5. OCC Award of Merit
Tim Severin
Dick Giddings
James Wharram
OCC Award
Fergus and Kay Quinlan
Geoff Pack Memorial Award
Val Howells
The Jester Medal
Matt Rutherford
The Vasey Vase
Rev. Bob Shepton
The Rose Medal
David Tyler
The Barton Cup
Patrick and Amanda Marshall
The Rambler Medal
Jim and Kate Thomsen
The David Wallis Trophy
Maggie Nelson
The Water Music Trophy
John Kirkus
The Qualifier’s Mug
The Smith Family
(David, Sarah, Bethany & Bryn)
The Port Officer Medal
John Van Schalkwyk
31. "A sailor's joys are as
simple as a child's."
- Bernard Moitessier
32. To a member or Port Officer non-member who has done
most to “foster and encourage ocean cruising in small
craft and the practice of seamanship and navigation in
all branches”.
35. "I once knew a writer who,
after saying beautiful things
about the sea, passed through
a Pacific hurricane, and he
became a changed man".
-Joshua Slocum
36. For the most meritorious short-handed voyage
by a club member(s)
43. “If you want to build a ship,
don't drum up the men to
gather wood, divide the work
and give orders. Instead,
teach them to yearn for the
vast and endless sea...”
- Antoine de Saint Exupery
44. For the most meritorious short voyage by
a club member(s)
46. “If you live a life of make-believe,
your life isn’t worth anything until
you do something that does
challenge your reality. And to me,
sailing the open ocean is a real
challenge, because it’s life or death.
There's no quarter.”
- Morgan Freeman
47. For a voyage of an unusual or exploratory nature made
by a Club member
48.
49.
50.
51.
52. “The person who goes
farthest is generally the one
who is willing to do and dare.
The sure-thing boat never
gets far from shore.”
- Dale Carnegie
53. For the most valuable contribution to ‘Flying Fish’. The
recipient is nominated by the Editorial Sub-Committee.
54.
55. "Cruising has two pleasures.
One is to go out in wider
waters from a sheltered place.
The other is to go into a
sheltered place from wider
waters."
- Howard Bloomfield
56. To a member who has contributed most to the Club by
way of providing cruising information, navigation
and pilotage.
57.
58. “Twenty years from now you
will be more disappointed
by the things that you didn't do
than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.”
- Mark Twain
59. For the most ambitious or arduous qualifying voyage by
a new member as submitted for publication in the OCC
journal, “Flying Fish” or in the OCC Newsletter.