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The Blue Water Medal, awarded annually by the Cruising Club of America for a remarkable sailing feat, was presented last night to William A. Robinson, ...
- 1 2 "CCA Announces Blue Water Medal Winner". Cruising World . January 25, 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
The Blue Water Medal which has been awarded annually since 1923 is open to any amateur sailor who displays commendable seamanship and a sense of adventure ...
- ↑ "Webb Chiles Named 2017 Blue Water Medal Winner". The Cruising Club of America. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "Blue Water Award to Michael J. Johnson". The Cruising Club of America. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "Blue Water Award to Tom and Vicky Jackson". The Cruising Club of America. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "Blue Water Medal to Skip Novak". The Cruising Club of America. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "2013 Blue Water Medal to Jeanne Socrates". Cruising Club of America. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "2012 Blue Water Medal to David S. Cowper". Cruising Club of America - Blue Water Medals. CCA. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ↑ "2011 Blue Water Medal to Thies Matzen and Kicki Ericson". January 30, 2011. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "The Blue Water Medal Awards 1923–2004" (PDF). Cruising Club of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
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- ↑ John Rendel (January 24, 1936). "Tillinghast Gets Yachting Award; Brought Disabled Ketch Into Port; Blue Water Medal of Cruising Club Presented to Acting Skipper of Hamrah, Who With Two Aides Survived Pounding Seas After Three Were Lost". The New York Times . Retrieved 2010-11-04.
When Charles F. Tillinghast Jr. of Providence brought the crippled ketch Hamrah safely into port with two young companions over 900 miles of storm-torn ocean last June after three of her company had drowned, he had performed the finest feat of seamanship accomplished by an amateur yachtsman during 1935.
- ↑ "Honor Circler Of Globe In Tiny Craft. Harry Pidgeon Is Awarded Coveted Blue Water Medal". Associated Press . March 20, 1926. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
... and yachtman, for his recently completed feat of circumnavigating the world in a 34-foot yawl, it was announced today. The medal, awarded every five years ...