The Soling North American Championship is an International

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Soling The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics (Kiel) until the 2000 Olympics (Sydney) as " Open Three Person Keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soli ...

organized by the

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under auspiciën of

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. The initiative for this event was taken, inspired by the success of the Soling European Championship, by

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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 Championship three times: * Australia in 1975 (Australia) * Brasil in 1981 (South America) * The Netherlands in 2019 (Europe) In all other cases the title went to a team of the United States or Canada (first time in 1973).

Editions

Soling North American Championships DATA

Medalists

Race details

* Soling North American Championship results (1969–1979) * Soling North American Championship results (1980–1989) * Soling North American Championship results (1990–1999) * Soling North American Championship results (2000–2009) * Soling North American Championship results (2010–2019)

References

{{International sailing North America and Caribbean championships in sailing Recurring sporting events established in 1969 1969 establishments in Wisconsin