Nominees for the 2004
Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Award
| Ed Baird (St. Petersburg, FL) | |
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-Portugal Match Cup, Cascais (1st/12 Swedish Match 40s) |
| Tom Brown (Northeast Harbor, ME) | |
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-Paralympic Regatta, Athens, Greece (Silver Medal/16 2.4
Metres) -Open Midwinters, Miami, FL (1st/18 2.4 Metres) -Disabled Midwinters, St. Petersburg, FL (1st/9 2.4 Metres) -Rolex Miami OCR, FL (5th/18 2.4 Metres) |
| Glenn Darden (Ft. Worth, TX) | |
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-J/80 North Americans, Sag Harbor, MI (1st/25 boats) -J/80 Southern Circuit, 6 regatta series (1st/25 boats) -J/105 North Americans, Marion, MA (1st/52 boats) -BBR Regatta, Marion, MA (1st/21 J/105s) -NYYC Rolex Regatta, Newport, RI (3rd/28 J/105s) -JY 15 North Americans, Holland, MI, (1st/50 boats) -U.S. Championship of Champions, Perth Amboy, NJ (2nd/20 JY 15s) |
| Skip Dieball (Toledo, OH) | |
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-Larry Klein
Memorial Regatta, San Diego, CA
(1st/26 Thistles) -Thistle Mid-Winters West, San Diego, CA (1st/15 boats) -Thistle Mid-Winters East, St. Petersburg, FL (1st/62) -Thistle Lake Erie Districts, LaSalle, MI (3rd/25 - 1st LE-West Division) -Thistle Great Lakes Championship, Chicago, IL (2nd/27 - tied for 1st) -Thistle National Championship, Michigan City (3rd/40 Champs Div.) -Interlake Cattail Regatta, Toledo, OH (1st/19 boats) -Interlake National Champs, LaSalle, MI (1st/41 -- won every race) -Lightning Spring Classic, Pymatuning (1st/38) -Lightning Great Lakes Championship, LaSalle, MI (1st/15) -Lightning North Americans, Ontario (1st/103 boats) – crew -Finn North American Championship, LaSalle, MI (2nd/24 boats) |
| Paul Foerster (Rockwall, TX) & Kevin Burnham (Miami, FL) | |
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-Olympic Regatta, Athens, Greece (Gold Medal/27 470 Men) -Kiel Week, Germany (15th/68 470 Men) -470 European Championship, Germany (3rd/67 470 Men) -SPA Regatta, The Netherlands (1st/31 470 Men) -Hyeres Week, France (5th/74 470 Men) -Princess Sofia Trophy, Spain (15th/71 470 Men) |
| Steve Fossett (Chicago, IL) | |
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Fossett and his multinational 12-man crew became the first sailors to circumnavigate the globe in less than 60 days. Fossett shaved five days off the previous record, set in 2002, aboard his 125ft catamaran, Cheyenne, when it became the fastest sailing vessel to circle the planet. Cheyenne was timed at the Le Stiff lighthouse on Ushant, north-west France, at 14.43 GMT, exactly 58 days 9 hr 32 min 45 sec after setting off from there on Feb 9. |
| Terry Hutchinson (Annapolis, MD) | |
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-Congressional
Cup, Long Beach, CA (2nd/10 boats) -Rolex IMS Offshore Worlds, Capri (4th/17 boats non-Corinthian class, IMS 58 Talisman) Tactician: -Rolex Farr 40 World Championship, San Francisco, CA (1st/31 boats) -Big Boat Series presented by Rolex, San Francisco (1st/9 Farr 40s) -St Francis Farr 40 Regatta, San Francisco, CA (1st/15) -NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, Newport, RI (1st/11 Farr 40s) -New York Yacht Club Race Week presented by Rolex, Newport, RI (1st/9 Farr 40s) -Key West Race Week, Florida (2nd/23 Farr 40s - one point behind) -SORC Miami, Florida (3rd/21 Farr 40s) -America’s Cup 2004 Season Champion - Emirates Team New Zealand Act 1 (3rd/8 boats) Act 2 (1st/8 boats) Act 3 (2nd/8 boats) -IMS Mid Atlantic Champion Talisman IMS 58 (32 Boats) |
| Morgan Larson (Santa Cruz, CA) | |
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-Lightsurf International 505 World Championships, Santa
Cruz (1st/102 boats) -505 North American Championships, Santa Cruz (1st/84 boats) -Farr 40 European Championships, Italy (1st/8 boats) - tactician -Santa Cruz Big Boat Regatta, Santa Cruz (1st Santa Cruz 50) -St Francis YC Fall Regatta, San Francisco (1st/19 Vanguard 15s) -Melges 24 Nationals, Santa Cruz (4th/25 boats) - crew -Bermuda Race (1st in Class/1st Overall - TP 52 Rosebud) |
| Johnny Lovell (New Orleans, LA) & Charlie Ogletree (Houston, TX) | |
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-International Catamaran Challenge Trophy, New Orleans,
LA (1st) -Olympic Regatta, Athens, Greece (Silver Medal/17 Tornados) -SPA Regatta, The Netherlands (4th/28 Tornados) -Hyeres Week, France (2nd/18 Tornados) -Tornado World Championship, Spain (2nd/62 cats) -Princess Sofia Trophy, Spain (1st/52 Tornados) -Tornado U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Miami, Florida (1st/8 cats) -Tornado U.S. National Championship (1st/7 cats) -Tornado North American Championship (1st/25 cats) -Clairfontaine Trophy, France (4th/8 cats) |
| Jim Richardson (Boston, MA/Newport, RI) | |
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-Rolex Farr 40 World Championship, San Francisco,
California (1st/31 boats) -Big Boat Series presented by Rolex, San Francisco, California (1st/9 Farr 40s) -Summer Keelboat Regatta, San Francisco, California (2nd/15 Farr 40s) -New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex (1st/9 Farr 40s) -NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, Newport, RI (1st/11 Farr 40s) -Sail Newport Volkswagen Regatta, RI (2nd/8 Farr 40s) -American Yacht Club Spring Series, Rye, New York (1st/7 Farr 40s) -SORC Miami, Florida (3rd/21 Farr 40s) -Key West Race Week, Florida (2nd/23 Farr 40s - one point behind) -Farr 40 Winter Circuit, Key West/Miami, Florida (1st/23 ) -Watts Cup, Los Angeles, California (4th/13) -East Coast Farr 40 Match Race Championship, Newport (1st/5) -East Coast Circuit Championship Rye/Newport (1st/11) -St Francis Farr 40 Regatta, San Francisco, California (1st/15) -NYYC Match Racing Championship Phantom Trophy, Newport (1st/5) -Farr 40 Pre-Worlds Regatta, San Francisco, California (10th/30) |
| John Ross-Duggan (Newport Beach, CA) | |
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-Paralympic Games, Athens, Greece (3rd/15 Sonars) -Sonar World Championship, St. Petersburg, Florida (3rd/25 boats) -Rolex Miami OCR, Florida (10th/14 Sonars) |
