In 1923 the Cruising Club of America passed the following resolution:

 ‘Moved and seconded that the Club found, out of funds to be

sought for the purpose, a medal to be known as The Blue Water

Medal of the Cruising Club of America, to be awarded annually,

in the discretion of the Board of Governors, for the year’s most

meritorious example of seamanship, the recipient to be selected

from among the amateurs of all nations.’

In 1931 the following addendum was also passed:

 ‘RESOLVED: that the Governing Board be and hereby is authorised

to approve the awarding of the Blue Water Medal, without date,

on the recommendation of the Committee of Awards.’

Over the 81 years of its existence the Medal has come to be regarded as the

premier award for seamanship in the world, and during that time it has been

awarded to members of the Ocean Cruising Club, or those later to become

members, on 23 occasions; as follows:

1933  Roderick Stephens                         1968  Sir Alec Rose

1939 ..John Martucci                                1970  Richard Nye (no date)

1950..William P and Phyllis Crowe        1972  Robert Griffiths

1952..Alfred Petersen                              1978  Humphrey Barton (no date)

1956..Bill Tilman                                       1980  Willy de Roos

1956..Carlton Mitchell (no date)            1982  David Lewis

1959..John Guzzwell                                 1983  John Gore-Grimes

1960..Francis Chichester                         1988  Warren Brown

1964..Eric Tabarly                                     1990  Paddy Barry

1965..Wright Britton                                1993  Willie Ker

1967,,Sir Francis Chichester                   1995  Bob Shepton

2003  Tony Gooch