BTB News
SEASONAL UPDATE
Big Tree Boating is currently running our socially-distant recreational sailing program from July 6 through August 14, 2020. Visit the SUMMER 2020 Page for more details.
We hope to be back to our regular sailing instruction programming for our 25th Anniversary Season in 2021!
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Each summer, the BTB instructors select one person as the “Sailor of the Summer.” The award recognises a sailor whose dedication, growth in confidence, and improvement in sailing skills set them apart. The winner’s name is engraved on the Indian Head Bowl, the gift of Nigel and Judy MacEwan, and the winner retains the bowl until the end of the following season.
Throughout each season, the Dudley Awards are presented to individuals who have distinguished themselves in some fashion. The awards recognise both the serious accomplishments of individual sailors, and some of the more frivolous.
2019 Awards
Sailor of the Summer
Ginger Anderson-Willis
Most Versatile Sailor
Tobey Conover
Favorite Sailing Couple
Jamie & Catherine Paul
The Triple Threat
Jack Kayser
World Class Navigator
Mickayla Kayser
Willing to Try Everything with Panache
Eoin Kehoe
The Fab-est Rab in All Types of Sailing and Attitude
Robert Conover
Dinghy Disasters
Sammy Conover
Showing Bravery and Exhausting the First-Aid Kit
Skye Lindelof
Kicking Transom TYC v BTB
Caroline Siekman
Finishing Second on His First Day as Skipper
Harper Conover
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2018 Awards
Personal Improvement as a Sailor
Susan Hewlett
Rapid and Confident Progression through Early Classes Award
Skye Lindelof
Self-crowned “King Bailer”
Harper Conover
Laser Mastery in the Fog
Ava Gardner
“Clumsy is the New Graceful” Award
Olivia Reeves
Discovering the “Joy of a Flying Laser” Award
Ginger Anderson-Willis
Lightest Sailor Able to Right a Capsized Laser
Rory Magnay
Volunteer Extraordinaire
Ken Smith
SAILORS of The SUMMER
2018 Debbie Techentin
2017 Hendrix Lovett
2016 Sophie Lau
2015 Rylee Sienkiewicz
2014 Emily Lau
2013 Ryan Murphy
2012 EvaMarie Olson
2011 Annika Rogers
2010 Haven Berg
2009 Sierra Roy
2008 Charlie Cilley
2007 Michelle R. Reidy
2006 Jack Hauprich
2005 Catherine Paul
2004 Emilie McNeil
2003 Esthena Barlow
2002 Silas Babbidge
2001 Emily Thomas
2000 Debbie Techentin
1999 Diana Roberts
1998 Stephen Bradley
1997 Natalie Oldham