I’ve been sailing on the water for many years but only took up land yachting recently. We’ve just returned from a Blokart sailing regatta on the beautiful Cape Hillsborough National Park beach in Queensland.
It’s at times like this I realise why I like living in the tropics.
A friend owns a Salthouse Cavalier 32 and I thought for his birthday the perfect present would be a nautical gift depicting his yacht.
And as you can see it was his sixtyth birthday. The big six oh.
Unfortunately Steve doesn’t get a great deal of time to go sailing so his Salthouse Cavalier 32 yacht doesn’t get to see a great deal of sailing.
At least now he has a nautical gift sailing trophy sitting on his shelf reminding him how he should get out there and go sailing.
Happy Birthday Steve.
We mostly make sailing trophies but enjoyed the challenge of making these powerboat trophies.
The trickiest bit was duplicating their intricate club logo on the engraver. We used stainless steel like material rather than have the brass look. More in keeping with high powered engines.
The stripes on the hull are all from natural colour Australian timbers. In fact all the woods used are their natural colours.
We don’t use wood dyes of any sort.
( Apart from when we do! But that’s not very often.)
Sometimes it’s tricky to find that special present but if the recipient is a Hobie sailor and has a lighthouse at the bottom of the garden then nautical gifts design themselves
And if he sails from a club on Grand Island, New York, then adding a map in the background and the club burgee and the nautical gift is complete.
Even if the lighthouse isn’t a real one we can pretend. The customer sent me this photo of a garden ornament to include in her nautical gift.
These Musto Skiff sailing trophies look fabulous with their different coloured spinnakers.
These are keeper trophies. The Musto Skiff class association also wanted a perpetual trophy with a map of the Australian state of Victoria in the background.
I have to admit to not having heard of the Aruba Hi-Winds Windsurfing and Kite Surfing regatta and their need for trophies. I even had to look up the whereabouts of Aruba.
It’s obviously a very successful regatta as it is in its 26th year. And they needed many windsurfer and kite surfer trophies. As well as trophies for all their sponsors.
With good input from the organisers we designed trophies especially for this event.
This sailor was retiring from the presidency of his university’s sailing team and wanted to leave a Firefly Perpetual sailing Trophy as memento of his time at the club.
He had his eye on this wonderful trophy that went to Georgetown University in the USA. But as a student, finances were a factor so we created a Firefly perpetual sailing trophy that was within his restricted budget.
His requirements were:-
We incorporated all these and produced a very nice Firefly Perpetual Trophy.
The customer was pretty happy with it.
The trophy has just arrived and it’s looking great. Thank you to Steve and yourself. I’ll be sure to recommend you to others.
Thanks
Matt
A professor from our local university turned up at my workshop wanting me to make a corporate literacy award. She was clutching a brass worm that she had picked up many moons ago at an antiques shop.
She was very proud of her worm and thought it would make a great centrepiece for a corporate literacy award. She was right. It did.
All the books on this corporate literacy award are made from natural coloured timbers. Each book cover is a different timber.
I can custom design your next corporate award. Or any other type of special trophy.
I’ve made many different types of trophies and corporate awards including this magnificent golf trophy for a local finance company.
These were the customers requirements.
As golf trophies go it didn’t turn out too badly.
The main curved shape of this golf trophy is shaped from Red Cedar, one of Australia’s most valued timbers.
The base of this corporate award is from Silky Oak and Bloodwood.
All the timbers are their natural colours.
This is a custom designed golf trophy and corporate award hand crafted from quality timbers.
The design brief for this perpetual sailing trophy from the customer.
A sailing club in Sydney has recently resurrected Mirror sailing and wanted a couple of cheaper perpetual trophies.
Both these perpetual sailing trophies are keeper trophies with larger octagonal bases to fit some annual plaques. Makes them very affordable.
But I also made them a fancier full size perpetual sailing trophy.
I enjoy making perpetual sailing trophies especially when the design brief is a little more challenging.
This time the customer was after:-
This is what it turned out like.
Well I like it. What do you think?
We’ve made trophies for this Charity Sail event for a few years now. This time they are sailing around the Isle of Wight off the south coast of the British Isles.
I also made some Laser trophies. Continue reading
I’m reluctantly offering my nearly new Weta Trimaran for sale.
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.
It didn’t work out too badly. The keeper trophies look good too.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Our sailing trophies are individually designed to your exact specification.
Let us know your requirements and we’ll create awards that will delight your sailors.
Made from all natural timber colours.
Presenting exceptional trophies will help your regatta stand out from the crowd.
And they won’t break the bank.
1. Ordinary Trophies aren’t treasured.
2. All sailors know that their sailing class is the best.
3. Great trophies make your regatta memorable.
