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There Ought To Be A Medal - And There Is!

March 28, 2015 by jarndt
There Ought To Be A Medal - And There Is!

People sail to race, cruise, adventure and relax.  Those who choose to adventure cast off docklines and sail beyond the dreams of most, more casual sailors.  Some sail over 100,000 miles which equals about 4 circumnavigations of the earth at the equator.  The Crusing Club of America, founded in 1921, supports seamanship, ocean voyaging and racing with an impressive list of very accomplished sailors.  And they take time to honor the feats of this well-traveled membership.  The Foley's, honored below, are a cruising couple with over 100,000 miles of sailing adventures!  It's one more way of celebrating all that sailing brings to the world.

Far Horizons Award to Foleys (From Cruising Club of America)

Jim and Jean Foley have been selected by the Cruising Club of America to receive the Club’s Far Horizons Award for 2014 in recognition of over one hundred thousand miles of off-shore cruising over the last twelve years. The award will be presented at the Club’s annual Awards Dinner at the New York Yacht Club in New York on March 6, 2015. The award was established by the Club’s Governing Board to recognize members of the club for “a particularly meritorious cruise or series of cruises that exemplify the objectives of the Club as stated in its Constitution.”

The FoleysThe Foley’s first circumnavigation in their Mason 44, Mara, was completed over a four-year period (1992 to 1996). They crossed the Atlantic from Maine to Ireland, proceeded down to Spain and Portugal, then back west across the Atlantic to the Panama Canal. Their passage across the Pacific took them to New Zealand and thereafter northwest through the Torres Straits, west across the Indian Ocean to South Africa, northwest to Brazil, returning to Maine in 1996 via the Caribbean.

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