1997 InvestorLine MARBLEHEAD-TO-HALIFAX OCEAN RACE
 
PRIZE PRESENTATIONS (10 July 1997)

THE HERALD AND MAIL CUP (1935), awarded to the first monohull yacht crossing the finish line.

Yacht: TRADER Skipper: FRED DETWILER

THE RALPH L. KELLER MEMORIAL TROPHY (1991), awarded to the first multihull yacht crossing the finish line.

Yacht: TOSHIBA Skipper: DEBORAH DRUAN

THE NATIONAL SEA PRODUCTS LIMITED TROPHY, awarded to the Canadian yacht making the best elapsed time over the course.

Yacht: SEA HAWK Skipper: DOUGLAS ROY

 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CUP (1935), awarded to the yacht making the best overall corrected time in the IMS Division.

Yacht: RABBIT Skipper: DAN DYER

THE CAPTAIN J. ALBERT CHAMBERS MEMORIAL TROPHY (1967), awarded to the yacht making the best corrected time in Class A of the IMS Division.

First Place Trophy Yacht: PEQUOT Skipper: BEVIN CHEROT
Second Place Trophy Yacht: ALIX Skipper: LEWIS WALLNER
Third Place Trophy Yacht: ARBELLA Skipper: AL D'ALESSANDRO

THE H. MARY POWERS MEMORIAL TROPHY (1985), awarded to the yacht making the best corrected time in Class E of the IMS Division.
First Place Trophy Yacht: RABBIT Skipper: DAN DYER
Second Place Trophy Yacht: BANGALORE Skipper: CARVEL TEFFT
Third Place Trophy Yacht: SEGUIN Skipper: W. MURRAY BUTTNER

THE PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA TROPHY (1959), awarded to the yacht making the best overall corrected time in the PHRF Racing Division.
First Place Trophy Yacht: CROCODILE Skipper: BOB CROCKER

THE FRANCIS P. DUFFY TROPHY (1995), awarded to the yacht making the best corrected time in Class B of the PHRF Racing Division
First Place Trophy Yacht: JAVELIN Skipper: TOM MOTLEY
Second Place Trophy Yacht: TRADER Skipper: FRED DETWILER
Third Place Trophy Yacht: ECHO Skipper: JOHN EILLS

THE ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA YACHT SQUADRON TRUSTEE BOWL, awarded to the yacht making the best corrected time in Class F of the PHRF Racing Division.
First Place Trophy Yacht: DELAWANA Skipper: HANS HIMMELMAN
Second Place Trophy Yacht: MANDATE Skipper: JOHN CUMMING
Third Place Trophy Yacht: JAM SESSION Skipper: JEFF MARGER

THE WRIGHT CUP, awarded to the yacht making the best corrected time in Class G of the PHRF Racing Division.
First Place Trophy Yacht: OBSESSION Skipper: JAMES WARD
Second Place Trophy Yacht: NO JUSTICE Skipper: WARREN WEBBER
Third Place Trophy Yacht: KEEWAYDIN Skipper: JACK MAY

THE BOSTON YACHT CLUB - L. M. FOWLE TROPHY, awarded to the yacht making the best corrected time in Class H of the PHRF Racing Division.
First Place Trophy Yacht: RIMFAXE Skipper: ANDREW VON HIRSCH
Second Place Trophy Yacht: ORION Skipper: STEPHEN DOANE
Third Place Trophy Yacht: MIRAGE Skipper: WARREN WOODWORTH

THE GUILFORD MEMORIAL TROPHY (1979), awarded to the yacht making the best overall corrected time in Class J of the PHRF Racing Division
First Place Trophy Yacht: CROCODILE Skipper: BOB CROCKER
Second Place Trophy Yacht: SONNET Skipper: JAMES BROWN
Third Place Trophy Yacht: KEMANCHA Skipper: CARTER CORDNER

THE HALIFAX TOURIST BUREAU CUP (1935), awarded to the yacht making the best overall corrected time in Class K of the PHRF Racing Division.
First Place Trophy Yacht: BACCHUS Skipper: JEFF DELONG

THE BOSTON YACHT CLUB COMMODORE’S TROPHY (1959), awarded to the yacht making the best corrected time in Class D, the Multihull Division.
First Place Trophy Yacht: GREAT AMERICAN Skipper: RICH WILSON
Second Place Trophy Yacht: GREENWICH PROPANE Skipper: JOHN BARRY III
Third Place Trophy Yacht: ALEGRA Skipper: PETER GARCIA

THE HUGH BELL - HOLCOMBE BROWN TROPHY (1981), awarded to the yacht making the best corrected time in Class E of the PHRF Cruising Division.
First Place Trophy Yacht: TICONDEROGA Skipper: L. SCOTT FRANTZ
Second Place Trophy Yacht: WHEN AND IF Skipper: JAMES LOBDELL
Third Place Trophy Yacht: VA LA QUE Skipper: SAMUEL STONE

THE GABRIELLA'S WOMEN'S TROPHY (1991), awarded to the yacht with an all-female skipper and crew with the best corrected time.
            Not awarded in 1997

THE GEORGE F. LAWLEY MEMORIAL CUP (1983), awarded to the schooner, ketch, or yawl making the best corrected time.
First Place Trophy Yacht: CROCODILE Skipper: BOB CROCKER

THE CONCORDIA CUP (1983), awarded to the classic Concordia yacht making the best corrected time.
First Place Trophy Yacht: CROCODILE Skipper: BOB CROCKER

THE ACADEMY CUP, awarded to the maritime academy or sail training yacht making the best corrected time.
First Place Trophy Yacht: EDDYSTONE LIGHT Skipper: Lt. BORDEN USCG

THE RACE COMMITTEE TROPHY, awarded for a team competition between Canada and the United States with teams of three yachts (one each from the IMS, PHRF Racing, and PHRF Cruising Divisions) chosen by the Commodores of the Boston Yacht Club and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, has been won by the UNITED STATES with the following team:
Yacht: CONDOR Skipper: CHRIS CANNON
Yacht: CROCODILE Skipper: BOB CROCKER
Yacht: MIRAGE Skipper: WARREN WOODWORTH

THE PARKER C. HATCH MEMORIAL TROPHY, awarded for a competition among clubs having three or more entries in the race, has been won by the CRUISING CLUB OF AMERICA (ESSEX STATION> with the following team:
Yacht: CILISTA Skipper: JEFF EBERLE
Yacht: RABBIT Skipper: DAN DYER
Yacht: TATTLER Skipper: FRANK BOHLEN

The 1997 competition included eleven (11) teams as follows: the BEDFORD BASIN YACHT CLUB, the BLACK TONGUE DISEASE FOUNDATION, the BOSTON YACHT CLUB, the CORINTHIANS, the CRUISING CLUB OF AMERICA (ESSEX STATION), the CRUISING CLUB OF AMERICA (NEW YORK STATION), the INDIAN HARBOR YACHT CLUB, the ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA YACHT SQUADRON, the SHEARWATER YACHT CLUB, the STORM TRYSAIL CLUB, the WATCH HILL YACHT CLUB.

THE BRAS D’OR LAKES TROPHY, awarded to the double handed entry in the PHRF Racing Division making the best corrected time.
Yacht: KEMANCHA Skipper: CARTER CORDNER

THE COOK'S TROPHY, awarded in the true spirit of yacht racing to the Chef of the last yacht to finish the race.
Yacht: VA LA QUE Skipper: MARY OLIVE STONE


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