Peter Hall (sailor)

Peter Hall

Peter Hall at Muiden, The Netherlands (2017)
Personal information
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1949-06-05) June 5, 1949 (age 75) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sailing career
Class(es)	Lightning Soling
Club	Life member Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club
Medal record Representing  Canada Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis, USA Soling Vintage Yachting Games 2018 Hellerup, Danmark Soling[1] World Championships 1989 Athens, Greece Lightning[2] 2011 Prien am Chiemsee, Germany Soling[3] 2012 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Soling[4] 2014 Punta del Este, Uruguay Soling[5] 2006 Annapolis, Maryland Soling[6] 2013 Balatonalmádi, Hungary Soling[7] 2009 Etobicoke, Ontario Soling[8] Master World Championships 2001 Marsala, Italy Lightning[9] 2005 Concón, Chile Lightning[10] 2011 Lake Iseo, Italy Soling 2013 Castiglione del Lago, Italy Lightning[11] European Championships 2014 Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, France Soling[12] 2016 Ebensee, Austria Soling[13] North American Championships 2009 Plattsburgh (city), New York Soling[14] 2012 Kingston, Ontario Soling[15] 2014 Port Stanley, Ontario Soling[16] 2015 Wilmette, Illinois Soling[17] 2017 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Soling[18] 2008 Toronto, Ontario Soling[19] 2011 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Soling[20] 2016 Sarnia, Ontario Soling[21] 1983 Rochester, New York Soling 2007 Wilmette, Illinois Soling[22] 2010 Bath, Ontario Soling[23] 2013 Plattsburgh (city), New York Soling[24] 2018 Montreal, Quebec Soling[25] 2019 Kingston, Ontario Soling[26] North American Masters Championship 2010 Meledeconk River Yacht Club, Brick, NJ Lightning[27] 2011 North Cape Yacht Club, LaSalle, MI Lightning[28] Soling World Trophy 2013 Soling 2014 Soling 2016 Soling
Updated on 2 April 2020

Peter Hall (born June 5, 1949) is a sailor from Canada, who represented his country at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, United States with team members Scott Morgan and Alain Boucher where they took the Silver medal in the Soling. Also at the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games in Hellerup Denmark, Hall as helmsman together with his fellow crew members Gord de Vries and Johan Offermans (The Netherlands) took the silver medal in the Soling. Hall is representing Group P in the council of World Sailing.^[29] Peter won so far four World Championships. Furthermore, he was president of the International Soling Association from 2015 - 2016.

Early life

He was born on June 5, 1949, in Montreal, Quebec, Hall attended the Lower Canada College at Monkland Village, and earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Queen's University at Kingston and a bachelor's degree in law from McGill University at Montreal.

Personal life

Hall lives in Montreal, is married with Margot. The couple has 3 children: Krista, Nicolas and William.

Professional life

Hall is (semi-)retired from a career as lawyer and business developer at Pratt & Whitney Canada, CAE Flight Simulators, Bell Helicopter Canada, Lavalin Engineering, Teleglobe International, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Ingenium. Peter holds several board positions in the industry.

Sailing life

Peter Hall in Soling KC147 (1975)

Peter started sailing early in life in several classes and is a life member of the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, Montreal. On the age of 26 he switched to the Soling in pursuit for an Olympic ticket. Besides the Soling he also kept sailing Lightning. After a few years without the Soling he returned to the class in 2006. Hall holds several North American Championships titles in the Soling, in the Lightning he holds one World Champions title as well as two Master titles. In 2011, 2012 and 2014 he became World Champion in the Soling. In 2012 and 14, his youngest son William was a member of the team. In 2013, 2014 and 2016 Peter received the Soling World Trophy. Peter was also president of Voile Quebec from 1994 to 1996. Peter Hall was inducted in 2017 to the Voile Québec Hall of Fame.^[30]

Soling World Champions 2011: From left to right Paul Davis, Peter Hall and Phillip Kerrigan

Soling World Champions 2012: From top to bottom Peter Hall, Paul Davis and Will Hall

Sporting positions
Preceded by Johan Offermans	President International Soling Association 2015 - 2016	Succeeded by Michael Dietzel

References

1. "2018 Vintage Yachting Games". www.manage2sail.com. Manage 2 Sail. 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
2. International Lightning Class Association World Champions, International Lightning Class Association, 1989
3. "World Championship / CYC, Chiemsee 22/04/2011 To 30/04/2011". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
4. "World Championship / MYC, Milwaukee 17/09/2012 To 23/09/2012". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
5. "World Championship / YCPE, Punta del Este 22/11/2014 To 30/11/2014". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
6. "World Championship / SSA, Annapolis 16/10/2006 To 22/10/2006". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
7. "World Championship / Balaton 19/09/2013 To 25/09/2013". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
8. "World Championship / EYC, Toronto 14/09/2009 To 20/09/2009". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
9. International Lightning Class Association International Masters Champion, International Lightning Class Association, 2001
10. International Lightning Class Association International Masters Champion, International Lightning Class Association, 2005
11. International Lightning Class Association International Masters Champion, International Lightning Class Association, 2013
12. "European Championship / Quiberon 14/06/2014 To 19/06/2014". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
13. "European Championship / SCE, Traunsee 02/05/2016 To 05/05/2016". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
14. "North American Championship / VSC, Plattsburgh, NY 14/08/2009 To 16/08/2009". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
15. "North American Championship / CORK 23/08/2012 To 26/08/2012". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
16. "North American Championship / PSSS, Port Stanley, ON 18/09/2014 To 21/09/2014". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
17. "North American Championship / SSYC, Wilmette, IL 27/08/2015 To 30/08/2015". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
18. "North American Championship / MYC, Lake Michigan 24/08/2017 To 27/08/2017". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
19. "North American Championship / EYC, Toronto 19/06/2008 To 22/06/2008". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
20. "North American Championship / Milwaukee Yacht Club 29/09/2011 To 02/10/2011". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
21. "North American Championship / Sarnia 23/06/2016 To 26/06/2016". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
22. "North American Championship / Wilmette, IL 06/07/2007 To 09/07/2007". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
23. "North American Championship / LCYC, Bath, Lake Ontario 02/07/2010 To 02/07/2010". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
24. "North American Championship / Plattsburgh 15/08/2013 To 18/08/2013". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
25. "North American Championship / RStLYC, Montreal 27/09/2018 To 30/09/2018". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
26. "North American Championship / CORK, Kingston 07/08/2019 To 11/08/2019. / Rk=1.5". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
27. International Lightning Class Association Masters North American Champions, International Lightning Class Association, 2010
28. International Lightning Class Association Masters North American Champions, International Lightning Class Association, 2011
29. "World Sailing Council". www.manage2sail.com. World Sailing. 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
30. "Hall of Fame Inductees". www.voile.qc.ca. Voile Québec’s Hall of Fame. 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2022.