Soling North American Championship
Year City Country Dates Athletes
1969 Milwaukee United States 15 - 19 Jun 108
1970 Houston United States
1971 Los Angeles United States
1972 Oyster Bay United States 19 - 27 Aug
1973 Toronto Canada 16-23 August
1974 Milwaukee United States 11 - 20 Aug 37
1975 Rochester United States
1976 Seattle United States 6 - 13 Jul
1977 Oyster Bay United States 132
1978 Newport Beach United States 4-7 May 111
1979 Houston United States 156
1980 Chicago United States
1981 Sarnia Canada
1982 San Francisco United States 29 Sep - 2 Oct 87
1983 Rochester United States 3 - 7 Sep 99
1984 Oyster Bay United States 5 - 7 Oct 54
1985 Milwaukee United States 18 - 21 Jun 120
1986 Kingston Canada 28 Jun - 3-Jul
1987 Santa Cruz United States 24 - 28 Aug 84
1988 Wilmette United States 6 - 10 Sep 93
Editions
The other perpetual trophy for the winning team of the Soling North American Championship . The prize is donated by the late Sam Merrick . Previous winners engraved on the pedestal .
The Soling North American Championship is an annual North American Championship sailing regatta in the Soling class organised by the International Soling Association. 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 title three times:
In all other cases the title went to a team of the United States or Canada (first time in 1973).