1931 Blue Water Medal to WILLIAM A. ROBINSON aboard Svaap

1931 Blue Water Medal to WILLIAM A. ROBINSON aboard Svaap

This 32-foot 9-inch oa. Alden ketch departed New London June 23, 1928, in the Bermuda Race of that year, and circumnavigated via Panama and Suez Canals with crew of two, except for period of race. Arrived N.Y. November 24, 1931.

Award
Blue Water
Year
1931
Recipient Name
WILLIAM A. ROBINSON
Boat Name
Svaap
Extra Information
1931

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Blue Water Medal

The prestigious Blue Water Medal was inaugurated by the Cruising Club of America in 1923 to:

reward meritorious seamanship and adventure upon the sea displayed by amateur sailors of all nationalities, that might otherwise go unrecognized.

Blue Water Medallists have included such luminaries of the sailing world as Rod Stephens, Eric and Susan Hiscock, Sir Francis Chichester, Eric Tabarly, Pete Goss, Bernard Moitessier, and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston..

The Medal itself was designed by Arthur Sturgis Hildebrand, a member of the Cruising Club of America, who was one of the crew of the yacht Leiv Eiriksson, lost in the Arctic with all hands in September of 1923