Snipe Western Hemisphere and Asia Championship

The Snipe Western Hemisphere and Asia Championship is an international sailing regatta in the Snipe class. The fleet of winning skipper is awarded the Hayward Western Hemisphere Trophy, donated by Commodore John T. Hayward, of Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1] 3 races shall constitute a regatta. It was named Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship until 2023.

It is sailed every two years (even years), on alternate years with the World Championship, since 1950. The Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship and the European Championship are the main competitions after the Worlds.[2]

Five qualified teams from each county in the Western Hemisphere and Japan, the current champion, the current world champion (providing it represents a WH&O nation), the prior year North American and Orient champions (providing each represents a Western Hemisphere and Orient nation) and the current year South American champion are entitled to compete.

Winners

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Year Host Skipper Crew Fleet
1950   Miramar Yacht Club Clemente Inclán[3] Carlos Inclan   Miramar Yacht Club
1952   Clearwater Yacht Club Ted A. Wells Charles Henry   Wichita Sailing Club
1954   Miramar Yacht Club Terry Whittemore Bob Whittemore   Lake Quassapaug Yacht Club
1956   Spanish Point Boat Club
Sandys Boat Club
St. George's Dinghy & Sports Club
Penny Simmons John Shirkey   Spanish Point Boat Club
1958   Royal Nassau Sailing Club Bernard Hayward Charles Brown   St. George's Dinghy & Sports Club
1960   Club Náutico San Isidro Bernard Hayward James Amos   St. George's Dinghy & Sports Club
1962   late Clube do Brasilia Reinaldo Conrad Ralph Conrad   Yacht Club Santo Amaro
1964   Oakville Yacht Squadron Reinaldo Conrad Ralph Conrad   Yacht Club Santo Amaro
1966   Yacht Club Uruguayo Ralph Conrad João Pedro Reinhart   Yacht Club Santo Amaro
1968   Florida Yacht Club Takao Ninomiya Hideo Kawamura  
1970   Spanish Point Boat Club Gary Boswell Margaret Boswell   Austin Yacht Club
1972   Club Naval de Oficiales en Cartagena Augie Diaz Gonzalo E. Diaz   Coconut Grove Sailing Club
1974   Club Náutico San Isidro Jeff Lenhard Donald Krebs   Mission Bay Yacht Club
1976   Northern Yacht Club Marco Aurelio Paradeda Luis Pajnovic   Clube dos Jangadeiros
1978   Clube de Campo de São Paulo Ivan Pimentel Carlos Dohnert   Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
1980   Yacht Club Uruguayo Dave Chapin Scott Young   Island Bay Yacht Club
1982   Royal Nassau Sailing Club Dave Chapin Tim Dixon   Island Bay Yacht Club
1984   Lago Azul Country Club John MacCall Sergio Ripol   Club Náutico Olivos
1986   Enoshima Yacht Club Santiago Lange Miguel Saubidet   Club Náutico San Isidro
1988   Spanish Point Boat Club Ivan Pimentel Luis Pejnovic   Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
1990   Club Náutico Olivos Ricardo Fabini Harold Meerhoff   Yacht Club Uruguayo
1992   Royal Nassau Sailing Club John Keane Ted Keenan   Harvard University Yacht Club
1994   Yacht Club Uruguayo Guillermo Parada Gonzalo Martinez   Yacht Club Argentino
1996   Larchmont Yacht Club Mauricio Santa Cruz Oliveira Eduardo Neves   Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
1998   Enoshima Yacht Club Eduardo Santambrogio Gonzalo Martinez   Yacht Club Argentino
2000   Club de Velas de Rosario Frederico Vasconcellos Felipe Vasconcellos   Clube dos Caiçaras
2002   Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Augie Diaz Jon Rogers   Coconut Grove Sailing Club
2004   Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro Alexandre Dias Paradeda Eduardo Paradeda   Clube dos Jangadeiros
2006   Coconut Grove Sailing Club Pablo Defazio Eduardo Medici   Yacht Club Uruguayo
2008   Yacht Club Punta del Este Bruno Bethlem de Amorim Dante Bianchi   Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
2010   Buffalo Canoe Club Ernesto Rodriguez Mary Hall   Miami
2012   Yacht Club Punta del Este Bruno Bethlem de Amorim Dante Bianchi   Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro
2014   San Diego Yacht Club Raúl Ríos Fernando Monllor   Club Náutico de San Juan
2016   Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro Édgar Diminich Jaime Flores   Salinas Yacht Club
2018   Club Náutico Olivos Ernesto Rodriguez Kathleen Tocke   Miami
2021   Cottage Park Yacht Club Augie Diaz Bárbara Brotons   Coconut Grove Sailing Club
2023   Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico Matías Seguel Constanza Seguel   Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico

References

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  1. ^ Hayward Western Hemisphere Trophy Deed of Gift
  2. ^ Sail 1Design September 13, 2014
  3. ^ "Snipe Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship Trophies". snipechampionships.org. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
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