WHEELER TROPHY

Awarded to the winner of the Interclub Frostbite Dinghy Fleet’s Annual Long Distance Race, originally from Manhasset Bay to Sands Point. (Presented originally by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wheeler, Jr. in 1946 and dedicated to their memory in 1987 through a kind gift from Arnold E. Monetti; Commodore 1949-51)

Joe Wheeler joined as an Intermediate Member in 1941. He was a member until 1987.

1967 Frappe Peter Lorson

1968 Sneezy Howard G. Seymour

1969-70 Brujita Robert A. Kirtland

1971 Frappe Peter Lorson

1972 Pushover J. R. Bartholomew

1973 Icy Lure James B. Moore, Jr.

1974 Pushover J. R. Bartholomew

1975 Bully Alfred E. Toombs, Jr.

1976 Frappe Peter Lorson

1978 Pushover J. R. Bartholomew

1979 Icy Lure James B. Moore, Jr.

1982 Sneezy Howard Seymour

1983 Eucalyptus Richard duMoulin

1985 Bully Alfred E. Toombs. Jr.

1986 Cold Turkey III Christopher H. Fowler

1987 #671 Douglas M. McKeige

1988 Spinnaker Stephen W. Moore

1989 #671 Douglas M. McKeige

1992 #603 Gregory A. Berger

1993 Brujita Robert A. Kirtland

1994 #603 Gregory A. Berger

1995-96 The Lunatic Express VII Peter R. Lorson

1997 Bully Alfred E. Toombs, Jr.

1998 Umiak John Browning

1999 Spinnaker Stephen W. Moore

2000-03 The Lunatic Express VII Peter R. Lorson

2004 No Race

2005 Bully Ted Toombs

2007-10 The Lunatic Express VII Peter R. Lorson

2011 Bully Alfred E. Toombs. Jr.