North American Championships

THE ROYAL CANADIAN YACHT CLUB TROPHY

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
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		PS
2012	#8395	J.A. MacCausland		CR
2011	#8434	G. Szabo, III		SDB
2010	#8434	G. Szabo, III		SDB
2009	#8241	Horton		NB
2008	Erin	J.A. MacCausland		CR
2007	#8156	Horton		NB
2006	#8187	Pepper		NZL
2005	#7995	G. Szabo, III		SDB
2004	Erin	J.A. MacCausland		CR
2003	#8159	Cayard		WSFB
2002	#8067	M. Reynolds		SDB
2001	#7995	G. Szabo, III		SDB
2000	#7939	Brady		NZL
1999	#7934	Doyle		SDB
1998	#7829	M. Reynolds		SDB
1997	#7711	Londrigan		SDB
1996	#7872	Macdonald		EB
1995	#7454	Macdonald		EB
1994	#7773	Cayard		WSFB
1993	#7469	Macdonald		EB
1992	#7288	Londrigan		LS
1991	#7288	J. Londrigan		WH
1990	#7200	G. Brun		RdJ
1989	#7288	M. Reynolds		SDB
1988	#7302	Adams		NB
1987	#7265	J.A. MacCausland		CR
1986	The Usual	V. Brun		SDB
1985	Bananas	V. Brun		SDB
1984	Spirit	J.A. MacCausland		CR
1983	Spirit	J.A. MacCausland		CR
1982	Theophilus	Driscoll		SDB
1981	War Hawk	Menkart		BH
1980	Bucephalus	Hagen		Glu
1979	Spirit III	Wright		SLM
1977	Menace	Conner		SDB
1976	Virgo III	Wright		SLM
1975	Dingo	Schoonmaker		BisB
1974	Virgo	Wright		SLM
1973	Big TR	Adams		WH
1972	Strings 'n Things	Morgan		TaB
1971	Neguinho	Bruder		Gua
1970	Gem X	Knowles		N
1969	Hannah	Beek		LB
1968	Good Grief	Blackaller		WSFB
1967	Ariel	Holt		Shil
1966	Swingin' Star	Trask		Ric
1965	Scandale	Albrechtson		Vin
1964	Blitzkrieg	Friedrichs		NCG
1963	Star of the Sea	Duplin		BH
1962	Boron	Buchan		PS
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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