Sailing has been a sport of the Pan American Games since the inaugural 1951 Pan American Games, being contested in every edition, except for the 1955 edition.
Medal table
1951-2015
At the 1959 edition, Barton Kirkconell from Jamaica and Rawle Barrow from Trinidad and Tobago earned, together, a bronze medal at the Flyting Dutchman class. The medal is credited to the West Indies Federation.
References
Sailing at the Pan American Games Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA