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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 05 December 2004 |
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Awarded to a member for the most meritorious short voyage.
2006
Doug and Dale Bruce (Bluewater – Tayana 55’ cutter)- who carried out a well-planned and executed 1,700 mile circumnavigation of Newfoundland from Camden, Maine, the entire round-trip being over 3,000 miles. They stopped at 40 different coves, harbours and anchorages and provided the OCC Cruising Information Service with excellent information on each place.
2005
Stephen Pickard ( Fiddler III) - Steve is a new member (2004) based in South of France. He sails a motor-sailer: Neptune 33.
His journey starts on April 10 th after restoring the boat following 8 years of idleness. He set sail alone from Port Camargue. First stop was intended to be Sardinia but engine trouble meant that he went into Porto Corallo for three days – allowing time for a gale to go through. More engine trouble before arriving at Bizerte, Tunisia. Steve was then joined by wife and dog and sailed to Sidi bou Said and on to Kelibia.
Sailed back to Europe to meet up with friends in Sicily. More engine trouble on the way and some strong winds. The two boats then sailed to Sferracavallo, Palermo, Termini Imerese, Cefalu, Cap d’Orlando, Aeolian Islands and back to the South of France. The cruise ended on 18th June after 1,525 miles.
2004 - Graham Evans - Fyne Spirit - for their passage through the Straits of Magellan in their cat-rigged Freedom 39. Having travelled south for the previous 10,000 miles on Fyne Spirit, Graham and Anne entered the Magellan Straits in a westerly gale which kept them hove-to for 24 hours. With some luck they then passed through the two sets of narrows in a single tide with a rare easterly, following wind at 12 knots SMG. Then followed constant cold, westerly winds with non-stop rain together with a 2-knot east-flowing tide and a GPS position which was some- times out by three miles in a channel only two miles wide. It took four days to reach the western end of the Strait where it then took three attempts to get across the wide Paso del Mar: at the first attempt the weather was too bad, the second attempt ended after covering only 10 miles in a day when gusts hit 50 knots, the alternator brack- et broke and the heating failed. The third attempt saw them through when they finally turned north for the entrance to Canal Smyth and the start of the next 800 mile leg through the Patagonian Canals to Puerto Montt.
2003 - Ian Grant - for a short cruise on the West Coast of Scotland, having sailed from the West Coast of Canada to undertake that cruise.
2002 - Steve and Julie Ferrero - Dos Tintos - for their voyage from Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC up to Queen Charlotte City and return down the west side of the island back to Victoria.
2001 - Richard Manning
2000 - Tom and Vicky Jackson
1999 - Andy & Ros Hogbin
1998 - John & Sally Melling
1997 - Tony Gooch
1996 - Not awarded.
1995 - Graham & Avril Johnson
1994 - Hugh Clay
1993 - Nina Kiff
1992 - Not awarded.
1991 - Not awarded.
1990 - Ann Fraser
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