Event Details
Date:
September 6, 2024 – September 8, 2024
Location:
Richmond Yacht Club
Richmond, California
Competing for:
Thank You To Our Partners
Results & Reports
Regatta Documents
- Notice of Race
- Conditions
- Register here
- Registration List
- SafeSport handbook
- US Sailing Championships Code of Conduct
Other Information
Previous Winners
Men’s Division- George D. O’Day Trophy
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Committee Chair: Mitch Brindley
- Event Chair: Craig Perez
- Committee List
- US Sailing Representative
- Housing:
Airports and Transit
San Francisco International Airport is 31 miles from RYC.
Oakland International Airport is 24 miles from RYC.
Both airports are serviced by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), with a station 10 minutes from RYC by car.
Accommodations
The San Francisco Bay Area has no shortage of accommodations. Short-term rentals can be found on Airbnb and VRBO websites. Hotels right by RYC are limited, but there are many within a 15-minute drive. This map shows hotel and motel rates in the area during 2023.
There will be limited free housing with local club members in homes, condos, or boats in the harbor. And the Club has limited space for RVs throughout the event. These spaces will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis and space is not guaranteed.
Resources
- Hosting a US Sailing Championship
- US Sailing Bylaws Amended September 18, 2023
- US Sailing Regulations Amended January 31, 2024
- US Sailing Championship Conditions
- Waivers, Release of Liability, Code of Conduct
About This Event
HOSTED BY:
September 6-9, 2024
Boat: RS Aero
RS Aero North American Championships 2024 Visitor Information
US Sailing Waivers and Releases
The Glenn Lattimore Grant Program for Female Sailors
US Sailing Membership- Join/Renew here – All competitors must have a current USSA membership valid through end of racing to be legible to complete. International athletes may show proof of current membership with MNA as an alternative.
Safe Sport Training Requirements at US Sailing U.S. Championship Events
- Competitors are reminded to bring their USCG Approved PFDs to check in and have on at all times on the water.
Media
Championship History
- 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. From 1974 through 2000, the Mertz Trophy (in honor of Allegra Knapp Mertz who was a four-time winner of the U.S. Women’s National Championship) was presented to the winner of the women’s singlehanded division at the U.S. Women’s Open Championship. In 2000, a motion to change the U.S. Women’s National Championship from fleet to match racing was passed with the Mertz presented to the winner of that new event.
- In 2011, a trophy was awarded in honor of Helen Wills Hanley for the winner of the women’s division at the U.S. Singlehanded Championship.