Lipton Challenge Cup History

Listed below Is a record of each and every Lipton skipper and crew member with their finishes and series results, participating yacht clubs, host clubs and PROs, plus significant parts of regatta programs for most events, and miscellaneous other observations.

This record was initiated and maintained by past commodore and Gulfport YC past Commodore and historian Joe Alfonso until his retirement in 2000, and it was taken over by GYC past Commodore and historian Dr. Tommy Hewes, who enlisted past GYA Commodore Harry Chapman to assist. Following Tommy’s death in 2017, past GYA and GYC Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge CentennialCommodore and historian Michael Hage joined Harry and the two of them now maintain this record.

Some of you will enjoy seeing finishes of spouses, children, grandchildren, parents and grandparents as well as those they sailed against.

Introduction: 1920-1998

December 1, 1920 Lipton Letter (from SYC Telltale)

The Fish Class by Rathbone DeBuys

Results Program Books
1920-1929 1929
1930-1939 1936
1938
1939
1940-1949 1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1947
1948
1949
1950-1959 1950
1951
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1960-1969 1960
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1970-1979 1970
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1980-1989 1980
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1990-1999 1990
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2000-2009 2000
2001
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2010-2019 2010
2011
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2015
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2019
2020 Not Sailed – COVID-19
2021 2021
2022 2022
2023 2023

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