This 32-foot 9-inch oa. Alden ketch departed New London June 23, 1928, in the Bermuda Race of that year, and circumnavigated via Panama and Suez Canals with crew of two, except for period of race. Arrived N.Y. November 24, 1931.
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
A 13,000-mile cruise of this 46-foot oa. ketch from Ithaca, N.Y. to Ithaca, Greece, and return to New York City. Started June 20, 1929, completed May 30, 1930.
A 4,000-mile cruise in the West Indies with crew of two from and to Barnegat Bay, N.J. The 23-foot oa. cutter, designed by the owner, was subsequently lost with all hands under different ownership. No power.
An eastbound trans-Atlantic passage, Branford, Conn., to Falmouth, July 5 to July 31, 1928. Roue-designed 56-foot oa. ketch.
This 50-foot oa. Alden schooner had been sailed to England for the 1926 Fastnet. Medal was awarded for her return passage, from Portsmouth, north about, Iceland, Labrador, Cape Breton Island, 58 days to Newport, R.I.
Double trans-Atlantic crossing, including Bermuda Race. LeHavre pilot cutter 56 feet oa. April 3, 1926 from Falmouth, July 27 to Plymouth.
First circumnavigation-from Los Angeles to Los Angeles via Cape and Panama Canal, November 18, 1921- October 31, 1925. Home-built a 34-foot yawl of Sea Bird type. Single-handed.
Departed Shanghai February 20, 1923 and arrived Denmark via Cape of Good Hope in May, 1924. Double-ended ketch, 47 feet oa., built by native laborers. Crew of three.
Left Gibraltar June 7, 1923, and arrived Fort Totten, L.I., exactly 100 days later. Non-stop. Dixon Kemp-designed British cutter, 34 feet oa. Single-handed.