Page 6. MAINE COASTAL NEWS February 2009
Waterfront News
Cruising Club of America Presents Blue Water Medal to William Piper III
NEW YORK, NY – The Cruising Club of gency room, and performed successful sur- The Rod Stephens Trophy for Outstand- manship and with a keen eye and apprecia-
America has selected William (Scott) Piper gery. ing Seamanship is awarded to Susanne tion for this harsh yet fragile area. Skip
III, M.D. to receive its prestigious 2008 Blue Scott Piper has crossed the Atlantic eight Huber-Curphey and Tony Curphey for their Novak’s story and his voyage provide great
Water Medal for 12 years of adventurous times and the Indian and Pacific Oceans four joint seamanship in saving Galenaia in the reading and help raise awareness of changes
cruising and voyaging in two boats, Pipe times each. His routes have varied substan- Tasman Sea. The couple, sailing solo on their in the sailor’s environment.
Dream VI, a J/40, and Pipe Dream IX, a 52’ J/ tially, including high latitude crossings of the own boats (Tony in Galenaia and Susanne in The Richard S. Nye Trophy is awarded to
160, aboard which he has logged over 132,000 North Pacific and Southern Oceans. His voy- So Long) on a passage from West Australia Ronald C. Trossbach for bringing distinction
miles, for a total of 180,000 miles. The medal ages have included roundings of three of the to Fiji, they encountered severe weather un- to The Cruising Club of America by meritori-
was presented at the club’s annual Awards world’s great capes, Cape Horn, the Cape of til, 29 days out, Galenaia’s rudder and skeg ous service, able seamanship, outstanding
Dinner in New York on January 13, 2009 by Good Hope, and Cape Leeuwin on the south- broke. Susanne and So Long sailed back 150 performance in long range cruising, and his
CCA Commodore Ross Sherbrooke, of Bos- west tip of Australia. While he usually sails miles, found her husband and his damaged statesmanship in the affairs of international
ton, Mass. with friends, some of his voyages have been and leaking boat, and in heavy seas took them yachting with his long term and ongoing
Now 69, Scott Piper retired a few years ago done solo. in tow. For eight days and 650 miles they were contributions to Safety at Sea programs and
as an orthopedic surgeon. He graduated from He has been awarded 14 Parkinson Tro- separated by 80 meters of tow line. On April seminars.
Dartmouth, and later took his residency in phies (including one for his recent Pacific 5th they arrived safely at Port Nelson, South The Royal Cruising Club Trophy is
New York City, where he served in the Far crossing) for transoceanic voyaging, and it Island, New Zealand. awarded to Robert A. Van Blaricom for his trip
East during the Vietnam War, and until not appears he is due for two more that he has The Far Horizons Award is awarded to from San Francisco to Prince William Sound
long ago practiced in southern Florida. His never applied for. In his cruising he has John H. Harries and Phyllis Nickel for their in Alaska in his 32’ sloop Misty, a cruise of
wife Gillette, is a practicing psychologist. In accumulated 126 foreign courtesy flags. He extensive cruises and long distance pas- some 2,000 miles. His story in the 2009 Cruis-
remote areas, word of a doctor’s arrival trav- has also raced his boats in offshore races sages in Morgan’s Cloud to northern high ing Club News, “Voyage to the Hall of the
els fast and on numerous instances Scott has including the Transpac, the Newport Ber- latitudes, including Newfoundland, Labra- Mountain King” is most interesting and a
performed emergency procedures. On one muda Race (doublehanded), and the Rolex dor, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and helpful reference for others planning a trip to
such occasion a few years ago, a young man Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Svalbard. In the past 11 years they have Alaska.
was swept over a large waterfall, smashing In addition to presenting its Blue Water completed four transatlantic passages, and The Cruising Club of America is dedi-
numerous bones and almost drowning. Scott Medal, the CCA also presented the following twice wintered over in Tromso, Norway, 300 cated to offshore cruising, voyaging and the
trucked him to a hospital, took over the emer- 2008 Award Citations: miles north of the Arctic Circle. They have “adventurous use of the sea” through efforts
shared their Norwegian cruising experiences to improve seamanship, the design of sea-
Marine Technology Scholarship Program
and taught and inspired other sailors in their worthy yachts, safe yachting procedures
extensive on-line cruising guide. and environmental awareness. Now in its
Student interested in pursuing a career anyone who meets a scholarship’s specific
The Charles H. Vilas Literary Prize is 88th year, the club has 10 stations through-
in marine engineering or science can now criteria.
awarded to Skip Novak for the story of his out the U.S., Canada and Bermuda, with ap-
apply for scholarships from the Marine Tech- Applications and related material must
voyage in 2008 submitted to the 2009 Cruis- proximately 1200 members who are qualified
nology Society (MTS) for the 2009/2010 aca- be received by MTS no later than April 15.
ing Club News, “Witness to Change.” Skip by their experience in offshore passage mak-
demic year. The scholarships are targeted to Applications and information on what schol-
hosted a National Geographic film crew ing. In even-numbered years, the CCA orga-
students with an interest in marine instru- arships are offered and how to apply are at
aboard his specially fitted out boat Pelagic nizes the Newport to Bermuda Race in con-
mentation, technology, engineering and re-
www.mtsociety.org/education/
Australis in January 2008 as they docu- junction with the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.
lated subjects. College students, graduating scholarships.aspx.
mented the changes that global warming has It also sponsors several Safety at Sea semi-
high school seniors and students attending The Marine Technology Society is a
brought to the Antarctic Peninsula. He drew nars and hosts a series of “Suddenly Alone”
two-year institutions are eligible. Some 501(c)(3) not-for-profit professional society
upon his 20 years of Antarctic voyaging to seminars for the cruising couple.
scholarships require that applicants be mem-
complete the expedition with exemplary sea-
bers of the society, while others are open to
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