Navy 44 Regattas

Lloyd Phoenix

Lloyd Phoenix Trophy

The US SAILING National Offshore Championship

 

History:
Lloyd Phoenix graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1861, served in the Civil War and witnessed the battle between the MONITOR and the VIRGINIA. In 1865 he resigned his commission and went into business. He became a yachting enthusiast, and in 1910 with his most famous yacht, INTREPID, won the New York Y.C.'s "The Cruise". The cup he was presented was later donated to the Naval Academy and is now the Lloyd Phoenix Trophy.  The Lloyd Phoenix Trophy was awarded annually to the Yacht Club and Skipper winning the Lloyd Phoenix Regatta held annually in the Luders 44' yawls for competition amongst clubs primarily from Chesapeake Bay. In 1986, this regatta was expanded and became US SAILING's National Offshore Championship. In 1994, the regatta was hosted by the Long Beach Y.C. and sponsored by Disneyland, and it now alternates between the Naval Academy in odd-numbered years and the west coast in even-numbered years.
Eligibility:
Teams representing each of the ten US SAILING Areas are selected by Area elimination events or by sailing resume. Teams must be amateurs and have competed successfully in five local events with the same amateur crew. The owner-skipper must belong to US SAILING and to a US SAILING member club. The crew must be US SAILING members. Teams must race regularly in offshore boats 29 feet or greater. Full details of eligibility requirements and entry information are available from US SAILING.

	2004 Lloyd Phoenix Trophy
	2003 Lloyd Phoenix Trophy
	Previous Winners - a list of winning teams since 1960

- This page last updated 05/09/2005 -