Origin of the Ida Lewis Logo
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The
U.S. Sailing Junior Women?s Championships are comprised of two events. One
is for the Nancy Leiter Clagett Trophy known as the Leiter Trophy and the
other is for the Ida Lewis Trophy. The Leiter Trophy was started in 1980,
by Tom Clagett as a club event in memory of Nancy Leiter Clagett who died
in April 1977. The Leiter Trophy is now awarded for the Junior Women?s
Singlehanded Championship. The Ida Lewis Trophy is awarded for the Junior
Women?s Doublehanded Championship. This event was started in 1996, by
Tom Clagett, when it became apparent that a Doublehanded Championship was
needed to complement the already existing Singlehanded Championship
race. After Tom died in June 2001, the Sportsmanship Award for both the
Leiter Trophy and the Ida Lewis Trophy was named the C. Thomas Clagett Jr.
Sportsmanship Award to honor Tom?s dedication to Junior Women?s Sailing.
Nancy, a world-class sailor when she married Tom Clagett, already had her own private signal, a green ladder on a Yellow Rectangle. (Leiter is German for ladder.) Tom and Nancy's first boat was named ?The Barefoot Girl? due to Nancy?s preference of not wearing shoes. Thus emerged the design for Tom?s private signal of two white bare feet on a blue triangle. The two Junior Women?s Championship logos were designed using Tom and Nancy?s private signals, serving as a constant reminder of the commitments they made to Junior Women?s Sailing, sailing in general, and to each other.
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