Cuppy Cup

The Cuppy Cup honors the memory of Charles B. “Cuppy” Goes III, LGYC commodore in 1964 and 1965 and an outstanding competitor in Class C for many decades. He won numerous races and season championships at LGYC, and he won ILYA titles in 1941, 1954, and 1958. This elegant silver vase was originally called the Val-Lo-Will Trophy and was donated to the Yacht Club in 1945 by Mr. and Mrs. William C. Grunow to be sailed for annually by Class C yachts. According to their instructions, it was to become the permanent possession of the owner of any yacht winning the trophy three times. [Recent yearbooks say possession is after two wins; the initial text about the trophy in the 1945 yearbook and the engraving on the trophy itself say after three wins.] Buddy Melges retired the trophy after his third win in 1954 and redonated it in 1955 to be sailed for under the original deed of gift. Cuppy Goes retired the trophy after his third win in 1961. In 1997, the Goes family redonated the trophy to the Yacht Club and rededicated it in memory of their father. It is a perpetual trophy and is awarded to the winner of the Class C race on July 4.

1945 Seymour Neill
1946 Buddy Melges
1947 Barbara Schultz
1948 Buddy Melges
1949 William H. Freytag Jr.
1950 Bruce Johnson
1951 No race
1952 Cuppy Goes
1953 Jane Wiswell
1954 Buddy Melges
1955 Bob Couffer Jr.
1956 Cuppy Goes
1957 Buddy Melges
1958 Chuck Anderson
1959 Stuart and Thomas Ullman
1960 Peter Freytag
1961 Cuppy Goes
1997 Jim Smith
1998 Jim Smith
1999 Scott Ripkey
2000 Tom Pomierski
2001 No race
2002 No race
2003 No race
2004 Terry Blanchard / Jim Davis
2005 Terry Blanchard / Jim Davis
2006 No race
2007 Terry Blanchard
2008
2009
2010 No race
2011 No race
2012 Jerry Millsap
2013 No Race
2014 No Race
2015 No Race
2016 No Race
2017 No Race
2018 No Race
2019 No Race
2020 No Race
2021 No Race
2022 No Race
2023 No Race
2024 No Race