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	2014 Notable Performances (Non-DIYC Events) Click for more detail

Boat	Venue	Place	Class/Name
Dragonfly	Spring Off Soundings	1st	H-3
Wolverine	Spring Off Soundings	1st	C-2
Mentor	Spring Off Soundings	2nd	NS-3
Black Hawk	Spring Off Soundings	3rd	C-2
Nunnehi	Spring Off Soundings	4th	H-1
Slainte	Soverel 33 Nationals	1st	Soverel 33
Wolverine	North American Championships	1st	Frers 33
Wolverine	Leukemia Cup	#3 Top 5 Fund	Raising Boat
Windshear	Leukemia Cup	#5 Top 5 Fund	Raising Boat
Mentor	Fall Off Soundings	3rd	NS-3
Nunnehi	Fall Off Soundings	3rd	H-3
Scorpion	Fall Off Soundings	3rd	H-2
Snow Bird	Fall Off Soundings	3rd	C-1
Mentor	ECSA Circuit	1st	Division 8
Fusion	ECSA Circuit	1st	Division 7
Snow Bird	ECSA Circuit	3rd	Division 3
Wolverine	ECSA Circuit	1st	Division 1
Wolverine	ECSA Circuit	1st (tied)	ECSA Overall

End of Season Banquet & Awards Presentations

Congratulations to these 2014 Award Winners!

Wednesday Night Overall Trophies
Highest ranking member yacht in the Wednesday Night Series in each class.
Floyd Memorial Trophy (Class One - Non Spinnaker)	Reepicheep - Peter Floyd
Ballou Memorial Trophy (Class Two - Spinnaker)	Wolverine - Dave Nauber
Fred Winslow Trophy (Class Three - Spinnaker)	XLR8 - Brad Porter
Memorial Commodore Trophy (Class Four - Spinnaker)	Not Awarded - No Class Four

Fagan Memorial Trophy	Reepicheep - Peter Floyd
Highest ranking member yacht in the Fagan Memorial Regatta.

Shirley Hall Trophy	Giddy Up - Birgit Gillman
Highest ranking member yacht with a 50% women crew and a women at the helm in the Hall Series.

Don Later Trophy	#1042 - Toby Doyle
Highest ranking member Etchells in Spring & Summer Etchells Series.

Sturgis Redfield Distance Trophy	Screwball - Kevin Carse
Highest ranking member yacht in the Overnight Race.

Paul McLaughlin Memorial Trophy	Wolverine - Dave Nauber
Highest ranking member yacht in the Spring Regatta.

Thundermug Trophy (Tie)	Fusion - Mark Salerno
Highest ranking member yacht in the Thundermug Regatta.	XLR8 - Brad Porter


Patrick Hayes Memorial One Design Trophy	#2400 - Mark & Will McCarthy
Highest ranking JY15 in the Thursday Night One Design Series.

Dr. Merrill C. Hills Award	Not Awarded
Given to the member who has, in the opinion of the Board of Governors, made the most significant contribution to the sport of sailing.

Commodore's Trophy	Bob Borden
Given for outstanding assistance and support to the Commodore during the year.

Donald Dyson Corinthian Award	Not awarded
Given to the Racing Skipper who exemplifies the Corinthian Spirit on the racecourse.

Golden Duck Award - Port	Paul vonMaffei - Snowbird
Golden Duck Award - Starboard	Paul vonMaffei - Snowbird
Given to the members who have made the most significant contribution to the entertainment of their fellow yachtsman through displays of unique seamanship, agility in small boats, or other graces.	For becoming entangled with the anchor rode of Sitting Duck prior to first warning on a Wednesday Night.

Notable Performances (More Detail)

2014 Charleston Race week

Congratulations to Duck Island Yacht Club’s Giddy Up, skippered by Kevin Gillman and crew Tiffany Skinner, Tim Keyworth, Kevin Wakelee, and Jay Mills travelled to warm and sunny SC for Charleston Race Week held April 10^th-13^th, 2014. The team placed 1^st in the Melges 24 Corinthian Division and placed 5^th overall.

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2014 Soverel 33 Nationals

Congratulations to Mark McCarthy and the Slainte Crew who took First Place in the Soverel 33 Class at the Cedar Point One Design Regatta on May31-June 1, 2014 Results

2014 Spring Off Soundings

Overalls: Wolverine (C-2 w 15% PE) and Dragonfly (H-3 w 5% PE) placed 1st, Mentor (NS-3 w 35% PE) took a 2nd, Black Hawk (C-2) a 3rd, and Nunnehi (H-3 w 5% PE) took a 4th. Congratulation to all the crews.

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2014 Frers 33 North American Championship

Congratulations to Dave & Kathy Nauber and the crew of Wolverine for capturing the North American Championship trophy July 12-13, 2014 over two days with starts at Branford YC and Pine Orchard YC in Branford, CT.

Fall Off Soundings

Overalls: Snowbird (C-1 w 10% PE), Scorpion (H-2 w 5% PE), Nunnehi (H-3 w 5% PE). and Mentor (NS-2 w 30% PE) placed 3rd. Congratulation to all the crews.

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