W. S. Reier Trophy

In 1955, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Reier donated this silver pitcher as a perpetual trophy for competition in the M-16 fleet with the provision that it be sailed for in a regularly scheduled race on the third Saturday in August. William Reier was one of four sailors listed in the 1952 yearbook as members of what was called the Experimental Class, authorized in 1950 by the Inland Lake Yachting Association. By 1954, the class was called the M-16 in the yearbook, and Reier won the first season championship. The fleet became inactive by the end of the 1990s. In 2011, the club rededicated the Reier Trophy for use by the Melges 24 fleet to be awarded annually to the winner of a championship series race.

1955 W. S. Reier
1956 Fritz Kroeger
1957 W. S. Reier
1958 W. S. Reier
1959 Terry Leahy
1960 W. S. Reier
1961 W. S. Reier
1962 Marnie Frank
1963 Jane Pegel
1964 Jane Pegel
1965 Ed Smith
1966 Jane Pegel
1967 Jane Pegel
1968 Jane Pegel
1969 Jane Pegel
1970 Mike Kurzawa
1971 Jane Pegel
1972 No race
1973 Jane Pegel
1974 No race
1975 Tom Hesketh
1976 Lars Brunk
1977 Susan Pegel
1978 Susan Pegel
1979 Julie Couffer
1980 Terry Leahy
1981 No race
1982 Androv Carlson
1983 Jane Pegel
1984 Androv Carlson
1985 Jane Pegel
1986 Jane Pegel
1987 Jane Pegel
1988 Jane Pegel
1989 Jane Pegel
1990 Ron Schloemer
1991 Jane Pegel
1992 Jane Pegel
1993 Jane Pegel
1994 Jane Pegel
1995 Jane Pegel
1996 Jane Pegel
1997 Jane Pegel
2011 Barney Crook / John Kivlin
2012 Steven Boho
2013 Thomas Freytag
2014 R. J. Porter
2015 No Race
2016 Don Holst
2017 R.J. Porter
2018 R.J. Porter
2019 Brian Porter
2020 No Race
2021 T Freytag
2022 No Race
2023 No Race