Despite more than 100 awards available to competitors, including the St. David’s Lighthouse trophy, the Carleton Mitchell Finisterre trophy, the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, all prizes are designed to be well-earned and signify outstanding performance by accomplished bluewater sailors. There are no “easy” prizes in the Bermuda Race.
Notice to Skippers –The CCA has no paid staff. The RBYC has neither the staff nor finances to go into the global export business. The 2024 Bermuda Race Organizing Committee disbands June 29th after Prizegiving, its work done. It is your responsibility to arrange to collect, while you are in Bermuda, your Participant Plaque, and any prizes you may have won. You may designate a representative to pick up your prize at Government House if you cannot do it personally. There is no facility for shipping unclaimed awards.
Robert S. Darbee
Awards Chair
awards@bermudarace.com
FOR ALL FINISHERS
Each entrant finishing the Race receives a brass plaque suitable for display aboard their vessel which reads “For Successfully Completing the 2024 Newport Bermuda Race.” These are included with the packet you will receive when checking in at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.
INVITATION ONLY
The Awards Ceremony will be held Saturday, June 29th, 1800 hrs. and is by invitation ONLY.
Invitations will be issued in Bermuda at the RBYC when results are available. Invitations MUST be presented at Prizegiving to be admitted. Due to space limitations, there are no “extra” tickets. Please do not jeopardize your invitations by seeking advance information or tickets from the staff – this simply delays the process. The information and tickets will be available at the earliest possible time.
5 SPECIAL ENTRY PRIZES
Each year some sailors fail to register for the Special Trophies before the race and subsequently miss out on some terrific prizes they could have won! Don’t let this be you. An indication of intention on Race Entry is not sufficient. To qualify a Special Entry form must be completed.
TOP AWARDS
Awards that require a special entry form
There are Five “Special Entry” competitions for boats racing to Bermuda in 2022. These require completion of a separate Special Entry form in addition to general Race entry. An indication of intention on Race Entry is not sufficient. To qualify a Special Entry form must be completed.
For these and certain other prizes marked “X-DV” (See Prize List) will be based on cross-divisional comparison of decimal percentage standing of corrected time ranking within a vessel’s own division. Thus, prize winners will be determined by cross-divisional comparison of a vessel’s relative performance within its respective division. The vessel with a higher relative final standing within its own division will then place higher cross-divisionally. This allows for greater competition for the same prize among vessels in different divisions. It also allows boats from different divisions to combine in 3-boat teams for the Pratt competition.
Will Glenn was a “Pied Piper” of sailing who, in the course of more than 50 years, introduced many families and friends – young people especially – to the joys and camaraderie of sailing. This prize was given by his family in commemoration of his genial, enthusiastic nature in pursuit of that mission.
Along with a daughter and two sons, Jim Grundy receives the William L. Glenn Family Participation Prize for winning St. David's Lighthouse Class 4.
Photo: Nic Douglass - AdventuresofaSailorGirl.com photo
The Pratt Trophy was given by friends in memory of H. Irving Pratt who took a serious and sustained interest in the problem of handicapping offshore yachts for racing. He had been Chairman of the CCA Technical Committee, Commodore of the New York Yacht Club and sponsor of the Pratt Ocean Racing Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Newport Bermuda Race awards “Regional” Prizes to recognize the efforts of skippers, vessels and crew that come some distance to participate. There are 5 Regions to be so recognized.
Chris Van Tol accepts the 2014 Regional Prize for top Great lakes entry from His Excellency Mr. George Fergusson as RBYC Commodore Somers Kempe looks on.
Best Performing “Foreign” Yacht—The City of Newport Trophy recognizes the special efforts of Skippers, Crew and Vessels who have come a substantial distance to participate in the Newport Bermuda Race. AND to emphasize the far-ranging significance of this Race as the sole international offshore event among the great yacht races across the globe.
CC-BY-SA-3.0/Matt H. Wade at Wikipedia
The Newport Bermuda Race is well known as a long-distance ocean adventure with a special appeal for ambitious young sailors. Many of today’s skippers, navigators, and watch captains first went to sea as teenage deck hands in a “Thrash to the Onion Patch,” or on a return delivery from Bermuda. Perhaps most illustrious of such sailors were Rod and Olin Stephens. With their breakthrough yacht Dorade, they won several prominent events by age 23.
2016 Winners of the Inaugural Stephens Brothers Youth Prize, the crew of High Noon with His Excellency, The Governor of Bermuda, George Fergusson
Photo Credit: Barry Pickthall/PPL
wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Trophy Order | Award | Qualification | Donor |
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1 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 1 | St. David’s Lighthouse Trophy | Corrected Time Winner – St. Davids Lighthouse Division (SDL) | Bermuda Tourism |
2 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 2 | Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Trophy | Corrected Time Winner – Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division (GHL) | Bermuda Tourism |
3 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 3 | Carleton Mitchell Finisterre Trophy | Corrected Time Winner – Finisterre Division (FI) | 3-time Newport Bermuda Race Winner Carleton Mitchell |
4 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 4 | Royal Mail Cup | Corrected Time Winner – Open Division (OP) | RBYC |
5 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 5 | Philip S. Weld Prize | Corrected Time Winner - Double-Handed Division (DH) | CCA Boston Station |
6 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 6 | Superyacht Prize | Corrected Time Winner - Superyacht Division (SY) | Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (“BROC”) |
7 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 7 | Bjorn R Johnson Castle Hill Trophy | Corrected Time Winner Multihull Division (MH) | BROC, in Memory of our Esteemed Past Chairman |
8 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 8 | War Baby Trophy | Winner - Spirit of Tradition Division (SP) | Warren A. Brown |
9 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 9 | George S. Coumantaros Boomerang Trophy | New Course Record, Elapsed Time, SDL | Friends and Shipmates of George Coumantaros |
10 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 10 | Moxie Prize | Crew of Corrected Time Winner - DH | CCA Boston Station |
11 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 11 | Corinthian Trophy | Best Performance by an All-Amateur Crew - St. David’s Lighthouse Division. | E. Llwyd Ecclestone, past Lighthouse winner |
12 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 12 | CCA Bermuda Station Trophy | Best Perf. By a Vessel Skippered by CCA or RBYC Member. SDL, GHL, FI, DH (X-DV) | CCA Bermuda Station |
13 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 13 | Stephens Brothers Youth Division Prize | Best Perf. By a Youth Div, Crew (“Special Entry” req’d.) SDL, FI (X-DV) | CCA New York Station |
14 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 14 | Stephens Brothers Society Pin | ALL NBR ’22 Sailors age 14 thru 23 a/o 6/21/24 (Skipper must verify on form.) | BROC - p/u @RBYC Duty Desk |
15 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 15 | Dorade Trophy | Best Perf. by a “Vintage” Yacht (25+ years age). FI, SDL, GHL, DH (X-DV) | CCA |
16 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 16 | Edlu Tankard | Second Best Corrected Time - SDL | R.J. Schaefer |
17 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 17 | Overall Performance Trophy | SDL Class Winner, Corrected Time, Which Beats Next 2 Yachts in Her Class by Largest Margin | Walter Wheeler, Jr. |
18 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 18 | Thomas Fleming Day Memorial Trophy | Yacht under 40’ with Best Corrected Time St. David’s Lighthouse Division | Frederick B. Thurber CCA Charter Member |
19 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 19 | City of Newport Trophy | Best Perf. By a “Foreign” Yacht (Non-US, Bermuda, Cayman). SDL, GHL, FI, DH, (X-DV) “Special Entry” Req’d. | City of Newport, RI |
20 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 20 | William C Finley Trophy | Yacht 15+ Years, Best Corrected Time - SDL | William C Finley |
21 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 21 | National Museum of Bermuda Prize | Yacht Older Than 15 Years With 2nd Best Corrected Time in SDL | National Museum of Bermuda |
22 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 22 | Corporation of Hamilton Prize | First Yacht to Finish on Elapsed Time, SDL/GHL | The Mayor of Hamilton For the Corporation of Hamilton |
23 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 23 | Herbert L. Stone Memorial Trophy | First Yacht to Finish - FI (Elapsed Time) | Friends of Herbert L. Stone |
24 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 24 | Harvey Conover Memorial Trophy | Second Yacht to Finish SDL or GHL (Elapsed Time) | Former Flags, RBYC |
25 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 25 | H. Irving Pratt Trophy (3-Boat Team) | Best Combined Perf. 3-Yacht Team. May be intermingled divisions: SDL, GHL, FI, DH. (X-DV) “Special Entry” Required. | CCA Friends of Irving Pratt |
26 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 26 | Frederick Avon Burrows Memorial Bowl | First Bermuda Yacht on Corrected Time in SDL | Mrs. F.A. Burrows |
27 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 27 | R.M. “Dick” Masters Trophy | First Bermuda Yacht Which Beats the Second Bermuda Yacht by the Largest Margin in Her Division | Mrs. Lorna Masters |
28 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 28 | George W. Mixter Trophy | Navigator of a Yacht Winning a Lighthouse Trophy. 2 Awards, One Each for St. David’s and Gibbs Hill | Mrs. Findlay Downs |
29 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 29 | Schooner Mistress Trophy | Navigator of First Yacht to Finish SDL or GHL (Elapsed Time) | Crew of Mistress |
30 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 30 | Navigator’s Prize | Navigator of Yacht With Best Corrected Time Finisterre Division | BROC |
31 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 31 | Rod Stephens Seamanship Trophy | Outstanding Act of Seamanship. Awarded at CCA Annual Mtg. - All Venues. Race Nominees are Prime Candidates. | Friends and Shipmates of former CCA Commodore Roderick M. Stephens, Jr. |
32 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 32 | William Snaith Memorial Trophy | Designer of Yacht Winning SDL (Awarded at STC Event) | Storm Trysail Club (STC) |
33 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 33 | Latifa Challenge Cup | Class Winner in Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division | Michael Mason |
34 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 34 | Vincent J. Monte-Sano Rear Commodores Trophy | First in Class Winner | CCA New York Station |
35 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 35 | Essex Station Trophy | First in Class Winner | CCA Essex Station |
36 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 36 | Ray Graham Bigelow Memorial Trophy | Class Winner in St. David’s Division | Mrs. F. Lieber |
37 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 37 | Sir Thomas Lipton Memorial Trophy | Class Winner in St. David’s Division | Robert B. Smallwood |
38 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 38 | Malabar Trophy | Class Winner in St. David’s Division | Mrs. John Alden |
39 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 39 | Alfred E. Loomis Trophy | Class Winner in St. David’s Division | Friends of A.L. |
40 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 40 | Samuel Pepys Trophy | Class Winner in St. David’s Division | Royal Navy Sailing Association |
41 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 41 | Argentine Trophy | Class Winner in St. David’s Division | Yacht Club Argentino |
42 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 42 | “Mixed Doubles” Prize | Best DH Perf. By M/F Pair 2 Prizes – One for Each Crew Member. | BROC |
43 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 43 | The Commodore’s Centennial Trophies for Best CCA Skippered Performances 1860 Prince of Whales Trophy 1770 Commodore’s Trophy 1884 RCYC Wendur Tropohy 1896 Minerva Trophy 1896 Thames Trophy 1901 McDonough Trophy | Awarded at CCA Annual Dinner Best CCA-Skippered Performance: Finisterre Division Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division St. David’s Lighthouse Division Double-Handed Division Best CCA 2-Boat Team (X-DV) Best CCA Station Performance (X-DV) | Past CCA Commodore Christopher L. Otorowski (Requires Special Entry) (Requires Special Entry) |
44 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 44 | Bermuda Ocean Cruising Yacht Trophy | Best Combined Perf: Current Newport Bermuda Race and Immediate Prior Marion Bermuda Race Finisterre Div. | BROC |
45 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 45 | Olin J. Stephens Ocean Racing Trophy | Best Combined Performance Between Current Newport Bermuda Race and Immediate Prior Marblehead Halifax Race St. David’s/Gibbs Hill Divisions | Friends of Olin Stephens |
46 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 46 | Eastern Ocean Racing Championship Prize | Best Combined Performance Between Current Newport Bermuda Race and Immediate Prior Annapolis-Newport Race. FI, SDL, GHL, DH (X-DV) | BROC |
47 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 47 | William L. Glenn Family Participation Prize | Best Performance by a Vessel with at Least 4 Family Members, 1 or More in the Afterguard. SDL, GHL, FI. (X-DV) (“Special Entry” Form Required.) | The Glenn Family |
48 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 48 | “Regional” Prize 5 Prizes – One each for Best Performance by a Yacht from a Specific Distant Home Region | Best Performance each by Yacht from: 1) Chesapeake 2) Great Lakes 3) Canada 4) Pacific 5) Deep South. SDL, DH, GHL, CR. (X-DV) “Special Entry” Form Required. | BROC |
49 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 49 | Commodore & Mrs. Robert L. Hall Swan Trophy | “Swan” Yacht with Best Corrected Time in the St. David’s Division (Awarded at Swan Association Event) | The Hall Family |
50 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 50 | Scarritt Adams Shield | US Academy Yacht with 2nd Best Corrected Time, SD | Mrs. Poppy Adams |
51 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 51 | Stephen W. Gerber Cup | USNA Yacht with Best Corrected Time, SDL (Awarded at Annapolis.) | US Navy |
52 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 52 | Dan A. Kimball Trophy | Navigator of USNA Yacht with Best Corrected Time, SDL (Awarded at Annapolis.) | US Navy |
53 | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | kate.somers | 02/28/2024 12:37 PM | 53 | Endurance Trophy | Cook of the Last Yacht to Finish | RBYC |
Trophy Order | Award | Qualification | Donor |
Up to four prizes may be awarded per class based on the number of starting vessels as follows:
First (1-3), Second (4-7), Third (8-11), Fourth (12+). Similarly for the William L. Glenn Family Participation Prize. Prize scoring is based on ORR unless otherwise noted.
Certain prizes marked “X-DV” are for “Best Performance” scored cross-divisionally by comparing across divisions the decimal percentage ORR corrected time placing of vessels within their respective divisions.
Eastern Ocean Racing Championship Prize – “X-DV” applied to the entire fleet for this NBR (ORR) and prevailing handicap system(s) for Annapolis-Newport. The Championship Prize goes to the vessel with the lowest combined score among vessels competing in both races.
“Special Entry” is required for: 1) Pratt 3-Boat Team Prize, 2) Regional Prizes, 3) City of Newport (Best Performance by a “Foreign” Yacht), 4) Glenn Family Participation Prize 5) Stephens Brothers Youth Division. Special Entry forms available at bermudarace.com. All five are scored cross-divisionally (X-DV). Special Entry is, in part, so that skippers are not sidetracked in gathering this information at time of vessel entry. On occasion some NBR entrants, with what ultimately proved to be outstanding performances, have overlooked coming back to “Special Entry” when their requisite information had become available and missed out on prizes they
otherwise would have won. Do not let this be you!
EVERY SDL, GHL, DH, FI yacht in the 2024 Newport Bermuda Race should be a member of a 3-boat Pratt Team! Each winning vessel receives a plaque with its own lines as provided by US Sailing. Requires Special Entry.
EVERY yacht with at least 4 family members aboard should look to qualify for the William L Glenn Family Participation Prize (double-check “Family” criteria on entry form). Requires Special Entry.
“Special Entry” for Pratt Teams, Glenn Family Participation, City of Newport, Youth Division and Regional Prizes accepted up until 0900 hrs. Friday, June 21 via Special Entry forms at bermudarace.com
* The St. David’s Lighthouse Trophy was first awarded in 1954 and has become the Race trademark. The next 3 such awards – 1956, 1958, 1960 – were all won by Carleton Mitchell and his 38’ S&S yawl Finisterre. In the 118-year history of this Race, no other skipper/vessel pairing has matched that back-to-back-to back hat trick.
Prizegiving will be Saturday, June 29, 1800 hours. Attendance is by invitation only. Stay alert for announcements and also check RBYC board postings for relevant information.