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| Bruce Brown is presenting the Hanson Award to the Team “Horizon” crew (L-R) Len Bose, Steven Natvig, James Malm, John Shulze, Taylor Schlub, Ken Sherb and Chris Vilicich |
By LEN BOSE
It’s time to review our local awards ceremonies and who brought home all the pickle dishes this year. Last Saturday was the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club’s (BCYC) night and tonight (November 19) it’s the Harbor 20 awards.
This year, one of the most memorable awards nights occurred for me and the crew of Horizon, receiving the U.S. Sailing Hanson Rescue Award when we rescued a man overboard during the Monterey to Santa Barbara race this past June. The whole story can be found on my blog here. We, the crew from Horizon, decided it would be best to receive the award in front of a large number of junior sailors in hopes of selling the importance of safety at sea. The BCYC did just that and was kind enough to allow us to accept the award during their presentation. We hoped we caught the attention of one or two of the kids, as well as their patience.
BCYC goes the extra weather leg for the Harbor 20 fleet recognizing the fleet’s top performers by awarding them the Gaudio Family One Design for the person with the best one design, racing record, the Rhonda Tolar Taco Tuesday for the best H20 record for the season and the Melanie Patterson Harbor 20 Perpetual. Phillip Thompson just crushed the fleet this year and took a clean sweep of all the awards with Debra Haynes sharing the Patterson award with him. In the PHRF fleet, Jane Hartley sailing Violetta took down all the pins throwing a perfect strike by winning the High Point, Rhonda Tolar and the Patterson trophies, respectfully. Most honorable mention should be given to the Elmer Carvey Memorial Scholarship (until 1982, it was named the Balboa Bay Club Yachtsman of the Year) awarded to the yachtsman who most contributed to the organized yachting community. Past winners have been Cooper Johnson, Jim Emmi, Ted Kerr, Hobie Deny, Lorin Weiss and Peter Haynes. The list reads on and on and includes Newport’s best yachtsmen. This year’s recipient was Jerry Moulton for all the years he has given back to the sport of sailing.
I enjoy the Juniors Awards, because it’s always fun to see the “deer in the headlights” expressions on the winners’ faces while receiving their awards. As always, Junior Sailing Director Aubrey Mayer did an outstanding job presenting the awards, providing clear descriptions. Tyler Wood took home the Steven Winnett award for demonstrating genuine selflessness towards his fellow sailors. The Herb Hester Perpetual is awarded for sportsmanship and was presented to Caleb Everett. The top-shelf award at the club is the Jon Pinckney Perpetual awarded to junior sailors with the most outstanding racing record this year, and it went to Kennedy Leehealey and Sophia Pearce receiving the big pickle dish. I have never seen someone more excited about receiving an award with good times held by all.
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| A Fleet High Point |
Tonight’s Harbor 20 Awards presentation is always one of my favorite nights of the year giving everyone a chance to gather and reflect on the sailing season. It appears that most fleet 1 members feel the same way I do, truly missing last year’s awards banquet because of COVID. This year, we will have close to 100 people attending the banquet at Newport Harbor Yacht Club. Here are the awards I can tell you about beforehand. The First Mate award is received by the top placing couples in our fleet championships. In B Fleet this year, Maureen and Nick Madigan placed their names on the award for the first time. Something tells me it won’t take long to see their names on the A Fleet award. This year, A Fleet recipients are making a habit of this – Anne and Kurt Wiese. Anne is this year’s fleet captain and gave me a call today, because she was concerned about how to best present the awards. Seems that team Wiese has won most of the awards this year and she was not comfortable with presenting all the awards to herself. My best guess is that’s what makes you a true champion. This year’s third place High Point winner in A fleet is Gary Throne, second place goes to Len Bose with Anne and Kurt Wiese placing their names on the award this year. In B Fleet, Tom Corkett was the most consistent winner. Next, we have the Rain or Shine Trophy for the best attendance in a sailing season. Tom Corkett placed third with Anne and Kurt Wiese finishing in second just behind Len Bose. We also award a Grandmaster award received by the top finisher in A & B divisions for participants over the age of 65. This year in B Fleet, Greg Newman will be stepping up to receive the award along with Kurt Wiese, who will be receiving the award from the A Division.
Like most awards banquets they drag on too long like this story probably is, but we have three awards I will have to tell you about in the future, because it’s a secret. The NHYC has its awards in a couple of weeks and I will include them.
Sea ya.
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Len Bose is a yachting enthusiast, yacht broker and harbor columnist for Stu News Newport
Gary Throne receiving The Arthur Strock award
(L-R Len Bose, Gary Throne Fleet Captain Anne Weise
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