Qualification rules A nation may earn up to 1 boat in each of the 9 Sailing events.

Qualification Timeline Event Date Location 2009 South American Lightning Championship December 2–7, 2009 Concepción 2010 South American Sunfish Championship January 14–17, 2010 Tominé 2010 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta January 24–30, 2010 Miami 2010 J/24 Midwinter Championship February 6–10, 2010 Tampa 2010 South American RS-X Championship February 10–16, 2010 Buceo (Montevideo) 2010 Central/South American Laser Championship March 6–14, 2010 Florianópolis 2010 South American Hobie 16 Championship March - April, 2010 Porto Alegre 2010 Sunfish Midwinter Championship March 11–14, 2010 Sarasota 2010 Lightning Southern Circuit March 13–21, 2010 Miami Savannah St. Petersburg 2010 North American J/24 Championship May 19–23, 2010 Seattle 2010 North American Snipe Championship July 1–4, 2010 Ponce 2010 North American Lightning Championship August 9–13, 2010 Toms River 2010 Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship August 28 - September 3, 2010 Ridgeway 2010 North American Hobie 16 Championship October 11–15, 2010 Lake Mohave 2010 South American J/24 Championship November 15–20, 2010 La Punta 2010 South American Snipe Championship November 21–27, 2010 Algarrobo 2010 South American Sunfish Championship #2 November 23–27, 2010 Paracas 2010 South American Lightning Championship December 4–7, 2010 Salinas 2011 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta January 23–29, 2011 Miami 2011 North American RS-X Championship February 17–20, 2011 Cozumel 2011 Sunfish Midwinter Championship March 17–19, 2011 Fort Walton 2011 Sunfish World Championship June 12–19, 2011 Willemstad

Summary Qualification is official as of March 10, 2011 from the Pan American sailing website. Nation Men Women Open TotalSailboard Laser Sailboard Laser Radial Sunfish Snipe Lightning Hobie 16 J/24 Boats Athletes XXXXXXXXX916 X 11 XXXXXXXXX916 XXXX XXX713 X XXXX X612 XX XX 45 X X X 34 X 11 X XX 36 X XX X 45 XXXXXXXXX916 Netherlands Antilles XXX 33 X XX X47 X XX X 46 X 11 XXXXXXXXX916 X X X 34 XX XX X 56 X X 22 Total: 19 NOCs 1013713121078787140

Men's Sailboard # Nation Qualification Tournament Sailor 1 Host Country 2 2010 Miami Regatta 3 2010 Miami Regatta 4 2010 Miami Regatta 5 2010 Miami Regatta 6 2010 South American Championship 7 2011 Miami Regatta 8 2011 Miami Regatta - 2011 Miami Regatta 10 Not used 2011 Miami Regatta - 9 2011 North American Championship 10 2011 North American Championship

Unused quota spot transferred to the women's laser radial.

Men's Laser # Nation Qualification Tournament Sailor 1 Host Country 2 2010 Miami Regatta 3 2010 Miami Regatta 4 2010 Miami Regatta 5 2010 Miami Regatta 6 2010 Central/South American Championship 7 2010 Central/South American Championship 8 2010 Central/South American Championship 9 2010 Central/South American Championship 10 2011 Miami Regatta 11 2011 Miami Regatta 12 2011 Miami Regatta 12 Wildcard

Women's Sailboard # Nation Qualification Tournament Sailor 1 Host Country 2 2010 Miami Regatta 3 2010 Miami Regatta 4 2010 South American Championship 5 2011 Miami Regatta 6 Netherlands Antilles 2011 North American Championship 7 2011 North American Championship

Women's Laser Radial # Nation Qualification Tournament Sailor 1 Host Country 2 2010 Miami Regatta 3 2010 Miami Regatta 4 2010 Miami Regatta 5 2010 Miami Regatta 6 2010 Central/South American Championship 7 2010 Central/South American Championship 8 2010 Central/South American Championship 9 2010 Central/South American Championship 10 Netherlands Antilles 2011 Miami Regatta 11 2011 Miami Regatta 12 2011 Miami Regatta 13 Wildcard

Open Sunfish # Nation Qualification Tournament Sailor 1 Host Country 2 2010 South American Championship 3 2010 Mid Winters 4 2010 Mid Winters 5 2010 South American Championship #2 6 2010 South American Championship #2 7 2010 South American Championship #2 8 2011 Mid Winters 9 2011 Mid Winters 10 2011 Mid Winters 11 2011 Worlds 12 Netherlands Antilles 2011 Worlds

Open Snipe # Nation Qualification Tournament Sailors 1 Host Country 2 2010 Western/Oriental Championship 3 2010 Western/Oriental Championship 4 2010 Western/Oriental Championship 5 2010 Western/Oriental Championship 6 2010 North American Championship 7 2010 North American Championship 8 2010 South American Championship 9 2010 South American Championship 10 2010 South American Championship

Open Lightning # Nation Qualification Tournament Sailors 1 Host Country 2 2009 South American Championship 3 2009 South American Championship 4 2010 Southern Circuit 5 2010 North American Championship 6 2010 North American Championship 7 2010 South American Championship

Open Hobie 16 # Nation Qualification Tournament Sailors 1 Host Country 2 2010 South American Championship 3 2010 South American Championship 4 2010 South American Championship 5 2010 North American Championship 6 2010 North American Championship 7 2010 North American Championship 8 2010 North American Championship

Open J/24 # Nation Qualification Tournament Sailors 1 Host Country 2 2010 North American Championship 3 2010 North American Championship 4 2010 South American Championship 5 2010 South American Championship 6 2010 South American Championship 7 Mid-Winters

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