North American Championships

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Presented to the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association as a perpetual trophy to commemorate the centennial of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto, August 1952.

The North American Silver Star Championship is relatively a latecomer to the Silver Star series held by the Star Class. Originally the North American's was sailed only when the World's was not sailed in the North American continent.

The oldest Silver Star event of the Star Class is the Championship of Europe, which began in 1932, followed by the Western Hemisphere Spring Championship, which began in 1934. The first N.A.'s was held in 1939 at Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay in conjunction with the 1939 World Fair. That year the World's was sailed in Kiel, Germany. The first N.A.'s was won by Walter Sumner and Jack Watson of the San Diego Bay fleet. The series was not held again until 1948 in Puget Sound, and was won by the local fleet representatives Charles Ross and Robertson Ross. Then, starting in 1952 the World's was held in Europe for consecutive three years. Whether coincidentally or not, starting in 1952 the N.A.'s have been held annually ever since.

Originally the rules for who was allowed to sail in the N.A.'s was very strict. Only two boats per fleet, based on that fleet's qualification series, were allowed to participate in a Silver Star event. Exceptions to this were when low turn-out was expected, for example in 1964 at Galveston Bay and 1968 at San Francisco where 3 boats per fleet were allowed.

Starting in the 1970's the hosting fleet was allowed to have additional entries as a reward for holding the series. For example, in 1972 at Toronto the Lake Ontario Canadian fleet entered 4 boats, and in 1975 at Mobile the Mobile Bay fleet entered 6 boats.

The first "open" N.A.'s was in 1985 at San Diego, with 14 boats from the San Diego Bay fleet and 7 boats from the Newport Harbor fleet. The N.A.'s have been open ever since.

YEAR	BOAT	SKIPPER	CREW	FLEET	ENTRIES	LOCATION	RESULTS
2026	#5618	Jack Jennings	Phil Trinter	ChiH	16	Tampa, FL, USA	Results
2025	#8464	Jack Jennings	Pedro Trouche	ChiH	21	Pass Christian, MS, USA	Results
2024	#8550	Paul Cayard	Danny Cayard	WSFB	25	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
2023	#8537	George Szabo	Guy Avellon	SDB	30	Vancouver, BC CAN	Results
2022	#8218	Jack Jennings	Pedro Trouche	ChiH	33	Annapolis YC, MD, USA	Results
2021	#8218	Erik Lidecis	Greg Smith	NH	30	Newport Harbor YC, CA, USA	Results
2020	NOT HELD
2019	#8509	Augie Diaz	Henry Boening	BisB	33	Toms River, NJ, USA	Results
2018	#8423	Eric Doyle	Payson Infelise	SDB	37	Marina del Rey, CA, USA	Results
2017	#8509	Augie Diaz	Bruno Prada	BisB	46	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
2016	#8177	Eivind Melleby	oshua. Revkin	ISOL	27	Chicago, IL, USA	Results
2015	#8448	Carl Buchan	Jamie Buchan	PS	33	Seattle, WA, USA	Results
2014	#8444	Torben Grael	Guilherme Almeida	Gua	41	Oxford, MD, USA	Results
2013	#8203	Brian Ledbetter	Gregg Morton	PS	42	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
2012	#8395	J.A. MacCausland	Guy Avellon	CR	33	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Results
2011	#8434	George Szabo, III	Mark Strube	SDB	28	Tampa, Florida, USA	Results
2010	#8434	George Szabo, III	Frithjof Kleen	SDB	42	Marina del Rey, CA, USA	Results
2009	#8241	Andy Horton	Steve Erickson	NB	47	Westport, CT, USA	Results
2008	#8195	J.A. MacCausland	Kevin Murphy	CR	30	Traverse, Michigan, USA	Results
2007	#8156	Andy Horton	Brad Nichol	NB	49	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Results
2006	#8187	Hamish Pepper	Carl Williams	NZL	78	Miami, Florida, USA	Results
2005	#7995	George Szabo, III	Eric Monroe	SDB	41	Marina del Rey, California, USA	Results
2004	#8184	J.A. MacCausland	Brian Fatih	CR	44	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Results
2003	#8159	Paul Cayard	Phil Trinter	WSFB	40	San Franciso, California, USA	Results
2002	#8067	Mark Reynolds	Magnus Liljedahl	SDB	52	Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, USA	Results
2001	#7995	George Szabo, III	George Iverson	SDB	61	Milford, Connecticut, USA	Results
2000	#7939	Gavin Brady	Jamie Gale	NZL	33	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Results
1999	#7934	Eric Doyle	Tom Olson	SDB	36	Winthrop, MA, USA	Results
1998	#7829	Mark Reynolds	Rick Peters	SDB	49	Lake George, New York, USA	Results
1997	#7711	Joe Londrigan	Mark Strube	SDB	24	Marina del Rey, California, USA	Results
1996	#7872	Ross Macdonald	Dag Nyhof	EB	34	Wilmette, Illinois, USA	Results
1995	#7454	Ross Macdonald	Pat Dion	EB	57	Galesville, MD, USA	Results
1994	#7773	Paul Cayard	George Iverson	WSFB	46	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1993	#7469	Ross Macdonald	Eric Jespersen	EB	43	San Diego, California, USA	Results
1992	#7288	Joe Londrigan	Phil Trinter	LS	34	Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, USA	Results
1991	#7288	Joe Londrigan	Mark Busch	WH	40	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Results
1990	#7200	Gastao Brun	Andre Lekazyki	RdJ	48	Winthrop, MA, USA	Results
1989	#7288	Mark Reynolds	Hal Haenel	SDB	44	English Bay, Vancouver, Canada	Results
1988	#7302	Ed Adams	Rick Hennig	NB	61	Ithica, NY, USA	Results
1987	#7265	J.A. MacCausland	Alan Romefelt	CR	50	Milford, CT, USA	Results
1986	#7109, The Usual	Vince Brun	Hugo Schreiner	SDB	49	Cleveland, OH, USA	Results
1985	#6921, Bananas	Vince Brun	Robert Kenney	SDB	40	San Diego, California, USA	Results
1984	#6854, Spirit	J.A. MacCausland	Jay Brown	CR	43	Westport, CT, USA	Results
1983	#6854, Spirit	J.A. MacCausland	Jay Brown	CR	37	Cleveland, OH, USA	Results
1982	#6550, Theophilus	John Driscoll	Hugo Schreiner	SDB	34	Wilmette Harbor, IL, USA	Results
1981	#6432, War Hawk	Andy Menkart	Kevin Murphy	BH	27	Galveston Bay, TX, USA	Results
1980	#6498, Bucephalus	Alexander Hagen	Vincent Hoesch	Glu	46	Milford, CT, USA	Results
1979	#5761, Spirit III	Peter Wright	Todd Cozzens	SLM	38	Puget Sound, Seattle, WA	Results
1977	#5443, Menace	Dennis Conner	Ron Anderson	SDB	48	San Diego, CA, USA	Results
1976	#5681, Virgo III	Peter Wright	William Wright	SLM	51	Boston, MA, USA	Results
1975	#5607, Dingo	Ding Schoonmaker	Jerry Ford	BisB	38	Mobile Bay, AL, USA	Results
1974	#5681, Virgo	Peter Wright	William Wright	SLM	38	Cleveland, OH, USA	Results
1973	#5776, Big TR	Thompson Adams	Bill Richards	WH	37	Chesapeake Bay, MD, USA	Results
1972	#5669, Strings 'n Things	Charles Morgan	John Winters	TaB	36	Toronto, Canada	Results
1971	#5635, Neguinho	Joerg Bruder	Claud Biekarch	Gua	50	Biscayne Bay, FL, USA	Results
1970	#5455, Gem X	Durward Knowles	David Dickey	N	52	Rockport, MA, USA	Results
1969	#5350, Hannah	Barton Beek	Charles Beek	LB	23	Chicago, IL, USA	Results
1968	#5150, Good Grief	Tom Blackaller	Gary Mull	WSFB	35	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
1967	#4861, Ariel	Alan Holt	Richard Gates	Shil	48	Toronto, Canada	Results
1966	#4862, Swingin' Star	Don Trask	William Kreysler	Ric	41	Cleveland, OH, USA	Results
1965	#4969, Scandale	John Albrechtson	George Yule	Vin	45	Oxford, MD, USA	Results
1964	#4541, Blitzkrieg	Buddy Friedrichs	Craig Nelson	NCG	12	Galveston Bay, TX, USA	Results
1963	#4615, Star of the Sea	Joseph Duplin	Rodney Long	BH	62	Rye, New York, USA	Results
1962	#4078, Boron	Bill Buchan	Jay Winberg	PS	22	Puget Sound, Washington, USA	Results
1961	#4241, Glider	Richard Stearns	Lynn Williams	WH	44	Toronto, Canada	Results
1960	#4241, Glider	Richard Stearns	Lynn Williams	WH	40	Milford, CT, USA	Results
1959	#4143, Turmoil	Gary Comer	William Hackel	JP	37	Chicago, IL, USA	Results
1958	#4025, Shaughnessy	E.W. Etchells	Mary Etchells	CLIS	46	Choptank River, Maryland, USA	Results
1957	#3877, North Star III	Lowell North	James Hill	SDB	25	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1956	#3679, Circus	Howie Lippincott	Nelson Macan	ER	49	Vermillion, OH, USA	Results
1955	#3076, Kurush IV	J. de Cardenas	de Cardenas, Jr	Mar	54	Rye, NY, USA	Results
1954	#2985, Sea Skate	Jack Van Dyke	Gerrit D. Foster	Mil	37	Rockport, MA, USA	Results
1953	#3188, Flower	Bob Lippincott	William Norris	WJ	30	Milwaukee, WI, USA	Results
1952	#2700, Flame	Stan Oglivy	William Lynn	WLIS	31	Toronto, Canada	Results
1939	#1162, Whitecap II	Walter Sumner	Jack Watson	SDB	14	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results

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