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Waterfront News Cruising Club of America
2013 Rod Stephens Trophy awarded to Jean-Pierre Dick
NEW YORK, NY – The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has selected Jean-Pierre Dick (Nice, France) to receive the Rod Ste- phens 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 signifi cantly 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. Dick, a qualifi ed veterinary surgeon
with a master’s degree in business, spent many years as a business executive before devoting his life to ocean racing. His accom- plishments include four circumnavigations and fi ve transatlantic crossings. In the Vendee Globe 2008-2009 Dick had to retire to New Zealand after suffering rudder damage due to an unidentifi ed fl oat- ing object.
In 2013, Dick was racing in his third
Vendee Globe aboard the IMOCA 60 Vir- bac-Paprec3. Going into the fi nal stretch of the race Dick was in the running for third place, but on January 21st
about 500 miles
northwest of the Cape Verde Islands, the canting keel broke off the boat. In order to keep the boat upright without the keel, Dick fi lled the water ballast tanks, outran a 50-knot storm and anchored in a cove off the coast of Spain.
After 48 hours, he continued racing without the keel, and on February 4, 2013, after sailing 27,734 miles, Dick crossed the fi nish line in fourth place with an elapsed time of 86 days, three hours, three minutes and 40 seconds. His other major accom- plishment during the race was covering the greatest distance in a 24-hour period, clock- ing 517.23 miles while racing on December 10th
with an average speed of 21.6 knots. CRUISING CLUB OF AMERICA AWARDS: DICK AND WADLOWS
Jean-Pierre Dick’s Ocean Racing Accom- plishments: 2013 Vendee Globe (fourth place) 2011 French Sailor of the Year 2011 Transat Jacques Vabre (fi rst place with Jeremie Beyou) 2010-2011 Barcelona World Race (fi rst place with Loick Peyron)
2010 Route du Rhum (fourth place) 2007-2008 Barcelona World Race (fi rst place with Damian Foxall)
2006 Route du Rhum (third place) 2005 Transat Jacques Vabre (fi rst place with Loick Peyron) 2004-2005 Vendee Globe (sixth place) 2003 Transat Jacques Vabre (fi rst place
with Nicolas Abiven) 2001 Tour de France Sailing Race (fi rst
place)
2013 Far Horizons Award Goes to Tom and Dorothy Wadlow The Cruising Club of America (CCA)
has selected Tom and Dorothy Wadlow (Mystic, CT) to receive its 2013 Far Hori- zons Award for an admirable 18 years and 75,000 miles of cruising. The award is given to recognize specifi c members “for a particularly meritorious cruise or series of cruises that exemplify the objectives of the Club.” Commodore Frederic T. Lhamon will present the award at the annual CCA Awards Dinner on March 7, 2014 at New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. In 1995, the Wadlows had their Chuck Paine designed Apogee 50 Joyant built at Able Marine in Mt. Desert Island, Maine. The boat was shipped to San Diego, CA and outfi tted before the couple took her south on a shakedown cruise to Mexico then north to Seattle.
In 1997, the duo embarked on a year- long cruise, which included Alaska’s Gla- cier Bay, the Gulf of Alaska, and Prince William Sound. From there, the Wadlows cruised Joyant south to Baja (Mexico) and back north to San Diego where Joyant stayed
2013 LOBSTER BOAT RACE CD
until 1999 when the couple set out on a 1,500 nautical mile journey south to Zihuatanejo (Mexico) and through the Panama Canal. In 2000 the couple toured Costa Rica’s San Blas Islands and Columbia’s Bay Islands. From there they cruised Guatemala’s Rio Dulce and then on to Belize. After that, the Wadlows took Joyant up the eastern coast of Mexico to Florida and then north to New England.
From 2001 to 2005 the Wadlows
cruised Joyant along the eastern coast of North America. They sailed to Florida, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Dominican Republic. After that, the couple sailed north to circumnavigate the Canadian province of Newfoundland before sailing south again to Bermuda and continu- ing on to the Caribbean Islands where they cruised to Trinidad and the eastern Caribbe- an before returning to Maine. In 2006, the Wadlows took Joyant on a 16-day transatlantic passage from Mystic, Conn., to Ireland, where they cruised the country’s west coast, and continued on to the Outer Hebrides, a chain of islands along the western coast of Scotland. In 2007 they cruised the Orkneys and Shetland Islands. From there, they sailed to a latitude of 80 degrees north to Svalbard (Norway) and then south to Sweden. In 2008 the couple explored the Baltic Sea, touring Finland, Denmark and Sweden. In 2009 they cruised to Germany, Holland, Belgium, London (England), and the Isles of Scilly before returning to Ireland. In 2010, the Wadlows cruised the Faroe
Islands off the mainland of Scotland and then headed south to the Isle of Man. After that they crossed the Bay of Biscay to get to Spain and Portugal, and from there they
sailed to Gibraltar and Morocco. In 2011 they cruised the Western Mediterranean, touring Barcelona (Spain), Cannes and St. Tropez (France), Monaco, Italy, Corsica (France), Sardinia and the Balearic Islands (Spain). From there, the couple sailed south to the island of Maderia and continued on to the Canary Islands. In 2012, the Wadlows departed from the Canary Islands and sailed back across the Atlantic Ocean to New England, via the Cape Verde Islands, Antigua and the Eastern Caribbean.
In 2013 the couple embarked on yet another cruise, starting and ending in Mys- tic, which took them to Cape Chidley on the northeastern tip of the Labrador Peninsula (Canada). Currently the Wadlows are em- barking on a new excursion, which will take them to the west coast of South America by way of the Panama Canal. The Cruising Club of America is ded-
icated to offshore cruising, voyaging and the “adventurous use of the sea” through efforts to improve seamanship, the design of seaworthy yachts, safe yachting proce- dures and environmental awareness. Now in its 90th year, the club has 11 stations throughout the U.S., Canada and Bermuda, with approximately 1200 members who are qualifi ed by their experience in offshore passage making. In even-numbered years, the CCA organizes the Newport to Bermuda Race in conjunction with the Royal Bermu- da Yacht Club. Through the club’s Bonnell Cove Foundation, grants are made to 501 (c)(3) organizations for safety at sea and environment of the sea projects. For more information on the CCA, go to http://www.
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