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Open to members and non-members. Any number of awards to person or persons who have performed some outstanding voyage or achievement.
2006
a. Mary Falk, (QII – Pocock 35) (OCC member) – for achieving second overall in the singlehanded "Petit Bateau 2006" event, less than a year after being diagnosed with, and treated for, breast cancer. By mid November she’d raised £41,500 for the Institute of Cancer Research. She intends to compete in the same event again next year.
b. Mike Golding (Ecover) - a consummate sailor in both crewed and single-handed races and one of the world's best offshore racing sailors who, in the true traditions of seamanship, turned back in the Southern Ocean to rescue fellow British sailor Alex Thompson, one of the competitors in the Velux 5 Oceans Challenge, after Alex's yacht, Hugo Boss, suffered serious keel failure more than 1,000 miles south of Cape Town. As Mike beat to windward for 80 miles to rendezvous with Alex, his Open 60 yacht took a terrible pounding and suffered serious gear failure. Not surprisingly, she was dismasted shortly after Alex was aboard following Mike's text book rescue. (These yachts are essentially downwind 'sledges' not designed for beating upwind in the Southern Ocean.)
2005
a. Alex Whitworth (63)& Pete Crozier (60) (Berrimilla (1977)) – a couple of cruising retirees from Down-Under, who say they're just 'two old geezers in a battered old boat.' Having competed in the 1998 Sydney-Hobart race, in one of the smallest boats (33ft), they survived the savage storm that left six dead and several boats sunk and won their division. In 2004, undaunted, they competed in the Sydney-Hobart again in their 30 year old cruising yacht and decided to go one better. They left the finish line to return home to Sydney, via Cape Horn, and the UK, stopping only to borrow a pair of shoes in the Falklands so Alex could run a marathon in Port Stanley in under five hours. They survived a Southern Ocean knockdown. On arrival in the UK they competed in Cowes Week and after gaining an impressive second in the Fastnet two-handed division in August (and 11th overall) they left the UK and sailed home to Sydney, via the Cape of Good Hope, arriving on 20th December, ready to join the start line of the 2005 Sydney-Hobart. Alex and Pete 'like a challenge.'
b. Paul Gelder (OCC member) – for his motivation and dedication to getting Gypsy Moth IV restored to her former glory and back to sea in record time. He has been instrumental in driving the efforts of all those involved in this project and, particularly, finding the funds and setting up the guardianship of the yacht to allow it to be used for future generations.
2004 - Jeremy Lines (Non-Member) - for outstanding achievements in developing and improving the Nicholson range of yachts (32s, 35s, 39s, 40s, 45s etc.) over the years as Technical Manager, then as Technical Director of Camper
& Nicholson (now retired).
He had been dedicated to the task working long hours using his extensive skills and intense hard work over a busy, fruitful life. Although retired for the past 8 years, he still takes calls from around the world requesting technical spec- ifications of various models of C&N yachts.
2001 - Ellen MacArthur & Helen Tew
2000 - Lyn and Jim Foley & Peter and Tania Hopkinson
1999 - Amyr Klink & Peter Keig
1998 - Herb Hilgenberg & Gerd Engel
1997 - Pete Goss
1996 - Les Powles
1995 - Robin Davie
1994 - Jo Hunter
1993 - Mike Richey
1992 - Miles Clark
1991 - Trevor Osben
1990 - Gudrun Calligaro
1989 - Ewan Southby-Tailyour & Robin Knox-Johnston & Skipper & Crew of CreightonsNaturally
1988 - Dr John Bockstoce & Mike Birch
1987 - Crew of TRISHNA
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