# List of Thistle (dinghy) championships

This is a list of Thistle sailboat championships.

## National Championships

Source: Thistle Class Association
| Year | Carron 1st | Seneca Bowl 2nd | Fairhope 3rd | St Pete Trophy 4th | Richmond 5th |
| 1946 | Gordon Sandy Douglass | | | | |
| 1947 | J. Lovett | | | | |
| 1948 | Gordon Douglass | | | | |
| 1949 | W. Lawson | | | | |
| 1950 | F. Marquardt | | | | |
| 1951 | Gordon Douglass | | | | |
| 1952 | J. Hendricksen | | | | |
| 1953 | R. Brainard | | | | |
| 1954 | H. Boston | | | | |
| 1955 | Gordon Douglass | | | | |
| 1956 | Gordon Douglass | | | | |
| 1957 | J. Hendricksen | Samuel Merrick | | | |
| 1958 | J. Jennings | Howard W. Mead | | | |
| 1959 | J. Jenkins | J. Jennings | Charles Morgan | W.D. Mangold | |
| 1960 | Bruce Goldsmith | Howard L. Boston | Jerry Jenkins | Ed Walsh | |
| 1961 | Ed Walsh | Bruce Goldsmith | James Hendricksen | John Proctor | |
| 1962 | P. Bordes | A. Walter Stubner | James Miller | Elmer Richards | Lee Sutton 510 |
| 1963 | E. Walsh | Jack Wanenmacher | Dennis Posey | Bob Duff | Jon Carriel 821 |
| 1964 | P. Bordes | Jon Carriel | Dennis Posey | Walt Stubner | Bruno Markeliunas 1234 |
| 1965 | P. Bordes | Dennis Posey | Nils Dailey | Jim Fairclough | John Proctor 1222 |
| 1966 | W. Stubner | Tom Wilson | Charles Wiley | P. Bordes | Nils Dailey 1399 |
| 1967 | P. Bordes | Bill Alexander | Tom Wilson | William Poole | Ed Fracker 1109 |
| 1968 | D. Clark | Ed Fracker | Tom Wilson | William Alexander | Chuck Steigerwald 1619 |
| 1969 | J. Miller | Bob White | Lewis Wake | Ned Lockwood | Dennis Clark |
| 1970 | K. Foster | Dennis Clark | Charles Steigerwald | Bob White | Charlie Pollak 1708 |
| 1971 | R. Meissner | James Miller | Ted Fontelieu | Charlie Pollak | Gene Wood 3003 |
| 1972 | Charles Steigerwald | Bob White | Dennis Clark | Rod Glover | Fuller Moore 3152 |
| 1973 | J. Foster | Christopher Pollak | Mark Gilliland | James Miller | Ron Meissner 3170 |
| 1974 | T. Dykstra | Ron Rostofer | Chris Pollak | Fuller Moore | Steve Klotz 1 |
| 1975 | T. Dykstra | Cliff Seigh | Walt Stubner | Ron Rostorfer | Jerry Pignolet 2830 |
| 1976 | Mark Gilliland | Larry Klein | Andy Barnes | Jack Bauer | Bob White 124 |
| 1977 | Robert White | Mark Gilliland | Jack Bauer | Jim Moyer | Dave Ullman 3485 |
| 1978 | Andy Barnes | Champ Clover | Mark Gilliland | Jack F. Bauer | Mark Laura |
| 1979 | Christopher Pollak | Brent Barbehenn | Greg Fisher | Sandy Rapp | Mark Gilliland 2995 |
| 1980 | Dave Ullman | Larry Klein | Greg Fisher | Mark Laura | Ken Van Wagnen 3574 |
| 1981 | Christopher Pollak | Andy Fox | Brent Barbehenn | Sandy Rapp | Ched Proctor 3428 |
| 1982 | Brent Barbehenn | Andy Fox | Ched Proctor | Larry Klein | Greg Fisher 3748 |
| 1983 | Greg Fisher | Mark Gilliland | Champ Glover | Fred Hunger | Brent Barbehenn 3731 |
| 1984 | Brent Barbehenn | Greg Fisher | Chris Pollak | Jack Bauer | Ched Proctor 1049 |
| 1985 | David Dellenbaugh | Wayne Pignolet | Chris Klotz | Bill Ehrhorn | Jack Bauer 3743 |
| 1986 | B. Ehrhorn | Greg Fisher | Chris Klotz | Chris Pollak | John Lovett 3608 |
| 1987 | Greg Fisher | David Dellenbaugh | John Lovett | Fred Hunger | Brent Barbehenn |
| 1988 | Greg Fisher | John Lovett | Mark Laura | Kelson Elam | Fred Hunger |
| 1989 | David Dellenbaugh | Ched Proctor | Annie MacLean | Brent Barbehenn | John Wallace |
| 1990 | Chris Klotz | Brent Barbehenn | Chris Pollak | Greg Fisher | Dave Dellenbaugh |
| 1991 | David Dellenbaugh | Ched Proctor | Chris Klotz | Peter Bream | Chris Pollak |
| 1992 | David Dellenbaugh | Alex Smigelski | Chris Klotz | Bill Draheim | Fred Hunger |
| 1993 | Bill Draheim | Bill Wilson | Dave Dellenbaugh | Marty Seelig | Alex Smigelski |
| 1994 | David Dellenbaugh | Ched Proctor | Marty Seelig | Sjoerd-Jan Vanderhorst | Chris Klotz |
| 1995 | Jack Franco | Bryce Dryden | Bill Draheim | John Lovett | Chris Klotz |
| 1996 | David Dellenbaugh | Mike Ingham | Bryce Dryden | Ched Proctor | Brad Thompson |
| 1997 | Mike Ingham | Ched Proctor | George Szabo | Skip Dieball | Chris Klotz |
| 1998 | Bryce Dryden | Mike Ingham | Joe Burcar | Ched Proctor | Eric Gesner |
| 1999 | Bryce Dryden | Brad Thomson | Jack Finefrock | Terry Lettenmaier | Eric Gesner |
| 2000 | Mike Ingham | Doug Kaukeinen | Bruce King | Eric Gesner | Bryce Dryden |
| 2001 | Bruce King | Mike Ingham | Chris Murphy | Jack Finefrock | Erik Goethert |
| 2002 | Mike Ingham | Bruce King | Blair Dryden | Eric Gesner | Terry Lettenmaier |
| 2003 | Brent Barbehenn | Mike Ingham | Eric Gesner | Blair Dryden | Craig Koschalk |
| 2004 | Eric Gesner | Bruce King | Skip Dieball | Mike Ingham | Craig Koschalk |
| 2005 | Mike Ingham | Bruce King | D. Dellenbaugh | C. Koschalk | Paul Abdullah |
| 2006 | Greg Fisher | Skip Dieball | Paul Abdullah | Kyle Finefrock | Chris Murphy |
| 2007 | Mike Ingham | Scott Griffin | Terry Lettenmaier | Greg Fisher | Lloyd Kitchin |
| 2008 | Greg Fisher | Mike Ingham | Paul Abdullah | Brad Thompson | Greg Griffin |
| 2009 | Dave Dellenbaugh | Brain Kitchen | Mike Ingham | Brent Barbehenn | Charles Kreitler |
| 2010 | Mike Ingham | Greg Griffin | Greg Fisher | Brent Barbehenn | Greg Griffin |
| 2011 | Skip Dieball | Mike Ingham | Allan Terhune | Chris Murphy | Paul Abdullah |
| 2012 | Allan Terhune | Skip Dieball | Mike Ingham | David Tillson | Brent Barbehenn |
| 2013 | Allan Terhune | Skip Dieball | Steve White | Chris Murphy | Sam Ingham |
| 2014 | Lloyd Kitchin | John Baker | Skip Dieball | Mike Ingham | Scott Griffin |
| 2015 | Mike Ingham | Paul Abdullah | Sam Ingham | Greg Griffin | John Baker |
| 2016 | Mike Ingham | Paul Abdullah | Kyle Finefrock | John Baker | Mike Gillum |
| 2017 | Mike Ingham | Paul Abdullah | Brent Barbehenn | Ben France | Samuel Ingham |
| 2018 | Brad Russell | Dave Dellenbaugh | Dan Hesse | Paul Abdullah | Matt Fisher |
| 2019 | Greg Griffin | Scott Meyer | Paul Abdullah | Jesse Shedden | Doug Kaukeinen |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | | | | |
| 2021 | Samuel Ingham | Mike Ingham | Ed Adams | Brian Joyce | Greg Griffin |
| 2022 | Paul Abdullah | Dave Dellenbaugh | Dan Hesse | Mike Ingham | Mark Gise |
| 2023 | David Hansen | Wayne Pignolet | Sam Ingham | Jesse Shedden | Charlie Yingling |