1992 Blue Water Medal to JEROME AND SALLY PONCET aboard Damien II

1992 Blue Water Medal to JEROME AND SALLY PONCET aboard Damien II

For Antarctic cruising during twelve of the last eighteen summers which resulted in the publication of a handbook to assist and advise visitors, particularly on how to protect and preserve the beautiful, but fragile, region.

Award
Blue Water
Year
1992
Recipient Name
JEROME AND SALLY PONCET
Boat Name
Damien II
Extra Information
1992

Prior Recipients

 

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