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While youth and women had had national, ladder-system championships for a
quarter century, it was not until 1952 that a similar championship for men eighteen years
and older was established during Robert N. Bavier, Jr.’s tenure as Executive Director
of NAYRU. The family of Clifford D. Mallory, who revived NAYRU in 1925, provided a
magnificent sterling silver tureen, purportedly from the estate of Lord Nelson but
according to the hallmarks more likely executed after his death for his brother. It was
immediately popular, with twenty of the twenty-three district associations competing in
the inaugural match won by Cornelius Shields of the Larchmont Yacht Club. The next year,
the regulations were relaxed to permit female members in the crew but not at the helm. |
Clifford D. Mallory Cup |
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Notable winners were Harry C. (Buddy) Melges, Jr. of the Inland Lake Yachting
Association and Zak Fanberg of Bay Waveland, both of whom
have won three times in a row, while Eugene H. Wallet, III of New Orleans, Glenn Darden
of the Texas Yachting Association and Michael Turner of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club who
each won two straight. Scott Young of Texas has won four times, twice as crew and twice as
skipper.
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