From New York to Greenland and return with his wife, Patricia, as sole crew.
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
Winner of the second Singlehanded Race across the Atlantic from Plymouth, England to Newport, R. I. in 27 days, 1 hour, 56 minutes.
Two circumnavigations in a 32-foot ketch; one in 1950-55, the other in 1957-63.
Extended cruises along the coasts of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Awarded "without date", signifying a particularly lengthy course of accomplishments at sea
Winner of the first Singlehanded Race across the Atlantic in 1960, from east to west across the Atlantic.
Global circumnavigation in Lehg II, 1942-1943. Other phenomenal single-handed voyages in Lehg I, 1931-1932; Lehg II, 1945-1947; Sirio, 1955.
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Awarded "without date", signifying a particularly lengthy course of accomplishments at sea
Single-handed circumnavigation in home-built yawl 20-foot 10-inch oa. via the Cape of Good Hope and the Panama Canal. From Victoria, B.C. to Victoria, September 10, 1955 to September 10, 1959.
Singlehanded circumnavigation westabout around Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope, in home-built sloop 30-foot 9-inch oa. From Ouistreham, France, May 24, 1950 to Arcachon, France, July 25, 1958.
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.
For his meritorious ocean passages, his sterling seamanship and his advancement of the sport by counsel and example.
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Awarded "without date", signifying a particularly lengthy course of accomplishments at sea