Yachtsman of the Year
Awarded annually and selected for his outstanding achievements and contributions to the sport of yachting.
Deadline for submission: OCTOBER 1
Prior Recipients
| 1959 | Alonzo de Jessop |
| 1960 | Lowell North |
| 1961 | Willis Short |
| 1962 | Al Frost, Jr. |
| 1963 | Carl Eichenlaub |
| 1964 | Lowell North |
| 1965 | John O'Connell |
| 1966 | Gerry Driscoll |
| 1967 | Earl Elms |
| 1968 | Lowell North |
| 1969 | Earl Elms |
| 1970 | John Scripps |
| 1971 | Dennis Conner |
| 1972 | Tom Tobin |
| 1973 | Rob Batcher |
| 1974 | Gerry Driscoll |
| 1975 | Dennis Conner |
| 1976 | Ed Trevelyan |
| 1977 | Dennis Conner |
| 1978 | Carl Eichenlaub, Dennis Conner, Doug Peterson |
| 1979 | Robbie Haines |
| 1980 | Dennis Conner |
| 1981 | Rod Davis |
| 1982 | John Driscoll |
| 1983 | Dennis Conner |
| 1984 | Robbie Haines, Rod Davis, Ed Trevelyan |
| 1985 | Burton Benjamin |
| 1986 | Vince Brun, Hugo Schreiner |
| 1987 | Dennis Conner |
| 1988 | Mark Reynolds |
| 1989 | Larry Klein |
| 1990 | Brian Ledbetter |
| 1991 | Paul Pettit |
| 1992 | Brian Ledbetter, Mark Reynolds, William Koch |
| 1993 | Ken Gust |
| 1994 | Paul Pettit |
| 1995 | Jon Rogers |
| 1996 | Not Awarded |
| 1997 | George Szabo III |
| 1998 | Robbie Haines |
| 1999 | Vince Brun |
| 2000 | Mark Reynolds |
| 2001 | Dick Devlin |
| 2002 | Chris Winnard |
| 2003 | Jon Rogers |
| 2004 | Tim Wadlow |
| 2005 | Doug Hart |
| 2006 | George Szabo III |
| 2007 | Andrew Campbell |
| 2008 | Ian Trotter |
| 2009 | Geoff Longenecker |
| 2010 | Garry Adalian |
| 2011 | William Hardesty |
| 2012 | Graham Biehl |
| 2013 | Caleb Paine |
| 2014 | Scott Sinks |
| 2015 | Garry Adalian |
| 2016 | Caleb Paine |
| 2017 | Nevin Snow |
| 2018 | Eric Doyle |
| 2019 | Bob Martin |
| 2020 | Gary Adalian |
| 2021 | Kyle Vanderspek |
| 2022 | Glenn Welch |
| 2023 | Tyler Sinks & Willem VanWaay |
| 2024 | Chris Seidel |
Yachtswoman of the Year
Submission Deadline: OCTOBER 1
Prior Recipients
| 1982 | Annie Gardner |
| 1983 | Virginia Dege |
| 1984 | Peg Hubbard |
| 1985 | Kathy Colby |
| 1986 | JJ Fetter Isler |
| 1987 | Barbara Morton |
| 1988 | Genie DiDonato |
| 1989 | Katy Wadlow |
| 1990 | Vera Moldt |
| 1991 | Giselle Camet |
| 1992 | JJ Isler |
| 1993 | Shella Ann Furman |
| 1994 | Sue Neal |
| 1995 | not awarded |
| 1996 | not awarded |
| 1997 | Jerelyn Biehl |
| 1998 | Susan "Charlie" Arms |
| 1999 | Elaine Townsend |
| 2000 | JJ Isler |
| 2001 | Betty Becker |
| 2002 | Susie Pegel |
| 2003 | Kristin Cummings |
| 2004 | Lauren Maxam |
| 2005 | Colleen Cooke |
| 2006 | Annie Gardner Nelson |
| 2007 | Briana Provancha |
| 2008 | Terri Manok |
| 2009 | Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer |
| 2010 | Danielle Richards |
| 2011 | Mandi Markee |
| 2012 | Becky Nygren |
| 2013 | Briana Provancha |
| 2014 | Aine Fretwell |
| 2015 | Summer Greene |
| 2016 | Paris Henken |
| 2017 | Carolyn Sherman |
| 2018 | Allison Catelyn Bell |
| 2019 | Giselle Nyenhuis |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 | Piper Holthus |
| 2022 | Mary Baker |
| 2023 | Anne David |
| 2024 | Heather Furey |
Alonzo de Jessop Memorial Award
Awarded for Outstanding Service to Yachting
Deadline for submission: OCTOBER 1
Prior Recipients
| 1965 | John Bate |
| 1966 | Harry Monahan |
| 1967 | Paul Kettenburg |
| 1968 | Cpt. Bill Fargo & SD Naval Sailing Club |
| 1969 | The Union Tribune Publishing Company |
| 1970 | Joe Hill, Bob Martinet |
| 1971 | Joseph E. Jessop, Sr. |
| 1972 | Al Paull, Roy Benstead |
| 1973 | Ron Simpson |
| 1974 | Joe McKane |
| 1975 | Jerry Donovan |
| 1976 | Dix Brow, Carl Eichenlaub |
| 1977 | Donald F. Krebs, Sr. |
| 1978 | Pete Jung |
| 1979 | Not awarded |
| 1980 | Helen Bedford, Robert H. Lenson, Norman Neely, WC "Doc" Nichols, John & Genevieve O'Connell |
| 1981 | Anne Arms, Lous Gerlinger, Bob Thomas, Jack Woods |
| 1982 | Ben McKesson, Jack Bodrero |
| 1983 | Phil Arms, Marshall Nemoy |
| 1984 | Clarence "Bee" Kempf |
| 1985 | Sail America Foundation |
| 1986 | Brian Bilbray, Ed Cotter, Paul Pettit |
| 1987 | H. Pete Jefferson |
| 1988 | Ray Prell, Dr. Burton Jay |
| 1989 | Don thoza |
| 1990 | Art Katen, Joe McKane |
| 1991 | Jack Petrick |
| 1992 | Bruce Gordon |
| 1993 | Dr. Dick Disraeli |
| 1994 | Sandi Gilson, Bill Lewis, Whit Davis, Tall Ships Society of SD |
| 1995 | Hank Halleland, Herb Patchel, Marion Bovee, Jon Rogers |
| 1996 | Carl Bowman, Byron Jessop, Fred Kirschner, Stanton Betts |
| 1997 | Bill Dysart |
| 1998 | Ken Gust, Star of India Auxiliary, John Willett |
| 1999 | Robert Muff, Ronald Pauley |
| 2000 | Jim David, Dick Develin, Rupert Hansen, Bill Lafferty, Bill Thayer |
| 2001 | Jeanne Irwin |
| 2002 | Toni Clark, Greg Delapp, Ray Wegrzyn |
| 2003 | Robert Ehlers, Ed Grimes, Richard Wold |
| 2004 | Not Awarded |
| 2005 | Nick Caldwell |
| 2006 | James Lonergan |
| 2007 | Jerry Lounsbury |
| 2008 | David Bond, Cleve Hardaker, Ralph & Judy Longfellow, James Murtland |
| 2009 | Drew Bernet, Malin Burnham |
| 2010 | Pete Curtin, Tom Manok |
| 2011 | Gary Hall, Don J. Johnson, Jeff Johnson, Frank Lyall, Sandra Sherman, Grant Williams |
| 2012 | Jeff Brown, Doug & Connie Paine, Jill Powell, Cortez Racing Assn. |
| 2013 | Tom Kirwan, John Adriany, Fred Hawes, Lynne Eddy |
| 2014 | Bill Campbell, Charles "Chuck" Darragh |
| 2015 | Dr. Raymond Ashley, William Dysart, Linda Lee Loftus |
| 2016 | Hugo & Margie Carver, Brian Evans, Paul & Pat Gadbois, James Lonergan, Joanne O'Dea, Herb Zoehrer |
| 2017 | SEA San Diego, Juniors in Boating |
| 2018 | SEA San Diego, Stan Betts, Ron Dreyer, Bill Edwards, SDYC Sailing Foundation |
| 2019 | John Laun, Cortez Racing Assn. |
| 2020 | SDAYC, Dianne Jacobs |
| 2021 | James Gartland, Jaime McArthur, Mike Dorgan |
| 2022 | Susi Graff, Colleen Cooke, Susan Rodriguez, Dave Kettenhofen, Kathy Dryden |
| 2023 | John Adriany, Kiran Bisaccia |
| 2024 | Kent Prater & Liz Rhea |
John M. Rumsey, MD Award
Awarded for special recognition to a member yacht club person who has distinguished him/herself in the national or international yachting community by participation in any regattas, boating or yachting organizations or activities.
Deadline for submission: OCTOBER 1
Prior Recipients
| 1994 | Joe Londrigan |
| 1995 | Not awarded |
| 1996 | Ruppert Hansen |
| 1997 | Jon Rogers, Tim Wadlow |
| 1998 | Paul Pettit |
| 1999 | Phil Arms |
| 2000 | Charlie Arms |
| 2001 | George Szabo III |
| 2002 | Stan Betts |
| 2003 | Not Awarded |
| 2004 | Whit Davis |
| 2005 | Bill Munster |
| 2006 | Jerelyn Biehl |
| 2007 | Rod McLennan |
| 2008 | Not Awarded |
| 2009 | Danielle Richards |
| 2010 | Cleve Hardaker, Jerry Lounsbury |
| 2011 | Charles Nichols |
| 2012 | E. Woodrow Hunt, MD |
| 2013 | William Campbell |
| 2014 | Bill Hardesty |
| 2015 | Terry Gleeson, George Szabo III |
| 2016 | Willem Van Way, Caleb Paine, Briana Provancha |
| 2017 | Andrew Campbell |
| 2018 | Andrea Caroe |
| 2019 | Jeff Johnson |
| 2020 | Ralph & Judy Longfellow, Jason Davis |
| 2021 | Bruce Golison |
| 2022 | Joanne Sedgwick |
| 2023 | Bill Edwards |
| 2024 | Melanie Roberts |
Paul J. Hartley Memorial Award
Application Instructions
Judging Form & Instructions
Deadline for submission: OCTOBER 1
Prior Recipients
| 1970 | Jack Bateman | MBYC |
| 1971 | Jack Bateman | MBYC |
| 1972 | Mark Reynolds | SDYC |
| 1973 | Craig Martin | MBYC |
| 1974 | Sue Mercer | CYC |
| 1975 | Danny North | SDYC |
| 1976 | Bert Haring | OYC |
| 1977 | Randy Gallman | MBYC |
| 1978 | Randy Smith | MBYC |
| 1979 | Carl Hultgren | MBYC |
| 1980 | Brian Ledbetter | SDYC |
| 1981 | Alan Ledbetter | SDYC |
| 1982 | not awarded | |
| 1983 | Alan Ledbetter | SDYC |
| 1984 | Jeff Peters | SDYC |
| 1985 | Todd Peterson | SDYC |
| 1986 | Randy Lake | SDYC |
| 1987 | Patrick Goddard | SDYC |
| 1988 | Damian Craig | SDYC |
| 1989 | Giselle Camet | SDYC |
| 1990 | Tim Wadlow | SWYC |
| 1991 | Dave Houser | OYC |
| 1992 | Ryan Davis | OYC |
| 1993 | Aimee Graham | SDYC |
| 1994 | Ian Powell | OYC |
| 1995 | Caldwell Morlon | CVYC |
| 1996 | Steve Hochart | MBYC |
| 1997 | Matt Moore | SWYC |
| 1998 | Michel Finazzo | SWYC |
| 1999 | Lauren Bernson | CYC |
| 2000 | Piet Van Os | MBYC |
| 2001 | Lauren Bernson | CYC |
| 2002 | Danielle Richards | SDYC |
| 2003 | Megan Pluth | SWYC |
| 2004 | Adam Roberts | SDYC |
| 2005 | Tyler Sinks | SDYC |
| 2006 | Samantha Danielle Ellis | SWYC |
| 2007 | Caleb Paine | SWYC |
| 2008 | Jennifer Davis | CVYC |
| 2009 | Kevin Laube | MBYC |
| 2010 | Kate Rakelly | MBYC |
| 2011 | Emily Bohl | SDYC |
| 2012 | Adam Reiter | SDYC |
| 2013 | Molly Pleskus | SDYC |
| 2014 | Jesse McKnight | SDYC |
| 2015 | Grace Yakutis | CYC |
| 2016 | Cole Harris | SDYC |
| 2017 | Sam Merson | MBYC |
| 2018 | Crew Fritsch | CYC |
| 2019 | Piper Holthus | SDYC |
| 2020 | Marliegh Henehan | MBYC |
| 2021 | Shea McGrath | MBYC |
| 2022 | Alice Schmid | SDYC |
| 2023 | Preston Miller | CYC |
| 2024 | Wyatt Kelly | SDYC |
Peter Curtin Sportsmanship Award
Deadline for submission: OCTOBER 1
Prior Recipients
| 2020 | Crew of Sea Maiden: Carolyn Sherman, Sandra Sherman, Brian Fritzges | SWYC |
| 2021 | not awarded | |
| 2022 | not awarded | |
| 2023 | George Hershman | SDYC |
| 2024 | Larry Schmitz | MBYC |