I have this very nice Sterling Silver Speedboat Racing Trophy and am trying to get some information about it.
Winners in the past inscribed below:
Winner 1956 Wm. W. Franklin “Poop Deck Pappy”
Winner 1957 Donald Christy “A Devil”
Winner 1967 Dusty Rhodes
Thanks,
Vincent Callahan
Ed’s Notes: R’cd this email and pic from Vincent and he is looking for history.
Very interesting concept for a trophy — as it shows three winner’s names in the plaques on bottom. Boats appear to be outboards, but you never know. Three boats that have the boat number on the side and one boat has the name and number, 2-E SHO-NUFF. Appears there is 4 more “wakes in the water” for future winner’s boats to be placed on top, with the others. The other interesting thing is a 10 year gap from 1957 to 1967.
I did quick search for C.O.R.A. — and it brought up 3 Boat Racing Associations:
C.O.R.A. – Charleston Ocean Racing Association — ( sailboat racing series)
C.O.R.A. – Canadian Outrigger Racing Association – (outrigger canoe racing)
C.O.R.A. – Central Ontario Rowing Association – (classic row boating)
There sure is a lot of other boat racing out there besides the ones we all typically think about (ya know what I mean – the really fast ones, powered by internal combustion engines).
If you know anything about this trophy, please post here or send Vincent an email.
