Old Salt’s 2015

By Skipper Jim West

The Old Salts Wheel: The "First Place" in overall competition award

Extreme Clipper Class Award: Awarded for Qualifying all 18 events.

First Place in 12 events:  Knots (100%), Compass and Relative Bearings (100%), Breeches Buoy (1:50), Scuttlebutt (60.6) Bosun's Chair (2:18), Crew Drill, Pullboat Flotilla Drill; Radio (100%), Mariner Quiz, Sailing ID (100%), Piloting and Mystery (Scavenger Hunt).

Second Place Awards: Sailing and Marlinspike, Fourth Place in Rope Climb; won or placed in 15 of 18 events.

Scuttle-off Trophy - The top four crews compete in a 9 person timed nautical event to erect a tripod using lashings, grommets and a block & tackle to raise a barrel of water without spilling. This was Tiki Too's second ever win at this competition.

Our favorite Old Salts award - The Commodore Joseph Bjorkman Sportsmanship Trophy

The Tiki 2015 Crew: top row - Laura, Marissa, Michelle, Sydney, Alexis, Ski, Belinda, Amber, Amaya; front row - Odette, Meghan, Emily, Catie, Selu