Harry J. Leahy Memorial Trophy

In memory of Harry J. Leahy, who died in August of 1956,Class X sailors and others donated a sterling silver vase as a perpetual trophy to be presented to the winner of a race initially held on the first Sunday in September and changed in 1985 to a race on the last Saturday in August. Since 2011, the Leahy Trophy has been awarded to the winner of a Class X championship series race.

  • 1957 Tom Schmidt
  • 1958 Larry Stevens
  • 1959 Skip Grunschel
  • 1960 Peter Hollister
  • 1961 Jerry Williams
  • 1962 George Beukema
  • 1963 Laurie Gray
  • 1965 David Williams
  • 1966 David Williams
  • 1968 B. J. Terry
  • 1969 Susan Pegel
  • 1970 Donald Harring Jr.
  • 1971 Mike Childers
  • 1972 Susan Pegel
  • 1973 John Polster
  • 1974 Katie Freytag
  • 1975 Arthur Larson Jr.
  • 1976 Harry Melges III
  • 1977 Tom Freytag
  • 1978 John Kiefer
  • 1981 Peter Wall
  • 1982 Peter Wall
  • 1983 Ed Libby
  • 1984 Jeff Doubek
  • 1985 Jack Lothian
  • 1986 Ann Leahy
  • 1987 Jack Lothian
  • 1988 Jim Carlson
  • 1989 Mike Leahy
  • 1990 Jim Carlson
  • 1991 Jeff Moloznik
  • 1992 Kelly Reese
  • 1993 Steve Zils
  • 1994 Justin Hood
  • 1995 Lindsey Beukema
  • 1996 Erick Youngquist
  • 1997 Erick Youngquist
  • 1998 John Littig
  • 1999 No race
  • 2000 Lauren Neal
  • 2001 No race
  • 2002 Bri Porter
  • 2003 Coye Harrett
  • 2004 Patrick Doran
  • 2005 No race
  • 2006 No race
  • 2007 Harris Buddig
  • 2008 No race
  • 2009 Charlie Morris
  • 2010 Matt Ripkey
  • 2011 Griffin Rolander
  • 2012 No race
  • 2013 Mark Davies
  • 2014 Brock Paquin
  • 2015 Henry Rolander
  • 2016 Chapman Petersen
  • 2017 No Race
  • 2018 Chapman Petersen
  • 2019 No Race
  • 2020 Finn Burdick
  • 2021 Owen Kohut
  • 2022 No Race