Event Details
Date:
June 18, 2021 – June 20, 2021
Location:
Big Blue Sailing Academy at ODU Sailing & Norfolk Yacht and Country Club
Norfolk, Virginia
Competing for:
Thank You To Our Partners
Results & Reports
Regatta Documents
- Notice of Race
- Sailing Instructions
- Conditions
- SafeSport handbook
- US Sailing Championships Code of Conduct
Other Information
Previous Winners
Men’s Division- George D. O’Day Trophy
- 2024 – Dan Falk – Seattle, WA
- 2023 – Connor Blouin – Mount Pleasant, NC
- 2022 – Leo Boucher – West River, MD
- 2021 – Robert Hallawell – Jensen Beach, FL
- 2018 – Malcolm Lamphere – Lake Forest, IL
- 2017 – Marek Zaleski – Norwalk, CT
- 2016 – Henry Marshall – Auburndale, MA
- 2015 – Clay Johnson – Point Pleasant, NJ
- 2014 – Charles Buckingham – Newport Beach, CA
- 2013 – Clay Johnson – Point Pleasant, NJ
- 2012 – Clay Johnson – Point Pleasant, NJ
- 2011 – Frederick Vranizan – Shoreline, WA
- 2010 – Fred Strammer – Nokomis, FL
- 2009 – Kyle Rogachenko – Collegeville, PA
- 2008 – Paul Foerster – Heath, TX
- 2007 – Kyle Rogachenko – Collegeville, PA
- 2006 – Mitch Hall – Seminole, FL
- 2005 – Kevin Taugher – Huntington Beach, CA
- 2004 – Steve Kirkpatrick – Portsmouth RI
- 2003 – Andrew Campbell – San Diego, CA
- 2002 – David Wright- Intercollegiate
- 2001 – Clay Bischoff – Coral Gables, FL
- 2000 – Chris Raab – Gardena, CA
- 1999 – Mattia D’Errico – San Antonio, TX
- 1998 – Paul Zambriski – Redondo Beach, CA
- 1997 – Brad Funk – Harbor Bluff, FL
- 1996 – Senet Bischoff – Coral Gables, FL
- 1995 – Matt McQueen, Danville, CA
- 1994 – John Myrdal – Kailua, HI
- 1993 – Peter Hurley – Mantoloking, NJ
- 1992 – Brett Davis – Largo, FL
- 1991 – Brigham North – Dallas, TX
- 1990 – Morgan Larson – Capitola, CA
- 1989 – Charles Pucciariello – Eastport, MD
- 1988 – Matt Romberg – Austin, TX
- 1987 – Andy Lovell – New Orleans, LA
- 1986 – Mark Brink – Seattle, WA
- 1985 – Brodie Cobb – Dallas, TX
- 1984 – Brodie Cobb – Dallas, TX
- 1983 – Bill Draheim – San Antonio, TX
- 1982 – Tom Lihan – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- 1981 – Steve Lowery – Annapolis, MD
- 1980 – Shawn Kempton – Ocean Gate, NJ
- 1979 – Peter Commette – Bay Head, NJ
- 1978 – Shawn Kempton – Ocean Gate, NJ
- 1977 – David Chapin – Springfield, IL
- 1976 – Jim Reynolds – Island Heights, NJ
- 1975 – Roger Altreuter – Marblehead, MA
- 1974 – Carl Buchan – Seattle, WA
- 1973 – Jim Hahn – Annapolis, MD
- 1972 – Craig Thomas – Seattle, WA
- 1971 – Robert E. Doyle – Cambridge, MA
- 1970 – Robert E. Doyle – Cambridge, MA
- 1969 – Gordy Bowers, Jr. – Minnetonka, MN
- 1968 – Gordy Bowers, Jr. – Minnetonka, MN
- 1967 – Charles Barthrop – Kings Point, NY
- 1966 – Norman D. Freeman – Ithaca, NY
- 1965 – Colin Park – Vancouver, BC
- 1964 – Robert Andre – San Diego, CA
- 1963 – Henry Sprague – Newport Beach, CA
- 1962 – Peter J. Barrett – Madison, WI
Sportsmanship Award – Peter J. Barrett Award
- 2024 – Barbara Smith – Berkley, CA
- 2023 – Andre Patin – Forest Hills, NY
- 2017 – Peter Edwards – Nevada City, CA
- 2013 – Ravi Parent – Austin, TX
- 2012 – Michael Bradley – Long Beach, CA
- 2011 – Tracy Usher-Montara, CA
- 2010 – Michael Matan- New York, NY (Laser) Callie Naughton – Marblehead, MA (Radial)
- 2009 – Nicholas Cromwell- Bristol, RI
- 2008 – Richard Chapman – Libertyville, IL
- 2007 – Peter Seidenberg – Portsmouth, RI
- 2006 – Ben Richardson – Gloucester, MA
- 2005 – Vann Wilson – Long Beach, CA
- 2004 – Ryan Minth – New York, NY
- 2003 – Anna Tunnicliffe – Norfolk, VA
- 2002 – Lindsay Hewitt
Women’s Division – Helen Hanley Trophy
- 2024 – Melissa Hale – New York, NY
- 2023 – Elaine Parshall – Hartsville, NC
- 2022 Katherine Doble – Pacific Palisades, CA
- 2021 Hallie Schiffman – Sarasota, FL
- 2018 Hanne Weaver – Seattle, WA
- 2017 Hanne Weaver – Seattle, WA
- 2016 Anna Weis – Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 2015 Christine Neville – Middletown, RI
- 2014 Paige Railey – Clearwater, FL
- 2013 Simone Staff – Los Angeles, CA
- 2012 Allie Blecher – Santa Monica, CA
- 2011 Christine Neville – Oakland, CA
- 2010 Leonie Schuurmans – Houston, TX
U.S. Women’s Open Championship – Singlehanded (Mertz Trophy)
- 2000 Corrie Clement
- 1999 Laura Sterns – Plymouth, MA
- 1998 Megan Kellyy-Sweeney – San Francisco, CA
- 1997 Event not held
- 1996 Giselle Camet – San Diego, CA
- 1995 Danielle Brennan – New York, NY
- 1994 Danielle Brennan – New York, NY
- 1993 Julia Trotman – Syosset, NY
- 1992 Julia Trotman – Syosset, NY
- 1991 Courtney Becker – Rye, NY
- 1990 Nancy Haberland – Westerly, RI & Pam Pennell – Coconut Groe, FL (Tie)
- 1989 Giselle Camet – San Diego, CA
- 1988 Courtney Becker – St Petersburg, FL
- 1987 Diane Burton – Annapolis, MD
- 1986 Sue Lawser – Holmdel, NJ
- 1985 Allison Jolly – Los Angeles, CA
- 1984 Amy Wardell – Newport, RI
- 1983 Lynne Jewel – Plymouth, MA
- 1982 Betsy Gelenitis – Brick, NJ
- 1981 Betsy Gelenitis – Brick, NJ
- 1980 Lynne Jewel – Plymouth, MA
- 1979 Betsy Gelenitis – Brick, NJ
- 1978 Meredth O’Dowd – Riverside, RI
- 1977 Poppy Truman – Berkeley, CA
- 1976 Kristina Saltmarsh – S. Dartmouth, MA
- 1975 Not sailed
- 1974 Jane Pegel – William Bay, WI
Resources
US Sailing Waivers, Releases, and Code of Conduct
About This Event
2021 ILCA and U.S. Singlehanded National Championships
NOTICE BOARD NOR NOR Amendment 1 NOR Amendment 2
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS SI AMENDMENT 1 SI AMENDMENT 2
Day 1 ILCA 6 Fleet Splits Day 2 ILCA 6 Fleet Splits Day 3 ILCA 6 Fleet Splits
RESULTS NEWS
Championship Waivers, Releases and Code of Conduct – All eligible registrants(per NOR) in the Full Rig ILCA 7 or Radial ILCA 6 are required to fill out the US Sailing forms prior to check in day.
Singlehanded racing in North America originally involved, for the most part, the occasional sailor competing in the Olympics.
It received a boost when the ex-collegiate sailor, John Marvin, won a bronze medal at the 1956 Olympic Games and the Finn was introduced on a broad scale in North America.
The U.S. Singlehanded Championship was first sailed on Long Island Sound in the Finn Class, the championship was won by Peter J. Barret.
Championship Facts
- ILCA7 – Laser Standard – Men’s, ILCA6 – Laser Radial – Women’s
- Run in conjunction with the ILCA North America Class Nationals –
- Must be 17 years of age in the calendar year of competition
- Must be current members of US Sailing, member of a Sailing Club, Sailing Organization or District Laser Class Association belonging to a Regional Sailing Association
- All competitors that are US citizens shall be members of US Sailing, non resident non-citizens shall either be members of US Sailing or members of their World Sailing recognized MNA.
- Males sailing in ILCA 7 and Females in ILCA 6 that meet the requirements are eligible.
- In 1962, friends of George D. O’Day dedicated a USYRU (now US Sailing) trophy in his name for a national singlehanded championship
- O’Day was well known to sailors through his company manufacturing small boats, including a unique version of the Finn, as well as helmsman of the gold medal winning 5.5 Metre in 1960 at Naples, Italy
- First sailed on Long Island Sound in the Finn Class, the championship was won by Peter J. Barrett who, if he had not lightly touched with his shoulder the rudder of a starboard tack boat he was ducking in the fifth race, which only he was aware of, would have won a Gold medal (rather than Silver) in the Finn at the 1964 Olympic Games
- Initially sailed as a mixed event, in 2010, the decision was made to split the event, adding a separate event for women
- In 2011, a trophy was awarded in honor of Helen Wills Hanley for the winner of the women’s division