The America's Cup Hall of Fame, located at the Herreshoff Marine Museum

Herreshoff Marine Museum

The Herreshoff Marine Museum, located in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, is a maritime museum dedicated to the history of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, yachting, and the America's Cup...

 of Bristol, Rhode Island

Bristol, Rhode Island

Bristol is a town in and the historic county seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,954 at the 2010 census. Bristol, a deepwater seaport, is named after Bristol, England....

, USA, honors individuals for outstanding achievement in the America's Cup

America's Cup

The America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...

 sailing competition. Candidates eligible for consideration include skippers, afterguard, crew, designers, builders, organizers, syndicate managers, supporters, chroniclers, race managers, and other individuals of merit. A selection committee of twenty-two members consisting of former America's Cup participants, yachting historians, and yachting journalists annually selects a class of one to four inductees. Rolex

Rolex

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 and Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

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 have been sponsors of the Hall of Fame's induction ceremonies.

The Hall of Fame's museum, a division of the Herreshoff Marine Museum, features plaques of the inductees and permanent and temporary exhibitions of artifacts related to the America's Cup. The museum's library contains one of the largest collections of manuscripts and books related to the America's Cup and yachting history.

History

Halsey C. Herreshoff, former president of the Herreshoff Marine Museum and three-time America's Cup

America's Cup

The America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...

 winner, founded the Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

 in 1992. In the following year, on September 18, eighteen "charter" inductees were honored at the Herreshoff Marine Museum. Since then, fifty-five inductees have joined the Hall of Fame.

1993–1999

1993Charles Francis Adams III

Charles Francis Adams III

Charles Francis Adams III was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover and a well-known yachtsman.-Life:...

Charlie Barr

Charlie Barr

Charlie Barr , was an accomplished sailing skipper who captained the winning yacht in the America's Cup three times.-Early life:...

Robert N. Bavier, Jr.John BertrandDennis Conner

Dennis Conner

Dennis Conner is an American yachtsman, noted for winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, two Star World Championships, and four wins in the America's Cup.-America's Cup:...

Briggs S. CunninghamWilliam P. FickerNathanael Herreshoff

Nathanael Herreshoff

Nathanael Greene Herreshoff I , was an American naval architect-mechanical engineer. "Captain Nat," as he was known, revolutionized yacht design, and produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893–1920....

Ted Hood

Ted Hood

Frederick E. "Ted" Hood is a distinguished American Yachtsman and Naval Architect. He started the company in Marblehead, Massachusetts which makes sails...

William I. KochSir Thomas J. LiptonEmil "Bus" Mosbacher

Emil Mosbacher

Emil "Bus" Mosbacher, Jr. was a two-time America's Cup-winning yachtsman, the founding chairman of Operation Sail, and Chief of Protocol of the United States during the administration of President Richard Nixon.He was the brother of Robert Mosbacher Sr., also a champion yachstman, and U.S...

George L. SchuylerOlin J. Stephens IIRoderick Stephens, Jr.Ted Turner

Ted Turner

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...

Gertrude VanderbiltHarold S. Vanderbilt

1994Edward Burgess

Edward Burgess

Edward Burgess was an American yacht designer, born June 30, 1848 in West Sandwich, Massachusetts.Edward is fifth son of Benjamin Franklin Burgess and Cordelia Williams Ellis. The Burgess family were merchants who made their money in the West Indies trade and lost it in 1879...

W. Starling Burgess

William Starling Burgess

William Starling Burgess was a yacht designer, aviation pioneer, and naval architect.-Biography:William Starling Burgess was born in Boston. He was the son of Edward Burgess who died when Starling was 12. Starling attended Milton Academy and Harvard University. He was a partner in Burgess &...

Sir James HardySherman HoytC. Oliver IselinVictor A. RomagnaJohn Cox Stevens

John Cox Stevens

John Cox Stevens is best known for founding and serving as the first Commodore of the New York Yacht Club as well as being a member of the America syndicate which won the first America's Cup trophy in 1851....

1995Arthur Knapp, Jr.Morris RosenfeldHenry Sears

Henry Sears

Henry Sears was an American commander and a commodore of the New York Yacht Club who competed in the America's Cup and discovered multiple species of marine fish.-Early life:...

T.O.M. SopwithGeorge Lennox Watson

George Lennox Watson

George Lennox Watson was a Scottish naval architect. He was born in Glasgow, son of Thomas Lennox Watson, a doctor at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and grandson of Sir Timothy Burstall, engineer and entrant at the 1829 Rainhill Trials.-Early life:...

1996Sir Peter Blake

Peter Blake (yachtsman)

Sir Peter James Blake, KBE was a New Zealand yachtsman who won the Whitbread Round the World Race, the Jules Verne Trophy – setting the fastest time around the world of 74 days 22 hours 17 minutes 22 seconds on catamaran Enza, and led his country to successive victories in the America’s Cup...

Russell Coutts

Russell Coutts

Sir Russell Coutts, KNZM, CBE is a competitive sailor. His achievements include a Gold medal in the Finn Class in the 1984 Olympic Games, winning the America's Cup four times, the ISAF World Youth championships, three World Match Racing Championships, numerous international match race wins and...

Chandler HoveyFrank J. MurdochGen. Charles J. Paine

1997James L. AshburyWilliam F. CarstensCharles E. Nicholson

Charles Ernest Nicholson

-Biography:He was born in 1868.Nicholson's first design of note was the Redwing class. The Bembridge sailing club met in October 1896 to agree the need for a shallow draughted yacht - to allow for the shoal waters of Bembridge Harbour - which could be sailed single-handed, to replace the expensive...

1998J. Burr BartramBaron Marcel BichGeorge Steers

George Steers

George Steers was a designer of yachts best known for the famous racing yacht America. He founded a shipyard with his brother, George Steers and Co, and died in an accident just as he was landing a major contract to build boats for the Russian Czar....

1999Captain Richard BrownJames ButtersworthSir Frank Packer

2000–2009

2000Edward I. du MoulinEdwin D. MorganTom Schnackenberg

2001Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton

Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton

Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton GCH, PC , known as Thomas Grosvenor until 1814, was a British nobleman and Tory politician...

Harry "Buddy" Melges, Jr.Henry Sturgis Morgan

2002Malin BurnhamSir Michael FayStanley Rosenfeld

2003Alan Bond

Alan Bond (businessman)

Alan Bond is an Australian businessman noted for his criminal convictions and high-profile business dealings, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history. Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his...

Gary Jobson

Gary Jobson

Gary Jobson is a decorated sailor, television commentator, sailing lecturer, and author based in Annapolis, Maryland. He has recorded many achievements in his sailing career, having won multiple championships in one-design classes, the America's Cup with Ted Turner in 1977, the Fastnet Race, and...

2004Brad Butterworth

Brad Butterworth

Bradley William Butterworth, OBE is a world-renowned yachtsman known for the role he played as tactician and skipper in the America's Cup for Team New Zealand and the Alinghi team of Switzerland.He was born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand in 1959...

William Fife IIIHenry Coleman HaffThomas A. Whidden
2005George "Fritz" Jewett Jr.Alan PayneJack Sutphen

2006Ben Lexcen

Ben Lexcen

Ben Lexcen AM born Robert Miller was an Australian yachtsman and marine architect. He is famous for the winged keel design applied to Australia II which, in 1983, became the first non-American yacht to win the prestigious America's Cup in 132 years.-Early life:Born in the coastal town of...

Stephen A. Van Dyck

2007Laurie Davidson

Laurie Davidson

Laurie Davidson of New Zealand is an internationally renowned sailing yacht designer. He is most notable for his International America's Cup Class sailboats which successfully challenged and defended the America's Cup sailing trophy...

Bruno Troublé

2008John Biddle

John Biddle (yachting cinematographer)

John Scott Biddle was the world’s foremost yachting cinematographer and lecturer, forging a film-making career that spanned more than forty years...

2009John Longley AMThomas Ratsey

2010–present

2010Halsey C. HerreshoffSimon DaubneyWarwick FleuryMurray JonesDean PhippsMike Drummond

External links

• America's Cup Hall of Fame webpage. Herreshoff Marine Museum website.
• Visitor Information webpage. Herreshoff Marine Museum website.
• Herreshoff Marine Museum website