2008 Annual Awards

 

SEA URCHINS	Most Improved:	Ames Sheriff
	Sportsmanship:	Nell Coues
	Shipshape:	McKenzie Perkins
MATES	Most Improved:	Katherine French
	Sportsmanship:	Mara Franklin
	Shipshape:	Matt White
BOSUNS	Most Improved:	Gillian Winn
	Sportsmanship:	Will Haering
	Shipshape:	Thomas Walker
BOSUNS II	Most Improved:	Aisling Batchelder
	Sportsmanship:	Antonia Leggett
	Shipshape:	Peter Mansfield
ENSIGNS	Most Improved:	Nick Carter
	Sportsmanship:	David Eslava
	Shipshape:	Frank McCarthy
SKIPPERS	Most Improved:	Keith Blagden
	Sportsmanship:	Cam Shaw
	Shipshape:	Ben Bichet
MARINERS	Most Improved:	Hunter Coons
	Sportsmanship:	Ana Glidden
	Shipshape:	Clara Hunnewell
OPTI CHAMPS	Most Improved:	James Collins
	Sportsmanship:	Cam Holley
	Coach's Award:	Miranda Bakos
	Best Skipper:	Wes Fabyan
420 TEAM	Most Improved:	Jordan Bothwick
	Sportsmanship:	Mimi Leggett
	Top Crew:	Walter Hunnewell
	Top Skipper:	Nate Jermain
	Coach's Award:	Emmett Snyder

Perpetual Awards

Walt Tompkins Award - James Collins

Named for MSA's Program Director of thirteen years (1983-1995), this award, first presented in 1996, goes to the boy or girl who, through individual effort, was the most improved sailor in the Manchester Sailing Association.

Carl Magee Award - William Kiley

Named for Manchester Yacht Club's manager of thirty years (1968-1998), this award, first presented in 1996, goes to the MSA sailor who most embodies the ideals of sportsmanship, including respect for officials, fellow competitors, and him or herself, and seamanship, including respect for his or her sailboat and the sea.

Everett Morss Award - Connor Winn

The Everett Morss Award was donated by the Morss family in 1972 in memory of Mr. Everett Morss. He was a fine sailor and a gentleman who was a good friend to all junior sailors in Manchester. This award is given each year to a boy or girl who demonstrates exemplary skill in the handling of small boats under all weather conditions. The winner's name will be inscribed on a brass plate on a model of a square-rigged ship, which will be displayed at the Sovereign Bank in Manchester.

David's Seamanship Award - Sasha Miller, Tucker Evans

This award is given in memory of David Siljeholm, who enjoyed Manchester Harbor most of his young life, until his death at age 14 in 2004. It will be awarded each year to two members of the Ensign, Skipper or Mariner classes who exhibit David's love of being on the water. The award includes tuition at a BOATWISE safe boating or basic navigation class.