Waikiki Yacht Club - Waikiki Yacht Club | Honolulu, Hawaii 96815 USA

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Robert G. Dodge Trophy

Duty Free Shops deeded the Robert G. Dodge Perpetual Trophy to the Waikiki Yacht Club in honor of long time member Robert Gray Dodge. Bob Dodge was an attorney and active in local politics, helping to draft Hawaii’s Constitution, the City Charter for Honolulu and did a lot of work for Bishop Estate.He also kept the Waikiki Yacht Club from having a trash processing plant where the city maintenance shed is today. He was a respected authority on government structure.

Bob’s first love was the ocean and his true passion sailing. He was a sailing purest, abjuring even an engine on his sailboats, the last being Fiasco. He moved to Hawaii around 1949 after spending time in here in the Navy. He passed away in 1979 at age 63.

The Trophy was first deeded to honor the top Hawaii boat in the Pan Am Clipper Cup International Yacht Race in Hawaii starting in 1980. The Clipper Cup ran from 1978 to 1984.

Reactivated as the PHRF 2 first overall Trophy for the Three Day Around Oahu regatta over Memorial Day each year. In 1996 the winning boat was NALU and crew in PH-2.

Starting in 2004, the Robert G. Dodge Perpetual Trophy has been awarded to the top Hawaii boat in the Waikiki Offshore Series. The Waikiki Offshore Series is an international competition for visiting boats that have completed the Transpac, Pacific Cup, or Vic Maui race.

Past Winners

1980 Clipper Cup Carrie Ann 1^St. Hawaiian Boat

1982 Clipper Cup Uin Namara 1^St. Hawaiian Boat

1984 Clipper Cup General Hospital 1^St. Hawaiian Boat

1986 Clipper Cup Changed to Kenwood Cup and trophy retired.

1988 - 1995 Retired

1996 Rededicated - 3-Day Around Oahu 1^st overal

1996 3-Day Around Oahu NALU Hal Griffith 1^st overall

1998 3-Day Around Oahu 1^st overall

1999 3-Day Around Oahu 1^st overall

2000 Trophy retired - 3-Day Around Oahu renamed DJ Johnson

2001 2003 Retired

2004 Rededicated to Waikiki Offshore Series Top Hawaii Boat

2004 Waikiki Offshore Series Fins Todd and Cindy Wyrick

2005 Waikiki Offshore Series Kaimiloa III Dave Nottage

2006 Waikiki Offshore Series Zamboni Doug Taylor

2007 Waikiki Offshore Series Boomerang John Spadaro

2008 2011 Not awarded - all local boats

2012 To Be Determined

Waikiki Yacht Club • 1599 Ala Moana Blvd • Honolulu, HI 96814

phone: 808•955•4405
fax: 808•941•5026
email: wyc@waikikiyachtclub.com