Cruising Club of America

Blue Water Medal

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Blue Water Medal (no date) to Robin Knox-Johnston

The Blue Water Medal (No Ddate) has been awarded to Sir Robin Knox-Johnston for a lifetime devoted to the advancement of sailing, sail training and youth development, and on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his singlehanded, non-stop circumnavigation of the world. (photo credit: Clipper Ventures)

Hill & Robertson 2009 Blue Water Medal to Annie Hill & Trevor Robertson

The CCA HAS selected Annie Hill and Trevor Robertson to receive its prestigious 2009 Blue Water Medal in recognition of a life of cruising and voyaging that best exemplifies the objects and goals of the CCA. (photo courtesy: Annie Hill)

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.