The Cruising Club of America (CCA) is an international organization of cruisers whose objects are to promote cruising and racing by amateurs, to encourage the development of suitable types of cruising craft, to stimulate interest in seamanship , navigation and handling small vessels, and to keep on file all information which may be of assistance to members in cruising in any waters.
31-767: Annual award for a remarkable sailing feat The Blue Water Medal is an honor awarded annually by the Cruising Club of America for a remarkable sailing feat. The first award was issued in 1923. Winners [ edit ] Kenichi Horie (2022) Ginger and Peter Niemann (2021) Randall Reeves (2020) Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (2019) Bruce Halabisky and Tiffany Loney (2018) Webb Chiles (2017) Michael J Johnson (2016) Tom and Vicky Jackson (2015) Skip Novak (2014) Jeanne Socrates (2013) David Scott Cowper (2012) Thies Matzen and Kicki Ericson (2011) on Wanderer III "for 24 years and 135,000 miles of sailing
62-669: A circumnavigation via Panama, the Torres Strait, and Suez. In 1978, they relocated to Maine. The couple sold Whisper and purchased the American Flag (later renamed Sebago ) and Roth then sailed solo in the Brin's or British Oxygen Company (BOC) Challenge Race of 1986-7 . He completed the race 4th in his class of 14, taking 171 days. Chasing the Long Rainbow (1990) is his account of this BOC race. In 1990, he tried
93-506: A few. The club has eleven stations, each with its own rear commodore and officers, and its own annual activities. The stations are: Bermuda, Bras d'Or, Boston (including Buzzards Bay Post, Gulf of Maine Post, and Narragansett Bay Post), Chesapeake, Essex, Florida, Great Lakes, New York, Pacific Northwest, San Francisco, and Southern California. Membership is by invitation. According to the CCA constitution, "A person eligible for membership in
124-936: A half years as a dual language secretary for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). They married in 1960. Roth studied photography with Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. He was a member of the American Society of Magazine Photographers and worked from a base in Sausalito, California, producing imagery of life in the surrounding area of California during the late 1950s and into the late 1960s. Roth's free-lance works of note include magazine titles such as Colliers, Fortune, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New York Times. Themes of his work include: California landscapes and wildlife, San Francisco (including Fisherman's Wharf), Winter Olympics, Dr. Seuss, and Native American wildland firefighters of
155-738: A home in Sausalito in 1964, they took a trip (1966) north along the west coast and purchased a fiberglass Spencer 35, built in Vancouver, British Columbia and designed by John Brandlmayr in Seattle, Washington. They named her Whisper , and sailed her home to California. The Roths began sailing on their own in 1966 and completed several voyages in Whisper . Destinations included Japan, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Canadian islands, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Cape Horn, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Mediterranean, and Canary Islands. The success of his first book, about
186-643: A rope-and-canvas seaman; the mariner in power is likewise a sailor. We consider, however, that a candidate who cruises under power should have established his or her qualifications under sail." With the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club , the CCA sponsors the biennial Bermuda Race from Newport, Rhode Island to Bermuda . It was responsible for developing the CCA Rule, which, until the advent of the International Offshore Rule ,
217-702: The Northeast Passage , a first in history. After 30,905 miles, he finally returned to St. Petersburg in November." Eric Forsyth (2000) "For a remarkable voyage in his 42-foot sloop to Antarctica from Patchogue, Long Island, via Panama Canal, Galapagos, Chile, Port Lockroy on the Antarctic Peninsula, SouthGeorgia Island, Cape Town, and home by way of St. Martin and Bermuda. 21,784 miles,10 months with crew of 1 or 2 young men. Wrote copious descriptions of his cruise, and produced special guide to
248-2182: The 1926 Fastnet. The medal was awarded for the return passage, from Portsmouth, north about, Iceland, Labrador, Cape Breton Island, in 58 days to Newport, R.I. Harry Clifford Pidgeon on Islander (1926) for having the "first circumnavigation-from Los Angeles to Los Angeles via Cape and Panama Canal, November 18, 1921–October 31, 1925. Home-built a 34-foot yawl of Sea Bird type. Single-handed." Evelyn George Martin (1925) Axel Ingwersen (1924) for his trip where he "departed Shanghai February 20, 1923 and arrived Denmark via Cape of Good Hope in May, 1924. Double-ended ketch, 47 feet oa., built by native laborers. Crew of three." Alain J. Gerbault on Firecrest (1923) for leaving Gibraltar on June 7, 1923, and arriving at Fort Totten, New York , 100 days later, nonstop in his Dixon Kemp designed British cutter, 34 feet length overall , single-handed. External links [ edit ] Blue Water Medal awards from 1923 to 2004 Blue Water Medal awards from 2005 to present References [ edit ] ^ "Blue Water Medal, Sailing Prize, Is Awarded To Robinson for World Cruise in Small Craft" . The New York Times . January 22, 1932 . Retrieved 2010-11-04 . ^ "CCA Announces Blue Water Medal Winner" . Cruising World . January 25, 2008 . Retrieved 2010-11-04 . ^ "Kenichi Horie, Triple Circumnavigator, Awarded 2022 Blue Water Medal" . Cruising Club of America. ^ "Webb Chiles Named 2017 Blue Water Medal Winner" . The Cruising Club of America . Retrieved 1 May 2018 . ^ "Blue Water Award to Michael J. Johnson" . The Cruising Club of America . Retrieved 1 May 2018 . ^ "Blue Water Award to Tom and Vicky Jackson" . The Cruising Club of America . Retrieved 1 May 2018 . ^ "Blue Water Medal to Skip Novak" . The Cruising Club of America . Retrieved 1 May 2018 . ^ "2013 Blue Water Medal to Jeanne Socrates" . Cruising Club of America. Archived from
279-492: The CCA continues to use the collective wisdom and experience of its members to influence the "adventurous use of the sea" through efforts to elevate good seamanship, the design of seaworthy yachts, safe yachting practices, and environmental awareness. The Cruising Club of America has no clubhouse or shoreside base, and no paid staff. Rather, the Club is structured around national committees that conduct mission-related work and manage
310-653: The John Muir Trail also reflect people enjoying the trail and document its use in the early 1960s. Even though neither was a sailor, their friends shared a love of sailing and introduced them to the sport in 1962. The couple chartered a boat in the West Indies where they learned a great deal from the captain. Later, they chartered another boat in Greece, then took sailing lessons in Scotland. After purchasing
341-594: The John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, prompted him and his wife to try the precarious worlds of adventuring and writing. They quit their jobs, and began a 19-month voyage around the Pacific in a 35-foot (11 m) sloop. Their vast journey culminated in the publication of his first sailing book, Two on a Big Ocean. He and his wife, Margaret, subsequently made a life of sailing and writing about it, including sailing around South America and
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#1732801111331372-788: The Patagonian passages." Jerome and Sally Poncet (1992) for 12 years of cruising in the Antarctic and their publication of a handbook on preservation of the region. Gerry Clark (1987) Thomas Watson Jr. (1986) Marvin C. Creamer (1985) Rolph Bjelke (sic) and Deborah Shapiro (1984) "For a cruise of 33,000 miles including both Arctic ice and Antarctic ice in a forty foot ketch with essentially zero material casualties." Willi de Roos (1980) William Donald Aelian King (1975) Miles and Beryl Smeeton (1973) Bob, Nancy, and Reid Griffith (1972) "Since 1959 this family has cruised over 170,000 miles. Notable voyages include
403-679: The Southwest. Hal was also engaged in photographic study of human life as represented by his "Time and Place" album and his Chinatown exhibit. In 1964, the San Francisco Museum of Art exhibited 40 of Roth's black and white photographic images titled "The Faces of Chinatown." Roth's first published book, Pathway in the Sky (1965) displays his passion for the John Muir Trail and the Sierra Mountains. The associated images of
434-530: The Suez Canal. Roth recorded reminisces and continued to draft manuscripts throughout his life. His last two works, The Paradise Book and Graf Spee were completed but never published. He worked on these manuscripts during his later years and during his two and half year battle with lung cancer. He died October 18, 2008, while living in Maryland with his wife, Margaret, who survives him. In 1971 Roth
465-551: The United States Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Cruising Club of America The CCA was launched in the winter of 1922 at Maskells Harbour on Nova Scotia's Bras d'Or Lake by a handful of experienced offshore cruisers interested in cruising The founders included Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor , F.W. (Casey) Baldwin , William Washburn Nutting, Jim Dorsett, and William A. Wise Wood. As of 2021,
496-470: The administrative operations of the organization, and around geographical Stations that provide regional focus for the membership. Primary mission-focused committees include Safety at Sea, Offshore Communications, Technical, Environment, Cruising Guides and Charts, Bermuda Race, and Awards. The Club is managed by a Governing Board of officers and elected members, and operated by standing committees including Finance, Audit, Nominating, and Membership, to name but
527-409: The club has more than 1,400 members, including 116 women. Members range from 25 to 99 years of age, averaging 70.7 years. CCA members report owning 1,036 boats, averaging 41.3 feet. This includes 702 sailing yachts, 225 powerboats, and 49 "undesignated" boats." CCA's members personify the interests, achievement, experience, and love and respect for the sea of the club's founders. Now in its 100th year,
558-435: The club must be a sailor and a person of acceptable character and personality who has demonstrated his or her ability to handle or command and navigate and pilot a small vessel at sea, and who has had sufficient cruising experience." According to the club's candidate qualifications guidelines and policies, "a sailor" is defined as follows: "This word does not exclude a seaman by trade or profession. It has long ceased to mean only
589-539: The couple's final unique voyages. Roth published hundreds of articles in his lifetime. Although, his book publications appear to be his dominate body of work and document the couple's voyages and growing knowledge of sailing. The 1972 account of their first circumnavigation of the Pacific Basin (1967-8) resulted in the publication Two on a Big Ocean . The Blue Water Medal of the Cruising Club of America
620-579: The crew of the Hamrah who were overboard in the North Atlantic, and in bringing the disabled and short-handed ketch safely into Sydney, N.S." Roderick Stephens Jr. (1933) for a "three-month, 8,000-mile trans-Atlantic crossing from New York to Norway and return, including victory in the Fastnet Race . The 52-foot 3-inch Stephens-designed yawl returned home from England by the northern route in
651-648: The first Antarctic circumnavigation, the first windward (east to west) circumnavigation south of all continents, and a circumnavigation via the canals." Hal Roth (1971) Awarded for his cruise of 18,538 miles around the Pacific Basin, with his wife as crew, aboard a 35-foot sloop "Whisper" Richard S. Nye (1970) "For meritorious cruising and ocean racing" sailing his boat "Carina" described as "a sleek, black-hulled 48-foot sloop from Greenwich, Connecticut." Frank Casper (1970) Extended singlehanded cruising including one circumnavigation and numerous trans-Atlantic passages aboard "Elsie" Éric Tabarly (1964) Winner of
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#1732801111331682-960: The oceans of the world with a focus in the high latitudes of the Southern Ocean". This is the second Blue Water Medal earned by the Wanderer III, the first being with Eric and Susan Hiscock who made two circumnavigations with her and received the Blue Water Medal in 1955. Alex Whitworth (2010) "for a circumnavigation of the world via the Northwest Passage west to east." Annie Hill and Trevor Robertson (2009) Peter Passano (2007) Minoru Saito (2006) Anthony Gooch (2003) "For his very well planned and executed single-handed nonstop circumnavigation from Victoria to Victoria, British Columbia . His 177-day voyage began in late 2002 in his 42 foot cutter, Taonui and
713-969: The original (PDF) on 2016-04-11 . Retrieved 2012-12-23 . ^ "Jerome and Sally Poncet" . Bainbridge Island, Washington: The Cruising Club of America. 1992 . Retrieved 7 August 2016 . ^ John Rendel (January 24, 1936). "Tillinghast Gets Yachting Award; Brought Disabled Ketch Into Port; Blue Water Medal of Cruising Club Presented to Acting Skipper of Hamrah, Who With Two Aides Survived Pounding Seas After Three Were Lost" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2010-11-04 . ^ "Honor Circler Of Globe In Tiny Craft. Harry Pidgeon Is Awarded Coveted Blue Water Medal" . Associated Press . March 20, 1926 . Retrieved 2010-11-04 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Water_Medal&oldid=1257264859 " Categories : Sailing awards Awards established in 1923 Blue Water Medal recipients American sports trophies and awards 1923 establishments in
744-543: The original on 1 May 2018 . Retrieved 1 May 2018 . ^ "2012 Blue Water Medal to David S. Cowper" . Cruising Club of America - Blue Water Medals . CCA . Retrieved October 14, 2019 . ^ "2011 Blue Water Medal to Thies Matzen and Kicki Ericson" . January 30, 2011. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012 . Retrieved 2012-07-18 . ^ "The Blue Water Medal Awards 1923–2004" (PDF) . Cruising Club of America . Archived from
775-644: The race again in the same Santa Cruz 50 now named Sebago (his sponsor), but due to capsizing, the voyage took 211 days. Chasing the Wind (1994) is his account of the second race. In 1992, they sold Sebago , purchased a Pretorien 35, named her Whisper , and the couple spent two years together tracing Odysseus' voyage through the Mediterranean. We Followed Odysseus , How to Sail Around the World , and Handling Storms at Sea represent books that he wrote based on
806-662: The remarkable time of 26 days." Robert Somerset (1932) Award was given for his remarkable feat of seamanship and courage, aboard his vessel "Jolie Brise", rescuing all but one of 11-man crew of burning schooner Adriana in the 1932 Bermuda Race William A. Robinson (1931) In his 32-foot 9-inch "Svapp" Alden ketch departed New London June 23, 1928, in the Bermuda Race of that year, and circumnavigated via Panama and Suez Canals with crew of two, arriving in N.Y. November 24, 1931 Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr. (1927) Ames sailed his 50-foot "Primrose IV" Alden schooner to England for
837-489: The second single race across the Atlantic from Plymouth, England to Newport, R. I. aboard "Pen-Duick III" in 27 days, 1 hour, 56 minutes. Charles W. Atwater (1937) "A voyage from New York to Reykjavik, Iceland and return to Newport via Trepassey, Newfoundland, June 19-August 26, 1937. A 37 1 ⁄ 2 -foot oa. Mower cutter." Charles Foster Tillinghast (1935) "For his seamanship in the effort to save three members of
868-731: Was also an author, sailor, mountaineer, and photographer. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Journalism, and became a free-lance writer and photographer. In 1959, Roth met Margaret Hale-White from Oxford, England who was visiting a friend in San Francisco, California. Margaret was born in Bombay, India and was the daughter of an English engineer. According to Roth, she worked in Paris for six and
899-587: Was awarded to the Hal Roth, and Margaret was noted as the sole crew, for this voyage. After 50,000 Miles (1977) describes technical aspects of sailing. The 1978 book Two against Cape Horn describes their journey from California to Maine via Cape Horn. Always a Distant Anchorage (1988) describes their four-year (1981–1985) circumnavigation west through the Panama Canal, Torres Strait, the Red Sea, and
930-596: Was completed in 2003. Prior to that, he and his wife, Coryn, had sailed about 115,000 miles over most of the world." Nikolay Litau (2001) "For his circumnavigation of Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia. He departed St. Petersburg, Nov. 1996, spent a winter laid up on the NE coast of Siberia, made it through the Bering Strait, where ice forced him to lay up again in Tiksy (Northern Siberia). In Aug. 1999, he made it through
961-676: Was the handicapping rule used for most handicapped yacht racing in North America. Hal Roth Hal Roth (1927 – 18 October 2008) was an American sailor and author. In 1971 he was awarded the Blue Water Medal of the Cruising Club of America . He died of lung cancer . Hal Roth was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1927. He was an aviator during World War II and the Korean War. During the course of his lifetime, Roth