Blue Water Medal 2010 for Alex Whitworth - Cruising Club of America

5:18 AM Sat 29 Jan 2011 GMT

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The Cruising Club of America (CCA) will award its prestigious 2010 Blue Water Medal to Australian Alex Whitworth for a circumnavigation of the world via the Northwest Passage West to East. The first Blue Water Medal was awarded in 1923 and it is given 'for a most meritorious example of seamanship, the recipient to be selected from among the amateurs of all the nations.' The award will be presented on March 4, 2011 by CCA Commodore Sheila McCurdy during the CCA?s annual Awards Dinner at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. Whitworth was born in an air raid shelter ...

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