J. H. Williams Challenge Trophy


Challenge Trophy presented to San Diego Yacht Club by J.H. Williams.

Silver cup with belaying pin handles on copper windlass mounted on tall octagonal pyramid base sailing scene carved on cup.

Presented in 1905, for an annual Open Handicap Race, by Capt. J.H. Williams, a retired sea captain who became an active participant in SDYC racing activities with his catboat, IDLE HOUR.  This was of a type called "sandbagger" because sandbags were used for ballast.  First winner, Kent Hamilton, BUTCHER BOY.

Year Sailor Name(s) Boat Name Boat Type Results
1990 Barry Ault THAT'S NO LADY Etchells 22
1989 Sandy Purdon RENEGADE
1987 Sandy Purdon RENEGADE
1988 Sandy Purdon RENEGADE
1986 Scot Tempesta FREEFALL
1983-1985 Not Raced
1982 Sandy Purdon RENEGADE
1981 Not Raced
1980 Sandy Purdon RENEGADE
1979 Frank Radford PILGRAM
1978 Fred Frye SALSIPUEDES
1973-1977 Not Raced
1972 W. Knight CHANCE
1971 John X. Tsirimokos AYEEA II
1970 David Newman VALERO
1969 Frank Rollins VELA
1968 Dan Stitzel ADROIT
1967 John E. Barbey, Jr. THALIA III
1966 John E. Barbey, Jr. THALIA III
1965 Ted Ward HAWK
1964 Al Frost, Jr. LANI
1963 Charles La Dow CIRCE
1962 Waldo Waterman LADY GODIVA
1961 Waldo Waterman LADY GODIVA
1960 David Folsom REBEL MAID
1959 Tim Shepard EMILY II
1958 Ed Moore TEEK
1957 Sam T. Emery KITTIWAKE
1954-1956 Not Raced
1953 Bill Schult FLYING WING
1952 John Washington LA CUCARACHA Pacific Class (PC)
1951 Chet Zimmerman APACHE II
1950 George C. Jessop, Jr. VARYA
1949 Kenneth Boher KATHLEEN
1948 Robert Maw MINNOW
1947 Lowell North NORTH STAR
1946 Dr. George L. McClintock EXPLORER
1945 G. Gould/P. Rayburn BRILLIANT
1944 B.V. McCune STORELLA
1943 P. Conner WINSOME
1942 John Washington LYNX
1941 Captain Robert D. Israel ALOHA
1940 Walter Trepte ANGELITA
1939 Walter Trepte ANGELITA
1938 Victor Doyle LECKY
1937 George Carter Jessop WINGS Pacific Class (PC)
1936 Ed Peterson & Joe Jessop NI NI NIE Pacific Class (PC)
1935 Captian Samuel Dauchy VARYA
1934 Captain Robert D. Israel ALOHA
1933 Charles Kelly SEAWARD
1932 Captain Victor Doyle TRILBY
1931 Captain Phil Ward LIGHTNIN
1930 Not Raced
1929 Frost Brothers ALGOR
1927-1928 Not Raced
1926 Captain Kenneth Hallawell JUNIOR
1925 Captain Oswald Zahn GRETCHEN
1921-1924 Not Raced
1920 Captain Victor Doyle TRILBY
1919 Captain Walter Trepte MAGGIE
1917-1918 Not Raced
1916 Captain Edward Seiler JUNIOR
1915 Not Raced
1914 Captain W.P. Cary DONABELL
1912-1913 Not Raced
1911 Captain Frank K. Wyatt AEOLUS
1910 Captain J.G. Hawley, Jr. GRETCHEN
1909 Captain E.W. Graham TRILBY
1908 Captain J.G. Hawley, Jr. JUNIOR
1907 Not Raced
1906 Captain Kent Hamilton BUTCHER BOY
1905 Captain Kent Hamilton BUTCHER BOY