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Name: | Marlinspike Seamanship Award |
| Criteria: | Awarded to the skipper who has made an outstanding nautical passage (or passages) during the past year.
In 1979 the award was called “Sailing and Marlinspike (Jr Achievement)” and appears to have been repurposed in 1994.
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| Dedicated and Donated By: | S&S Hardware and Building Supply |
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| Last Amended: | 24 Mar 2018 |
Recipients
Any errors, omissions or updates to these data should be reported to the SBYC Historian (historian@silvabayyachtclub.com)
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| Year | Recipient | Citation | Boat Name |
| 1979 | Alby Bentzen & John Dibley Jr. | Junior Achievement | |
| 1980 | Patricia Jones | ||
| 1981 | Peter Cellik | ||
| 1982 | Christian Westarp | Junior showing the best advancement in the junior sailing program | |
| 1983 | Michelle Forsyth | ||
| 1991 | Ron Goriak | Senior’s Cruise | Nesika III |
| 1992 | Sharon Errington | Free Life II | |
| 1994 | Larry & Sharon Errington | Outstanding passage – went South | Free Life II |
| 1995 | The Jones Family | Valdiva, Chile | Kuinga II |
| …. | Missing or not awarded in 1996 -1998? | ||
| 1999 | Keith & Stella Smith | ||
| 2000 | Mike Richards & E.J. Hurst | ||
| 2001 | Rex & Irene Malthouse | ||
| 2002 | Oliver Woolcock | Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island | SV Hannibal |
| 2003 | Vic Dowling | ||
| 2004 | Gordon & Sharon Snell | Puppeteer | |
| 2005 | Chris Boulsbee & Marilyn Campbell | SV Kingfisher | |
| 2006 | Sharon & Greg Belisle | Trip to Alaska | Sapho |
| 2007 | Oliver Woolcock & Lynn Coleman | SV Hannibal | |
| 2008 | Bert & Rosanne terHart | Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island | SV Seaburban |
| 2009 | Frank & June Shoemaker | Gabriola around the south end of Vancouver Island to Brooks Peninsula and back. | MV Twoshoes |
| 2010 | Bert terHart | Non-stop engineless passage to Victoria from mid-Hecate Strait despite catastrophic engine failure (broken crankshaft). | SV Seaburban |
| 2011 | Jean-Michel Hanssens | Impeccable planning (tides, currents, routes) for the Club Cruise to Puget Sound. | SV Cipango |
| 2012 | Bert terHart | 1) Haida Gwaii to Gabriola on an 18′ converted cat boat; 2) taught “The Practical Seamanship Series” – 5 days of onboard practical exercises and training covering anchoring, docking, man overboard, sail handling and weather for club members. (Two sessions weekly – Wednesday and Thursday) during the month of May. |
SV Ocarina / SV Seaburban |
| 2013 | Mike Apps & John Taylor | Two boats, three people over 70 from Gabriola around the south end of Vancouver Island to Point Estevan and back. | SV Sea Puppet / MV Hagar III |
| 2014 | Michael Casling | Represented SBYC in Swiftsure Race | SV Griffon |
| 2015 | Mark Halliwell | On a cruise to Ladysmith, Mark’s wife, Brenda was on the swim platform cleaning bumpers – she was wearing her inflatable PFD at the time. She lost her balance, grabbed for the ladder which swung down and over she went. Mark heard the ladder bang and a grunt from Brenda when he realized what happened. The boat was turned around, Brenda rescued – no heroics, just a very routine man overboard drill, says Mark. | SV Dog Star |
| 2016 | Alan Dennis | Solo around Vancouver Island | SV Griffin |