Irish Cruising Club Awards

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The Challenge Trophy Awards, For members only
  • The Faulkner Perpetual Challenge Cup
    Shall be awarded each year for the log of the best cruise on a sailing yacht owned by a member of the Club, undertaken during the Season by any member, provided that he shall be in command of the yacht. The judge will take into consideration the distance covered, the time taken, the size of the vessel and its crew, the use of auxiliary power, the seamanship displayed, and any difficulties encountered and overcome.
  • The Strangford Cup, for an alternative best cruise.
  • The Fortnight Cup, for the best cruise undertaken in a maximum of 16 days.
  • The Round Ireland Navigation Cup, for the best circumnavigation with special emphasis on navigational and pilotage content.
  • The Wybrants Cup, for the best cruise in Scottish waters.
  • The Fingal Cup, awarded at the adjudicator’s discretion for the log which appealed to him/her most.
  • The Rockabill Trophy, for a cruise that includes an exceptional feat of navigation and/or seamanship.
  • The Glengarriff Trophy, for the best cruise in Irish waters.
  • The Atlantic Trophy, for the best open sea passage with port-to-port distance of at least 1000 miles.
  • The Perry Greer Bowl, for the best first ICC log.
  • The Wild Goose Cup, at the adjudicator’s discretion for a log of exceptional literary merit.
  • The Marie Trophy, for the best log for a cruise in a yacht up to thirty feet overall.
  • The Dunn’s Ditties Salver, for the best Dunn’s Ditty.
Irish Cruising Club Awards
  • The John B Kearney Cup, for an outstanding contribution to Irish sailing. This cup may be awarded to non-members.
  • The Fastnet Award is a perpetual trophy which will be held by the Club on behalf of the recipient(s) for 12 months. It will be presented not more often than annually, but it is not anticipated that it will be awarded every year.
    The Award will be made for exceptional achievements and for excellence in or closely related to cruising under sail. The Commodore may, at his or her discretion, nominate a small number of people to assist with the identification of potential candidates as they arise. A list of candidates, when such is available, will be submitted to the Commodore and the recipient of the Award will be selected by the Flag Officers of the Club.
    The recipients need not be members of the Irish Cruising Club; they may be professional or semi-professional sailors and the voyage or achievement recognised by the award can have benefited from sponsorship or other financial support.
    The presentation of the Trophy will be made, when possible, at the Annual Dinner of the Club.
  • The Friendship Cup, to be awarded annually by the Irish Cruising Club, in its sole discretion, to members or their spouses, who exemplify the highest values of the ICC.
  • The Gull Salver, is awarded biennially to the owner of the highest placed Irish yacht in the RORC Fastnet Race
  • The Wright Salver, awarded by the North Region Subcommittee.
  • The Donegan Memorial Trophy, awarded by the East Region Subcommittee
  • The Waterford Harbour Cup, awarded by the South Region Subcommittee.
  • The Aran Islands Trophy, awarded by the West Region Subcommittee.
  • The Trans-Oceanic Pennant, Awarded to a member who has sailed a vessel across an ocean as skipper when a member. The voyage may include a stop en route provided that the overall general direction of the voyage is unchanged and a single passage of not less than typically 1500 nm forms part of the voyage. A request for the award of a pennant should be sent to the Hon Sec with details of the voyage and the Committee will decide whether to make the award. The pennant, if awarded, will be supplied free of charge. Another owner or skipper may not fly the pennant on that vessel. The member to whom it was awarded may fly the pennant on any other vessel that he or she may subsequently skipper, in the manner described in Rule 4 (vii).
  • The Irish Cruising Club Photographic Plate
    • The photograph must be of a maritime or littoral subject.
    • It should have been taken by a Club member or a crew member of a Club member’s boat.
    • It should have been taken in the previous cruising year.
    • It should have been submitted to the Club as a contribution to the website, newsletter, or Annual and the respective editors will provide a short list of the best submissions to an Adjudicator nominated by the Committee in January (or earlier) of the year of the award.
  • ICC Golf Trophy
    Winners of the golf competition held as part of the Annual Weekend.