SM Sailing Junior Womens' Championship (Gill Trophy)
July 31-Aug 2, 2024
New Bedford YC
2024 Regatta Website
2023 Regatta Website. PHOTOS
Gill Trophy: July 19-21,2023: SM Sailing hosted the Gill trophy at New Bedford YC. Cailyn Murphy & Amelia Gassner (Chatham YC) were one point behind Julia Scipione & Sophie Dart (Chatham YC) going into day two, but won all three races on Friday to secure a victory again. This is the first back to back winner since Sonia Lingos-Utley/ Nellie Stidham (Wianno YC) in 2015 & 2016. Shay Bridge / Abbie Catalano (Hyannis YC), Eliza Corral /Maisy Sperry (New Bedford YC), Brooke Bartlett /Ava Anderson (Nantucket All Island Team) and Jancy Grayson /Lily Bourell (Quissett YC) all took home trophies.
Margaret Gill (1996 winner) spoke to the competitors before racing began on Thursday about how the regatta was started by her grandmother in 1994 and the early years of the competition. For a complete history of the Gill Trophy and access to this year's results, click here.
In 1994, SM Sailing organized the first Junior Women's Doublehanded Championship to promote doublehanded sailing amongst young women in the Souther Massachusetts area with 22 crews participating.
| Date 2023 2022 |
Club Chatham YC Chatham YC |
Skipper/Crew Cailyn Murphy/Amelia Gassner Cailyn Murphy/Amelia Gassner |
Results |
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2021 |
Vineyard Haven YC | Arianan Borut/ Sadie Ava Stevens | 2021 Results |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to Covid | ||
| 2019 | Quissett YC | Anna Olsen/Ceci Bohan | 2019 Results |
| 2018 | Stage Harbor YC | Zoe Carlson/Emma Leary | 2018 Results |
| 2017 | Falmouth YC | Julia Wyatt/Jessica Friedman | 2017 Results Pictures |
| 2016 | Wianno YC | Sonia Lingos-Utley/ Nellie Stidham | 2016 Results |
| 2015 | Wianno YC | Sonia Lingos-Utley/ Nellie Stidham | 2015 Results |
| 2014 | Wianno YC | Gabby Rizika/Laura Stickells | 2014 results |
| 2013 | Stage Harbor YC | Kelsey Shakin/Olivia Gonzalez | 2013 results |
| 2012 | Wianno YC | Elizabeth Pemberton/Karina Edwards | 2012 results |
| 2011 | New Bedford YC | Sophie Bermudez/Annie Kuphal | 2011 results |
| 2010 | Hyannis Yacht Club | Marykate Mezzetti/ Marykate Cervin | 2010 results |
| 2009 | Quissett YC/Falmouth YC | Helen Lord/ Molly Clarke | 2009 results Regatta Report |
| 2008 | Duxbury Bay Maritime School | Allison Shane/Alyssa Seifert | 2008 results |
| 2007 | Tabor Academy | Lauren Burke | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2005 | Wild Harbor Yacht Club | Megan Watson/Katie Mahoney | 2005 results |
| 2004 | Wild Harbor Yacht Club | Megan Watson/Emily Flint | 2004 results |
| 2003 | Wild Harbor Yacht Club | Megan Watson/Emily Flint | |
| 2002 | Beverly Yacht Club | Jen Curtin/ Juliet Alla | |
| 2001 | Chatham Yacht Club | Margaret Sampson/Molly Koch | |
| 2000 | Plymouth Yacht Club | Betsy Stearns/Barbara Hall | |
| 1999 | Hyannis Yacht Club | Robin Deliso/Kate Wisotzkey | |
| 1998 | Edgartown Yacht Club | Clare Dooley/Caroline Dixon | |
| 1997 | Hyannis Yacht Club | Jen Vandemoer/Melissa St. Onge | |
| 1996 | Wianno Yacht Club | Margaret Gill/Mia Colarusso | |
| 1995 | Wianno Yacht Club | Elizabeth Gill/Abby Curran | |
| 1994 | Wianno Yacht Club | Elizabeth Gill/Meg Stevenson |