McFaull Trophy - Waikiki Yacht Club

The glass sailboat on the marble base in our trophy case is the McFaull Memorial Trophy. Then R/C Sail Jon Stanley coordinated the donation of the trophy to honor and remember David Mcfaull after his death in 1997. David with crew Mike Rothwell became Hawaii’s first Olympic sailing medalists when they won silver medals at the 1976 Montréal Olympic Games. They sailed McFaull’s boat Zomby Woof in the Tornado Class and raced seven times in nine days, with one 22-mile race daily. The medals culminated years of strenuous training for both men. McFaull, a Punahou graduate, learned to sail at the Waikiki Yacht Club. He gained intercollegiate sailing experience at Cornell, then returned home and worked as a disc jockey at KUMU Radio while training for the Olympics. Great Britain won the gold and West Germany won the Bronze. The two Silver Olympic medals are also on display in our trophy cases. The Cal 20 Class Boat Regatta was renamed the McFaull Memorial Regatta in 1998.

David was also a US Sailing certified Judge. It is raced for each year as part of the Waikiki Yacht Club Beach Fleet and Class Boat regatta.

2012 Sonoma 30 The Shark Dan Weyant
2011 M24 Taboo Art Musso

2010 M24 Maka Ala Isaac Gillette

2009 M24 Taboo Art Musso

2008 M24 Asylum Mike Rothwell

2007 Sydney 41 Boomerang John Spadaro

2006 M24 Asylum Michael Rothwell

2005 M24 Asylum Michael Rothwell

2004 M24 Asylum Michael Rothwell

2003 M24 Asylum Michael Rothwell

2002 J24 Cash Flow Bob Ale

2002 M24 Usual Suspects Art Musso

2001 M24 No Name Jesse Andrews

2001 J24 Actuation Dan Doyle

2000 No Record

1999 Race Abandoned Gale Force Winds

1998 J24 Cash Flow Bob Ale

1998 Sol Valkyrie Stanley/Thomas

1998 R19 Wet hens Verna Morgan

1997 J24 Spine Care Ken Kaan

1997 Soling Eleluwaapalani Phil Roach

1997 C20 Hot Flash Susan Jacqulin

If you have any information on the earlier winner of the Cal 20 regatta please contact me at rothcomm@lava.net S/C Michael Roth

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

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