The Sea Education Association of Woods Hole, Massachusetts was selected by The Cruising Club of America to receive the coveted Rod Stephens Trophy for Outstanding Seamanship for 2005. The award was presented at the Club's annual Awards Dinner in New York on January 17, 2006. Making the presentation of the award was CCA Commodore Edward S. Rowland of Hamilton, MA.
Above: 2005 award winner Sea Education Association's Corwith Cramer
The Rod Stephens Seamanship Trophy was presented to the Cruising Club of America by 21 of Rod’s shipmates and other friends. It is a perpetual trophy to be awarded by the Club for an act of seamanship which significantly contributes to the safety of a yacht, or one or more individuals at sea.
The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has selected Jean-Pierre Dick (Nice, France) to receive the Rod Stephens Trophy for Outstanding Seamanship for his completion of the Vendée Globe 2012-2013 after sailing without a keel for the last 2,650 miles of the solo non-stop around-the-world race. The trophy is given “for an act of seamanship that significantly contributes to the safety of a yacht or one or more individuals at sea.” The award will be presented on May 21, 2014 at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan.