At the One-Design Sailing Symposium, up to five awards are presented to recognize outstanding individuals and organizations in one-design sailing. The categories are: Service, Leadership, Club, Regatta, and Creativity. These awards highlight role models of creative leadership in one-design sailing.

Past winners

Here is your chance to recognize excellent service to our sport!

Nominate your favorite club, fleet, regatta or one-design spark plug for a US SAILING One-Design Award. Did your club run an outstanding multi-class regatta this year? Is there an exceptional person at your club who was responsible for making your fleet grow? US SAILING wants to hear about it. One superbly written nomination per nominee is all that is needed.

Service (The John H. Gardiner, Jr. Trophy)

To recognize distinguished service and leadership in the promotion of one-design sailing and class organization. Make a Nomination: Online

Leadership

In recognition of individual initiative, enthusiasm, organizing ability and leadership in creating the outstanding fleet building program.  Make a Nomination: Online

Club

To recognize administrative excellence, fleet growth, creative programming, regatta support, member contribution -- at regional, national and international levels -- of the one-design yacht club of the year. Make a Nomination: Online

Regatta

To recognize excellence in development, promotion, and management by organizers and sponsors of the year's outstanding multi-class regional regatta. Make a Nomination: Online

Creativity

To recognize outstanding individual creativity and contribution to the year's most innovative one design event of national or international significance. No award in 2006
Make a Nomination: Online