1995 Blue Water Medal to REV. R.L.M. SHEPTON aboard Dodo's Delight

1995 Blue Water Medal to REV. R.L.M. SHEPTON aboard Dodo's Delight

For a circumnavigation from 1993 to 1995 in a 33' sloop, England via Antarctica (twice), Easter and Pitcairn Islands, the South Pacific, New Guinea, Australia, South Africa and returning to England, with a crew of lads from the Kingham Hill School.

Award
Blue Water
Year
1995
Recipient Name
REV. R.L.M. SHEPTON
Boat Name
Dodo's Delight
Extra Information
1995

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