Blue Water Medal
 The Cruising Club of America has awarded its esteemed 2011 Blue Water Medal to Thies Matzen and Kicki Ericson for a commendable 24 years and 135,000 miles of sailing the oceans of the world with a focus in the high latitudes of the Southern Ocean. read more
The 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 and Bernard Moitessier.
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 1924.
For information on previous Blue Water Medal Winners, see the links at left.
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