Commodore Harry G. Nye Trophy

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The Commodore Harry G. Nye Trophy

Awarded to the winner of the fourth race of the Star World Championship

The Commodore Harry G. Nye Trophy is not to be confused with the additional Harry Gale Nye Trophy for outstanding service to the Star Class. On and off the water, Harry was a major contributor to the growth of the class and the overall yachting community. Beyond his yachting, Harry was deeply involved in the 1946 rewrite of the International Yacht Racing Rules.

On the water, Harry began sailing on C-scows, Iceboats, then E-Scows on Lake Michigan, winning the Inland Lake Yachting Association Championship in 1929, 1930 and again in 1933, the same year he started Murphy & Nye Sailmakers. He soon turned to Stars and, using his own cut and sewn sails where he first won the Worlds in a war-reduced fleet in 1942 on his home water in Chicago. Certainly it was no fluke, as he proved when the first full post-war fleet assembled in Chicago, again in 1949, and he took his second Gold Star win. Not limited to smaller boats, Harry also skippered the winning yacht in the Chicago to Mackinac race in both 1950 and 1951.

As an innovator, Nye affected the Star class and beyond, starting with sails sewn for Square Riggers and fore-n-aft Schooners. Obviously, he featured his own sails on his winning Stars, all named “Gale”, and was among the first to experiment with synthetic materials for sail cloth. Murphy & Nye was the go-to sailmaker for Stars in the 50s, until a previously little-known Lowell North appeared on the scene. Additionally, he also perfected one of the first boom vangs for a Star, originally called the “go-fast.” In his post-racing days, Nye was among the first to warm up to the use of “foiling”. In 1962, he designed, built and launched the 40’ Enterprise, the first Coast Guard-approved hydrofoil for use in commercial service, operated as a commuter ferry between New Jersey and Manhattan, having proven his skills on hard and soft water and now, skimming above the water.

YEAR	BOAT	SKIPPER	CREW	FLEET	ENTRIES	LOCATION	RESULTS
2025	#8550	Paul Cayard	Frithjof Kleen	WSFB	101	Split, Croatia	Results
2024	#8550	Paul Cayard	Frithjof Kleen	WSFB	64	San Diego	Results
2023	#8580	Eric Doyle	Payson Infelise	SDB	96	Scarlino, Italy	Results
2022	#8507	Luke Lawrence	Andrew Macrae	BisB	84	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
2021	#8567	Diego Negri	Frithjof Kleen	VE	82	Kiel, Germany	Results
2020	Not sailed
2019	#8531	Marin Misura	Tonko Barac	Dal	63	Porto Cervo, Italy	Results
2018	#8466	Paul Cayard	Arthur Lopes	WSFB	70	Oxford, MD, USA	Results
2017	#8317	Eivind Melleby	Josh Revkin	NOR	70	Troense, Denmark	Results
2016	#8497	Diego Negri	Sergio Lambertenghi	VE	72	Miami, FL, USA	Results
2015	#8177	Tomas Hornos	Joshua Revkin	BH	39	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
2014	#8470	George Szabo III	Edoardo Natucci	SDB	87	Lake Garda, Italy	Results
2013	#8237	Xavier Rohart	Serge Pulfer	NI	66	San Diego, CA, USA	Results
2012	#8471	Iain Percy	Andrew Simpson	SO	72	Hyeres, France	Results
2011	#8450	Fredrik Loof	Max Salminen	Bk	41	Perth, Australia	Results
2010	#8371	Iain Percy	Andrew Simpson	SO	73	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
2009	#8364	Flavio Marazzi	Enrico De Maria	TB	86	Varberg, Sweden	Results
2008	#8255	Robert Scheidt	Bruno Prada	GuB	104	Miami, FL, USA	Results
2007	#8127	Robert Scheidt	Bruno Prada	GuB	62	Cascais, Portugal	Results
2006	#8157	Hamish Pepper	Carl Williams	NZL	66	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
2005	#8210	Torben Grael	Marcelo Ferreira	Gua	52	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
2004	#7995	George Szabo III	Christian Finnsgard	SDB	102	Gaeta, Italy	Results
2003	#8028	Mark Neeleman	Peter van Niekerk	Med	83	Cadiz, Spain	Results
2002	#8067	Mark Reynolds	Magnus Liljedahl	SDB	103	Los Angeles Harbor, CA, USA	Results
2001	#7875	Torben Grael	Marcelo Ferreira	Gua	105	Medemblik, Netherlands	Results
2000	#7488	Roberto Benamati	Luca Maffezzoli	Gar	112	Annapolis, MD, USA	Results
1999	#7976	Mark Reynolds	Magnus Liljedahl	SDB	129	Punta Ala, Italy	Results
1998	#7806	Mark Neeleman	Jos Schrier	Med	95	Portoroz, Slovenia	Results
1997	#7657	Eric Doyle	Brian Terhaar	SDB	71	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1996	#7829	Mark Reynolds	Hal Haenel	SDB	61	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1995	#7647	Michael Hestbaek	Martin Hejlsberg	DF	76	Laredo, Spain	Results
1994	#7517	Alan Adler	Rodrigo Meirelles	RdJ	97	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1993	#7713	Joe Londrigan	Phil Trinter	SDB	90	Kiel, Germany	Results
1992	#7425	Paul Cayard	Steve Erickson	SDB	53	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
1991	#7590	Torben Grael	Marcelo Ferreira	Gua	119	Cannes, France	Results
1990	#7271	McLaughlin	Bastet	LOC	95	Cleveland, OH, USA	Results
1989	#7117	Alan Adler	Nelson Falceo	RdJ	105	Porto Cervo, Italy	Results
1988	#7225	Paul Cayard	Steve Erickson	SDB	70	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Results
1987	#7256	Ross MacDonald	Bruce MacDonald	EB	79	Chicago, IL, USA	Results
1986	#7109	Vince Brun	Hugo Schreiner	SDB	110	Capri, Italy	Results
1985	#6985	Andrew Menkart	G. Dolan	WS	80	Nassau, Bahamas	Results
1984	#6965	Andrew Menkart	James Kavle	WS	79	Vilmoura, Portugal	Results
1983	#6496	Joachim Griese	Michael Marcour	KF	78	Los Angeles Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1982	#6487	Gastao Brun	Daniel Wilcox	RdJ	81	Medemblik, Netherlands	Results
1981	#6464	Tryg Liljestrand	Bengt Andersson	LB	84	Marblehead, MA, USA	Results
1980	#6571	Dennis Conner	Ron Anderson	SDB	54	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Results
1979	#6251	Peter Sundelin	Hakan Lindstrom	Sand	78	Marstrand, Sweden	Results
1978	#6367	Ding Schoonmaker	Kim Fletcher	BisB	99	San Francisco, CA, USA	Results
1977	#6177	Dennis Conner	Ronald Anderson	SDB	87	Kiel, Germany	Results
1976	#5957	James Lippincott	Terry Rapp	BB	64	Nassau, Bahamas	Results
1975	#5681	Peter Wright	Bill Wright	SLM	73	Lake Michigan, USA	Results
1974	#5525	Duward Knowles	Gerald Ford	N	51	Laredo, Spain	Results
1973	#5773	Bill Buchan Jr	Craig Thomas	PS	56	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1972	#5663	Willi Kuhweide	Karsten Meyer	KF	60	Caracas, Venezuela	Results
1971	#5602	Joerg Bruder	E. de Souza Ramos	Gua	49	Puget Sound, WA, USA	Results
1970	#5460	Bill Buchan Jr.	Carl Sutter	PS	53	Marstrand, Sweden	Results
1969	#4862	Eugene Corley	Donald Trask	SLM	44	San Diego Bay, CA, USA	Results
1967	#5150	Tom Blackaller	Gary W. Mull	WSFB	62	Copenhagen, Denmark	Results
1966	#4969	Paul Elvstrom	John Albrechtson	DF	78	Kiel, Germany	Results
1965	#4861	Alan Holt	William Murray	Shil	35	Newport Harbor, CA, USA	Results
1964	#4887	Gary Comer	William Bennett	SLM	55	Boston Harbor, MA, USA	Results
1963	#4733	Lowell North	Thomas Skahill	SDB	67	Lake Michigan, USA	Results

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