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John Wheat Bennett Memorial Trophy


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Awarded to the second place team at the World Championship.  John "Pete" Bennett placed second in the 1961 World Championship.

YEAR BOAT SKIPPER CREW FLEET ENTRIES LOCATION RESULTS
2023 #8575 P. Eckert F. Melo ZU 96 Scarlino, Italy Results
2022 #8554 Stipanovic Bilic DAL 84 Kiel Results
2021 #8540 Stipanovic Bilic DAL 82 Marblehead
2020 not sailed
2019 #8509 A. Diaz H. Boening BisB 63 Porto Cervo, Italy
2018 #8177 Melleby Revkin Isol 60 Tred Avon, MD
2017 #8474 L. Grael Goncalves Par 70 Denmark
2016 #8497 Negri Lambertenghi VE 72 Miami
2015 #8495 Fuchs Seifert SP 39 Buenos Aires
2014 #8491 Negri Lambertenghi VE 87 Lake Garda
2013 #8209 Campbell von Schwarz SdB 66 San Diego
2012 #8471 Percy Simpson SO 72 Hyeres
2011 Stanjek Kleen BF - Perth
2010 #8364 Marazzi DeMaria TB 73 Rio de Janeiro
2009 #8187 Pepper Monk NZL 86 Varburg
2008 #8266 Negri Viale VE 104 Miami
2007 Rohart Rambeau NI - Cascais
2006 Scheidt Prada GuB 66 San Francisco
2005 #8210 T. Grael Ferreira Gua 52 Buenos Aires
2004 Marazzi De Maria TB 102 Gaeta
2003 Loof Ekstrom Bk - Cadiz
2002 T. Grael Ferreira Gua 103 Los Angeles
2001 Brady Iverson NZL 105 Medemblik
2000 MacDonald Bjorn EB 112 Annapolis
1999 Macdonald Bjorn EB 129 Punta Ala
1998 T. Grael Ferreira Gua 95 Portoroz
1997 Reynolds Lilljedahl SdB 71 Marblehead
1996 Reynolds Haenel SdB 61 Rio de Janeiro
1995 T. Grael Ferreira Gua 76 Laredo
1994 Adler Meireles RdJ 97 San Diego
1993 Wallen Lohse Kat 90 Kiel
1992 Londrigan Trinter LS 53 San Francisco
1991 T. Grael Ferreira Gua 119 Cannes
1990 Andersen Just DF 95 Cleveland
1989 Fritz Seeberger CBM 105 Porto Cervo
1988 Reynolds Haenel SdB 70 Buenos Aires
1987 Hagen Giff KF 79 Chicago
1986 Milone Mottola FdiN 110 Capri
1985 Bakker Vandenberg Hor 80 Nassau
1984 Menkart Kavle WS 79 Volamoura
1983 Griese Marcour KF 78 Los Angeles
1982 Hagen Hoesch Glu 81 Medemblik
1981 Wright Cozzens SLM 84 Marblehead
1980 Fravezzi Dalvit SG 54 Rio de Janeiro
1979 W. Buchan Knight PS 78 Marstrand
1978 Conner Anderson SdB 99 San Francisco
1977 Carlsson Carlsson RS 87 Kiel
1976 W. Buchan Lasher PS 64 Nassau
1975 Blackaller Anderson WSFB 73 Lake Michigan
1974 Petterson Hansson Kat 51 Laredo
1973 W. Buchan Thomas PS 56 San Diego
1972 Bruder Biekarch FdJ 60 Caracas
1971 North Barrett SdB 40 Puget Sound
1970 Schoonmaker Akerson BisB 53 Marstrand
1969 Blackaller Mull WSFB 44 San Diego
1968 not held
1967 North Barrett SdB 62 Copenhagen
1966 North Barrett SdB 76 Kiel
1965 Burnham J. Reynolds SdB 35 Newport Harbor
1964 Duplin Dolan BH 55 Boston Harbor
1963 North Skahill SdB 67 Lake Michigan
1962 Bello Bello CP 73 Cascais
1961 Bennett McKeague JP 26 San Diego