada (first time in 1973).

Editions

Year City Country Dates Athletes Nations Note 1969 Milwaukee 15 - 19 Jun 108 2 1970 Houston 1971 Los Angeles 1972 Oyster Bay 19 - 27 Aug 1973 Toronto 16–23 August 1974 Milwaukee 11 - 20 Aug 111 5 1975 Rochester 1976 Seattle 6 - 13 Jul 1977 Oyster Bay 132 1978 Newport Beach 4–7 May 111 1979 Houston 156 1980 Chicago 1981 Sarnia 1982 San Francisco 29 Sep - 2 Oct 87 2 1983 Rochester 3 - 7 Sep 99 1984 Oyster Bay 5 - 7 Oct 54 4 1985 Milwaukee 18 - 21 Jun 120 2 1986 Kingston 28 Jun - 3-Jul 1987 Santa Cruz 24 - 28 Aug 84 4 1988 Wilmette 6 - 10 Sep 93 5 1989 Annapolis 25 - 29 Sep 57 2 1990 Tiburon 17 - 21 Sep 1991 Chicago 5 - 7 Oct 132 2 1992 Houston 1 -4 Sep 45 2 1993 Rochester 5 - 9 Jul 96 2 1994 Oyster Bay 29 Sep – 2 Oct 1995 San Francisco 2 – 6 Oct 48 5 1996 Marblehead 24 – 28 Jun 87 18 1997 Wilmette 18 – 21 Sep 102 4 1998 Rochester 10 – 13 Jun 63 3 1999 Toronto 23 – 26 Sep 60 4 2000 Annapolis 16 – 20 Oct 69 4 2001 Milwaukee 30 Aug – 2 Sep 2002 Wilmette 22 -25 Aug 54 2 2003 Milwaukee 21 -24 Aug 48 2 2004 Plattsburgh 16 - 19 Sep 66 2 2005 Etobicoke 16 - 18 Oct 51 2 2006 Milwaukee 13 – 16 Jul 45 1 2007 Wilmette 6 – 9 Jul 57 4 2008 Etobicoke 19 – 22 Jun 45 2 2009 Plattsburgh 14 – 16 Aug 48 2 2010 Bath 2 – 5 Jul 48 2 2011 Milwaukee 29 Sep - 2 Oct 54 3 2012 Kingston 23 – 26 Aug 33 2 2013 Plattsburgh 15 – 18 Aug 48 3 2014 Port Stanley 18 – 21 Sep 84 3 2015 Wilmette 27 – 30 Aug 54 3 2016 Sarnia 23 – 26 Jun 48 3 2017 Milwaukee 24 – 27 Aug 45 3 2018 Montreal 27 – 30 Sep 51 3 2019 Kingston 8 – 11 Aug 39 4 2020 Annapolis Planned 22–26 April Postponed due to COVID-19 2021 Annapolis Again postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19 2022 Annapolis 27 – 30 Sep 51 3 2023 Hamilton 8 – 11 Jun

Medalists

Race details Soling North American Championship results (1969–1979) Soling North American Championship results (1980–1989) Soling North American Championship results (1990–1999) Soling North American Championship results (2000–2009) Soling North American Championship results (2010–2019) References