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A new Minnow perpetual sailing trophy is always a challenge. To create a trophy that will be treasured for the next 20 years but isn’t going to cost a fortune right now. The Victorian, Australia, Minnow Association had a few ideas of their own. A map of the state with the 3 inaugural winning boats. Not forgetting the class logo and that of their sponsors, Quantum Sails.  Minnow Perpetual Sailing Trophy It didn’t work out too badly. The keeper trophies look good too. Continue reading Victorian Minnow Championship 2012 – Grand Prix Sailing Trophies We are always trying to improve our sailing trophies designs, especially at the top of the range. I’ve just made this one and even the boss was impressed, bless her little cotton socks.  420 Top of the Range Sailing Trophy These beautiful black frames are 50mm (2″) deep so are free standing. They have hangers on the back and can also be hung on the wall. As with all our sailing trophies you can get them customised to reflect your sailing class. While northern hemisphere sailors have tucked their boats away for the winter Manly Junior sailors in Australia are able to make the most of our summers. These trophies are for the New South Wales State Titles to be held in February.  Manly Junior Sailing Trophies - First, Second and Third Places Each trophy has a map of the state of NSW with the class logo engraved on it. We also used slightly thicker bases than normal to accommodate the extra text on the engraved plaque. The organisers were also after some cheaper trophies so we crafted these class logo trophies from natural timber colours.  Manly Junior Class Logo Sailing Trophies  Viper 640 Perpetual Sailing Award
I made a fancy perpetual sailing award for the Larchmont Yacht Club, New York, early last year. They must have liked it, they’ve just ordered another one. This time they wanted a wall hanging along the lines of their existing trophies. With enough room on the frame for 40 years worth of annual plaques. For their new sports boat class the Viper 640. With a representation of the Execution Rocks lighthouse on the western end of Long Island Sound. And the club burgee cut from natural timber colours. The sea is represented by Sassafras and the sky by Huon Pine. A Red Cedar frame with that wonderful spinnaker shaped from New Guinea Rosewood. As with all our trophies all natural timber colours.  Cherub Sailing Trophies This year the Cherub class held its National Titles at my home club, The keppel Bay Sailing Club in Yeppoon, Queensland. I’d not seen these fine little boats before but was impressed by their exhilarating performance. I hope the trophies did justice to the winners. The class association was on a tight budget so these sail trophies fitted the bill.  Old Gaffer Sailing Trophy I hadn’t heard of the Old Gaffer sailing class but it’s alive and well sailing in Northern Ireland and in need of some sailing trophies. I copied the simplest sail layout for this sailing trophy and was even able to replicate the colour of the sails. Many of their fleet have dark red sails.  Old Gaffer Sailing Boats The Javelin Nationals are being held in Perth this year. And it just so happens my daughter, who lives there, will be competing. She wanted her dad to make them some extra special trophies but I said, “No, you can just have the same trophies we supply to everyone else. No special favours”. We shipped them off today. I reckon she’ll like them even if they are just our standard designs. Customised for the Javelin of course.  Javelin Sailing Trophies - 1st to 4th place We normally only make them in 3 sizes but here we made some larger ones, 350mm (14″) tall for first place, followed by our standard 300mm, 250mm and 200mm tall for 2nd to 4th. Although I’ve visited Thailand a few times I’ve never been to the resort area of Phuket. Some day soon maybe. Katy is a sailing coach there but has difficulty attracting the students from the many international schools in the area. They have so many pastimes on offer from the school. But the local and underprivileged kids are really taking to the opportunity provided by the Phuket Youth Sailing Club. All good stuff. We made these cheap budget sailing trophies with a tropical theme.  Budget Sailing Trophies The Royal Yachting Association – Northern Ireland, RYANI, was after a perpetual sailing award for its “Club of the Year”. Centred on the Belfast dockyards, where the skyline is still dominated today by Harland and Wolff’s famous twin Gantry cranes, Samson and Goliath. And with a map of Northern Ireland in the background.  RYANI Harland & Wolff Perpetual Sailing Award I just heard back today from Ireland to say that the trophy is much admired. I'm not sure if I ever wrote to you to thank you for the trophy. It is much loved by all who have seen it here! Never mind the name of our business we make all sorts of trophies. And now, for the first time we can add bobsleighs to the list.  Two Man Bobsleigh Trophies These two man bobsleigh trophies were made for a charity event between a civilian team and the RAF. Organised from the UK, held in Austria, trophies from Australia.  Coconut Grove Burgee Sailing Trophy What a great name for a sailing club. No sign of coconuts on their club burgee though. These burgee trophies are hand crafted from natural timber colours with engraved flexi-brass boat and letters. The club also ordered a range of Laser and Optimist trophies. We added small club burgees to all the trophies. And I took the opportunity to take photos that show the 3D effect we are able to get with our trophies. Continue reading Coconut Grove Sailing Club Regatta Sailing Trophies  Weta Trimaran Sailing Trophy I’ve been sailing a Cobra Catamaran for many years but have decided in my mature years I need trainer wheels. So I’ve just bought a Weta. Maybe not quite as fast as the Cobra but I should be able to sail it on my own in most winds. I don’t yet have it in my hot sticky hands but I have made a trophy for the yacht brokers who I’m buying it off. Hope they like the trophy and I like the boat. Anyone want to buy a pre-loved Cobra catamaran?  Steve's New Weta Trimaran We made these in 4 different sizes by adding extra large 350mm (14″) tall trophies for the world champions. The rest of the trophies are our standard sizes.  Fireball World Championship Trophies in Four Different Sizes We marked the town of Mandurah on the map of Australia with a circle of timber.  Anchor Sailing Trophy Julie-Anne runs a local business making cakes for special occasions. It seems to be quite successful and keeping her busy. A recent request was for a 80th birthday cake for a sailor. She had tried to make an anchor from icing sugar but it kept collapsing. So she contacted me for a wooden one. This gave me an idea.  Nautical Library Pediment with Anchor and Burgee  RS Tera Pro perpetual sailing trophy  RS Tera Sport perpetual sailing trophy The RS class is not so big in Australia although it seems to be very popular in Europe. Which is where these fine little RS Tera Sailing Trophies went to. We were able to differentiate between the Sport and Pro models. The sails are made from natural timber colours. These were both perpetual trophies but we also made them some cheap keeper trophies. Continue reading July 2011 – RS Sailing Trophies  Windrush Catamaran Sailing Trophy It’s a small world. The sailing Trophies business that is. Peter moved this year from West Australia to our club in Queensland. When I told him I had an order for trophies from Safety Bay he said, “That’s my old club. I used to sail a Windrush. Great little boats”. Continue reading June 2011 – Windrush Catamaran Sailing Trophies  Spotty Fish Marine Park Award The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority approached me for a trophy to give to the local school that had done the most to protect our reef. I put together on the computer a couple of mock-ups for them to choose from. The spotty fish and a shark flying out of the water with a palm tree in the background. Realism hasn’t really been my thing? We’ve sent Optimist trophies around the world for many years now but it’s only recently that the class has started to become popular in Australia. The New South Wales state titles were held in Sydney do I added the famous “coat hanger”, the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background. The image on the left is the omputer mock-up I put together for approval by the customer. The one on the right is the actual trophy.  Mock-up of Optimist Sailing Trophy with the Sydney Harbour Bridge  Actual Optimist Sailing Trophy
 New York Floating Committee Hut Living in the tropics I have a problem getting my head around going sailing when there is ice in the water. But it seems New Yorkers take it in their stride. So the race officials don’t get cold on the water they have a floating hut with a stove that they can keep warm in. Pity the sailing dinghies don’t have internal heating too is my immediate reaction. The club was after a genuine 3D trophy and after much discussion this is what I put together.  Committee "Hut" Perpetual Award They seemed to like it. “We needed a new and unique looking perpetual trophy Steve delivered the goods – the likeness was spot-on Peter Beardsley |
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