Official Number: AFSP 3

Awarded For: July 4th all-fleet handicap 1st Place

Physical Description: Bowl, Revere, 24", Sterling Silver with ladle. Not engraved with winner's names.

Deed/History: This sterling silver bowl and ladle was originally presented by Mr. & Mrs. Morgan Manchester around 1955. They were E and C-Scow sailors and owners of a department store in Madison. Originally awarded to the winner of the Victory Day All-fleet handicap race held near the anniversary of V-J day. When Victory Day became a guest skipper race around 2000, the bowl was repurposed for the winner of the Fourth of July All-Fleet handicap race. The Manchester bowl is unique for several reasons: It is sterling silver, not silver plate and it is not engraved with the winner’s names. Custom dictates that if a member is having a big party to celebrate a special occasion, he or she can call the current holder of the bowl and ask to borrow it. Around 2000, the Victory Day race was changed to a guest skipper race, with trophies for the winner in each fleet. The only requirement being that the boat had to be skippered by a guest skipper. At one point our sailing instructions said, “Pets are not excluded.” Back in the days when boats were wood and crew members spent every free moment bailing, the club used to present the Aitken Liberty trophy for the July 4, All-Fleet handicap race. In addition to the all-fleet handicap trophy, there were other trophies for fleet handicap and possibly the gun for each fleet. Strangely, even though the Aitken trophy vanished into thin air sometime in the 1990s (or before) it was “awarded” as a picture trophy. Then in 2000, Commodore Steve Suhr decided to change things up. The Victory Day Manchester trophy was reassigned as the July 4 All-Fleet handicap. We still awarded the individual fleet awards.

Past Winners

2023 No wind/no race
2022 Andy/Barbie Jackson
2021 Lance Puccio
2020 Not A Series-COVID 19
2019 Andy & Barbie Jackson
2018 Hoofers-JagEd
2017 No wind/no race
2016 No wind/no race
2015 No wind/no race
2014 No wind/no race
2013 No Race
2012 Andy Jackson & Barbie Stimpson
2011 Not Raced
2010 Lon Schoor
2009 Joye & Jerry Ebert
2008 Peggy Elath
2007 Not Awarded
2006 Not Awarded
2005 Not Awarded
2004 Not Awarded
2003 Not Awarded
2002 Not Awarded
2001 Tod Linstroth
2000 Collin Cassady
1999 Not Awarded
1998 Steve Suhr
1997 Tod Linstroth