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Special Entry Required for Family, Youth, Regional, & Other Prizes

March 31, 2016


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The Pequot YC team accepts the 2008 Pratt Trophy from His Excellency the Governor, Sir Richard Gozney, as RBYC Commodore Ralph Richardson looks on. (Barry Pickthall/PPL)
The Pequot YC team accepts the 2008 Pratt Trophy from Bermuda Governor Sir Richard Gozney as Royal Bermuda YC Commodore Ralph Richardson looks on. (Barry Pickthall/PPL)

 

These five prizes require a Special Entry by June 17. They are based on cross-divisional scoring.

Pratt Trophy. Top team consisting of three boats entered in one or more of these divisions: St. David’s Lighthouse, Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, Cruiser, Double-Handed.

Regional Prizes. Top boat from each of these regions: Chesapeake Bay, Deep South, Pacific Coast, Great Lakes, Canada. Boats may sail in one of these divisions: St. David’s Lighthouse, Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, Cruiser, Double-Handed.

William L. Glenn Family Participation Prize.  Top boat with a minimum of four family members, at least one of whom is a member of the afterguard. Boats may be in any of these divisions: St. David’s Lighthouse, Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, Cruiser.

Stephens Brothers Youth Prize.  A new award honoring Olin and Rod Stephens, sailing greats who first raced to Bermuda in their youth, this award goes to the top boat with a qualifying Youth crew. Boats may sail in the St. David’s Lighthouse or Cruiser Divisions.  Each qualifying Youth sailor successfully completing the race will receive insignia as a member of the Newport Bermuda Race Stephens Brothers Society.

City of Newport Trophy. Best performing foreign boat entered in one of these divisions: St. David’s Lighthouse, Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, Cruiser, Double-Handed.

Click here for Special Entry Prize information and entry forms. 

Interested in sailing the Onion Patch Trophy or Navigators Cup series? Click here.

 

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