Bantry Bay, Ireland, to Funchal and Bermuda, between April 20 and June 27, 1938, and then to West Indies. Graham' s daughter completed crew of two in
35-foot oa. yawl.
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
Circumnavigation in a Spray-type cutter (eventually rerigged as yawl) designed and built by owner. He and his wife circumnavigated via Panama and Cape of Good Hope between June, 1934 and May, 1937.
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Awarded "without date", signifying a particularly lengthy course of accomplishments at sea
A voyage from New York to Reykjavik, Iceland and return to Newport via Trepassey, Newfoundland, June 19-August 26, 1937. A 37 1/2-foot oa. Mower cutter.
A single-handed trans-Atlantic passage in a 42-foot 7-inch oa. motor boat (July 23 August 10, 1936) with two self-steering devices. Marie had sailed the cutter Winnibelle II (without power) from Brest to New York in 1933.
For his seamanship in the effort to save three members of the crew of the Hamrah who were overboard in the North Atlantic, and in bringing the disabled and short-handed ketch safely into Sydney, N.S.
A single-handed passage in a small double-ended ketch from England in the fall of 1933 to Nassau in January, 1934. His vessel was the May, a Loch Fyne ketch which he had bought in Scotland in 1932.
Group Captain Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees, VC, OBE, MC, AFC (1884–1955) received this medal for his 1934 voyage. The medal was presented by Group Cpatain Rees to his home club, the ROYAL WELSH YACHT CLUB, and is displayed in their clubhouse at Porth-yr-Aur, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK.
A three-month, 8,000-mile trans-Atlantic crossing from New York to Norway and return, including victory in the Fastnet Race. The 52-foot 3-inch Stephens designed yawl returned home from England by the northern route in the remarkable time of 26 days.
Award for remarkable feat of seamanship and courage in rescuing all but one of 11-man crew of burning schooner Adriana in the 1932 Bermuda Race.
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Awarded "without date", signifying a particularly lengthy course of accomplishments at sea
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.
A 13,000-mile cruise of this 46-foot oa. ketch from Ithaca, N.Y. to Ithaca, Greece, and return to New York City. Started June 20, 1929, completed May 30, 1930.