Perpetual Trophies

Below are the active Perpetual Trophies of the Sausalito Yacht Club. These trophies exhibit the tone and philosophy of a club and add continuity through a clubs history.

Information has been provided by Race Committee volunteers Ray Kuhn-Grenier and Nick Sands. January 2015, updated January 2017

 

WINTER SERIES TROPHY

The WINTER SERIES TROPHY for the races commonly known as the Midwinters was created by the SYC in 1981. Recognition is given to the winners of each division in the Series. These races are held once a month November through March. The winter sailing conditions are typically lighter air coming from the land than summer conditions and often involve more extreme tides.

 

Past Winners
Year	Division A	Division C	Division D	Division E	J-105	Sport Boat
2016	Escapade Nick Schmidt	Youngster Ron Young	Knarrly Boo Jason Holloway	Tackful Frank Lawler	Hazardous Waste Chuck Cihak	Boomer Marcus Canestra
2015	Q Glenn Isaacson	Nancy Pat Broderick	French Kiss Dave Borton	Raccoon Jim Snow
2014	Streaker Ron Anderson	Gammon Jeff Hutter	French Kiss Dave Borton	Raccoon Jim Snow
2013	Q Glenn Isaacson	Youngster Ron Young	Vivace Bill O’Conner	Homus Josh Dvorson
2012	Streaker Ron Anderson	Grey Ghost Doug Grant	Mina Flicka Julie Le’Vicki	Le Mer Randy Grenier
2011	Gammon Jeff Hutter	Q Glenn Isaacson	La Mer Randy Grenier	Tackful Cathy Stierhoff
2010	Gammon Jeff Hutter	Grey Ghost Doug Grant	French Kiss Dave Borton	Tackful Cathy Stierhoff

 

The SYC JAWS Commemorative Race

Begun in 2013, it is an annual sail and powered boat race in commemoration of the races run off the clubhouse deck in the ’60s and ’70s. In those days the membership could enjoy and participate in both the start and finish of the races.

The divisions are Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, and Powered boat Predicted Log. The sailboat races are pursuit races, so called because the slowest boats start first and are “pursued” by the faster ones. This race is intended to be a fun event, bringing together the full range of our membership to witness and even engage in cheering on a favorite from the comfort of the club’s lounge and dining room. The race is open to everyone and free for SYC members.

The Perpetual Trophy was donated by life member Charles “Bud” Livingstone who got the jaws from his family’s summer resort in New Hampshire where the jaws were on display from 1930 until 1983. Its provenance is a little mysterious in that one story claims the 10-foot blue shark was wrestled into a boat in Cuba by the donor and his fishing buddies; another version was that it was purchased at auction by Bud’s father to add to the Livingstone Lodge antiques and curio collection. The race is typically held mid March.

Past Winners
Year	Spinnaker Division	Non Spinnaker	Predicted Log
2016	Hazardous Waste Chuck Cihak	Q  Glenn Isaacson
2015	Ohana Marika Edler	Q Glenn Isaacson	No Entry
2014	Dare Dare Nicolas Popp	Min Flika Julie Le’Viki	Beautiful Girl Schafer Johnson
2013	Ragtime Tig Lijestrand	Q Glenn Isaacson	No Entry

 

Twin Island Regatta

The Twin Island Regatta was conceived in 1979 as a race around the two islands, Angel and Alcatraz, in either direction. The race was to be held on the day before opening day, usually the last weekend in April. Then chef, Fernand Loing, had the Twin Island Trophy created to have the best finishing SYC member engraved on it. This resulted in the sometimes used nickname “The Chefs Special”.

Today the Race has two divisions, spinnaker and non-spinnaker. It starts from a Race Committee boat in the Knox area, then a port rounding of a buoy by Yellow Bluff after which the skippers choose to round the two islands clockwise or counterclockwise, back to a starboard rounding of the Yellow Bluff buoy, and a finish off the club race deck. There has also been added the Race Committee option of sending racers around Angel and Red Rock Islands instead.

Decker Trophy

In 2003 Rod Decker, a SYC member and racer, proposed adding a trophy to the Twin Island Regatta by creating a series adding two more races, one in the summer and one in the fall. He presented the Decker trophy to the club for the best overall SYC member finishers of the three races to be engraved on it.

Past Winners
Year	Spinnaker Division		Non Spinnaker
	Twin Island	Decker	Twin Island	Decker
2016	Ohana Marika Edler	Streaker Ron Anderson	Streaker Ron Anderson	Andiamo John Squire
2015	Escapade Nick Sands	Escapade Nick Sands	French Kiss Dave Borton	French Kiss Dave Borton
2014	Streaker Ron Anderson	Hazardous Waste Chuck Cihak	La Mer Randy Grenier	La Mer Randy Grenier
2013	Streaker Ron Anderson	Streaker Ron Anderson	La Mer Randy Grenier	Jazzbeau Jim Parrett

Women Skippers Regatta

	Spinnaker	Non-Spinnaker
2016	Abba Zabba Amy Henry	Just Em Sally Clapper
2015	Ohana Marika Edler	Just Em Sally Clapper
2014
2013

Rear Commodore’s Race to Vallejo

	Rear Commodore	Spinnaker	Non-Spinnaker
2016	Jock Rystrom	Jazzbeau Rich Vasquez	La Mer Randy Grenier
2015	Larry Moraes	Escapade Nick Sands	La Mer Randy Grenier
2014	Bill Aubrey
2013	Dave Borton	Truant Laurie Bolard	French Kiss Dave Borton

Tuesday Night Sunset Series

Spring

	Spinnaker A	Spinnaker C	Non-Spinnaker
2016	Mamaluc Scott Lamson	Courageous Gary Panariello	Tackful Frank Lowler

	Spinnaker	Non-Spinnaker	J-105
2015	Gammon Jeff Hutter	Jarlen Robert Bloom	Hazardous Waste Chuck Cihak
2014
2013

Summer

	Spinnaker A	Spinnaker C	Non Spinnaker
2016	Hazardous Waste Chuck Cihak	Nancy Pat Broderick	Serendipity Phil Hyndman

	Spinnaker	Non-Spinnaker	J-105
2015	Gammon Jeff Hutter	Jarlen Robert Bloom	Streaker Ron Anderson
2014
2013

	Blum Trophy Spinnaker A	Gear Trophy Spinnaker C	Oliver Trophy Non-Spinnaker D
2013	Streaker Ron Anderson	Nancy Pat Broderick	Jarlen Robert Bloom

Lischeske Trophy

	Spinnaker	Non-Spinnaker
2016	Hazardous Waste Chuck Cihak	Abba Zabba Greg Arkus
2015	Hazardous Waste Chuck Cihak	Cattitude Deana Maggard
2014
2013	Overall: Tackful – Frank Lawler

 

SYC Trophies and Awards