1957 Blue Water Medal to DR. WILLIAM F. HOLCOMB aboard Landfall II

1957 Blue Water Medal to DR. WILLIAM F. HOLCOMB aboard Landfall II

Circumnavigation westabout from San Francisco of Schock-designed 46.5-foot oa. schooner via the Suez and Panama Canals, with side trips to South America, England, North Africa and New York: September 18, 1953- September 15, 1957.

Award
Blue Water
Year
1957
Recipient Name
DR. WILLIAM F. HOLCOMB
Boat Name
Landfall II
Extra Information
1957

Prior Recipients

 

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, Bernard Moitessier, and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston..

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 1923