Mrs. Charles Frances Adams Cup


The Mrs. Charles Frances Adams Cup, or Adams Cup for short, was the competition for the United States Women's Sailing Championship.
In a sport with hundreds of different classes of boats and a national champion for each, the point of the Adams Cup was to determine an overall champion for the sport of women's sailing in the United States. Run by the U.S. Sailing Association, eliminations were held throughout the country, and the finals were raced in a different type of boat each year to eliminate any advantage a sailor from any particular class might otherwise have. Competitors sailed boats provided by the host club, and teams were required to race each boat at the event once so that nobody would have an advantage in terms of equipment, similar to high school and collegiate sailing.
As with national championships in other sports, the top three finishers received gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. The winner likewise held the Mrs. Charles Frances Adams Cup itself until the following year's champion was crowned.
The Adams Cup was first held in 1924 and was raced annually until 2011. Now retired, the Mrs. Charles Frances Adams Trophy is on display in the Reading Room of the Tom Morris Library at the National Sailing Hall of Fame.
In 2013 the Clifford Day Mallory Cup, which had previously been the United States Men's Sailing Championship, became the United States Adult Sailing Championship, open to both men and women.

Adams Cup Champions

List of champions:
YearClubTeam
2011Buccaneer Yacht ClubAmy Kleinschrodt, Sara Hall, Kara Kimbrell
2010Wawasee Yacht ClubDebbie Probst, Joyce Spring, Monica Jones
2009Buccaneer Yacht ClubAmy Kleinschrodt,Sara Hall, Ashley Hall
2008San Francisco Yacht ClubVicki Sodaro, Stephanie Wondolleck, Emily French, Katie Maxim
2007Chicago Yacht ClubBetsy Altman, Nancy Heffernan, Vickie Matthews, Marie Hansson
2006San Francisco Yacht ClubVicki Sodaro Stephanie Wondolleck Karina Vogen Shelton Emily French
2005Deep Creek Yacht ClubJoni Palmer, Meredith Dodd, Carrie Carpenter
2004Rush Creek Yacht ClubKathy Irwin, Kerri Cunningham, Nataleigh Vann, Wendy Vann
2003Deep Creek Yacht ClubJoni Palmer, Meredith Dodd, and Carrie Carpenter
2002San Francisco Yacht ClubVicki Sodaro, Stephanie Wondolleck, Pamela Healy, Jodi Lee Drewery
2001 Cancelled
Patriots Cup
Chandler's Landing Yacht ClubBarbara Hawn, Linda McDavitt, Cynthia Beorner, Carolyn Wilsford
2000San Diego Yacht ClubMary Brigden-Snow, Julie Mitchell, Pam Gregory, Stacey Szabo
1999Palisades, NYJoan Hurban, Judy Hanlon, Cindy Cox
1998Oakland, CAStephanie Wondolleck - San Rafael, Vicki Sodaro - Tiburon, Karina Vogen
1997Mobile, ALAmy Kleinschrodt, Jackie Gorski, Sara Hall
1996Boston Sailing CenterElaine Parshall, Sally Lane, Mary Coch, Colleen Crawley
1995Eastern Yacht ClubDru Slattery, Martha Quigley Dillon, Linda Epstein, Ellie Schnabel
1994Ida Lewis Yacht ClubBecky Wilson, Lisa Merrifield, Trice Kilroy, Alix Barton
1993Manhasset Bay Yacht ClubBeth Danilek, Sue Miller, Janet Grapengeter, Nancy Pearson
1992Buffalo Canoe ClubJody Swanson, Cory Sertl, Abby Ruhlman
1991Newport Yacht ClubBetsy Alison, Betsy McClintock, Marshall Lawson
1990Newport Yacht ClubBetsy Alison, Kristan McClintock, Liz Merrifield, Nancy Hood
1989Buffalo Canoe ClubJody Swanson, Jill Swanson, Kathryn Ritchie
1988Seattle Yacht ClubCarol Buchan, Cheryl Lanzinger, Libby Johnson, Jean Trucano
1987Seattle Yacht ClubCarol Buchan, Cheryl Lanzinger, Libby Johnson, Jean Trucano
1986South Atlantic Yacht Racing AssociationCathy Chrisman, Ann Boyd, Carolyn Griffith, Janet Scarborough
1985Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing AssociationCory Fisher, Dina Horwitz, Ramsey Murray, Joan Watts
1984Barnegat Bay Yacht Racing AssociationBetsy Gelenitis, Ellen Reago, Linda Toboada, Patti Jeske
1983Vermilion Boat ClubHeidi Backus, Gretchen B. Loper, Amy B. Riddle, Susan B. Potter
1982Vermilion Boat ClubHeidi Backus, Gretchen B. Loper, Amy B. Riddle
1981Charleston Yacht ClubAnn Boyd Sloger, Carolyn Simmons, Cathy Chrisman, Janet Scarborough
1980Bay-Waveland Yacht ClubJudy McKinney, Charlotte Gordon, Amy Chapman
1979St. Petersburg Yacht ClubAllison Jolly, Susan Blaketer, Janice Robertson, Sue Reischmann
1978Ida Lewis Yacht ClubBonnie Shore, Yvonne Burns, Bea Grimmitt, Nancy Kaull
1977Bay-Waveland Yacht ClubCindy Stieffel, Amy Chapman, Judy McKinney
1976Galveston Bay, CAEllen Gerloff, Ruthie Maudlin, Jane Baldridge, Rita Matthews
1975Pettipaug Yacht ClubCindy S. Batchelor, Nan Hull, Carmen Wetmore, Cara Worthington
1974Beachwood Yacht ClubDeborah Freeman, Lynn Campbell, Jennifer Valdes
1973Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht ClubTimothea Larr, Sheila McCurdy, Beegie Miller
1972Dinghy ClubSally Lindsay, Alix Smullin, Nancy Hearne
1971Duxbury Yacht ClubSylvia Shethar Everdell, Pamela O'Day, Mrs. Horace Sawyer, Jr., Daphne Fogg
1970Mantoloking Yacht ClubJan O'Malley, Patricia O'Malley, Connie Blaise
1969Mantoloking Yacht ClubJan O'Malley, Patricia O'Malley, Jacqueline Hart
1968Monmouth Boat ClubJune Methot, Bette Power, Dede Heron
1967Indian Harbor Yacht ClubMrs. W.H. Foulk, Jr., Mrs. Albert G. Preston, Jr., Mrs. A. Whittemore, Sue Ann Shay
1966Corinthian Yacht Club of SeattleJerie Clark, Mary Anne Easter, Renate McVitti
1965Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht ClubTimothea Larr, Sarah Glenn Meyer, Patience Outerbridge
1964Lake Geneva Yacht ClubJane Pegel, Marnie Frank, Nancy Frank
1963American Yacht ClubAllegra Knapp Mertz, Lois Shethar Smith, Betty Duncan, Lucia Elmore
1962Noroton Yacht ClubSusan W. Sinclair, Alexandra W. Falconer, Carolyn McCurdy
1961Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht ClubTimothea Larr, Sarah Glenn Meyer, Deborah Smith Read
1960DelRey Beach Yacht ClubPat Duane, Nancie Pearce, Rose Marie Altemus
1959American Yacht ClubAllegra Knapp Mertz, Roseamund Corwin, Betty Duncan, Cindy Matthews
1958American Yacht ClubNancy Underhill, Roseamund Corwin, Gwendolyn Everett
1957Chicago Yacht ClubJane Pegel, Michael Sennot Roche, Judy Gale Nye
1956Fort Worth Boat ClubGlenn Hill Lattimore, Diane McFarland, Rose Rector, Jane Mooney
1955Manhasset Bay Yacht ClubToni Monetti, Chris Drake, Frances Macy, Jill Thompson
1954American Yacht ClubAllegra Knapp Mertz, Beverly Compton, Ellen Kelly
1953Riverside Yacht ClubJudy Webb, Barbara Sheldon, Sandra Gill, Jill Avers
1952Manhasset Bay Yacht ClubPat Hinman, Toni Monetti, Gwen Van Hagen, Mrs. George R. Hinman
1951Seal Harbor Yacht ClubJane Smith, Molly Shaw, Polly Hessenbrunch, Anne Rockefeller
1950American Yacht ClubAllegra Knapp Mertz, Roseamund Corwin, Carol Walter, Beverly Compton
1949Portland Yacht ClubJane McL. Smith, Jane Hughes, Dana Smith, Martha Soule
1948Larchmont Yacht ClubAileen Shields, Grace Emmons, Margot Gotte, JoAnne Sandborn
1947American Yacht ClubSyvia Shethar Everdell, Roseamund Corwin, Lois Shethar, Allegra Knapp Mertz
1946Edgartown Yacht ClubVirginia Weston Besse, Adelaide Wolstanholme, Honora Haynes, Mary Edmonds
1941Riverside Yacht ClubLois McIntyre, Mrs. Frederick T. Allen, Charlotte Mayer, Mrs. Carlton Marsh
1940American Yacht ClubSylvia Shethar, Roseamund Corwin, Elizabeth Richards
1939American Yacht ClubSylvia Shethar, Gwendolyn Shethar, Roseamund Corwin, Elizabeth Richards
1938Cohasset Yacht ClubFrancis McElwain, Katherin Johnson Fisher, Joan Chapin Waters, Barbara Benson
1937Cohasset Yacht ClubFrancis McElwain, Katherine Johnson, Francis Williams, Joan Chapin Waters
1936Cohasset Yacht ClubFrancis McElwain, Katherine Johnson, Joan Chapin
1935Cohasset Yacht ClubFrancis McElwain, Katherine Johnson, Francis Williams
1934Indian Harbor Yacht ClubLorna Whittelsey, Myrtle Whittelsey, Mrs. DuBois, Kitty Kunhardt
1933Cohasset Yacht ClubRuth Sears, Katherine Johnson, Francis Williams
1932Edgartown Yacht ClubClair Dinsmore, Rosalind McCagg, Ruth Welch
1931Indian Harbor Yacht ClubLorna Whittelsey, Helen Willis, Myrtle Whittelsey
1930Indian Harbor Yacht ClubLorna Whittelsey, Helen Willis, Myrtle Whittelsey
1929Cohasset Yacht ClubFrances Williams, Fanny C. Howmans, Peggy Little
1928Indian Harbor Yacht ClubLorna Whittelsey, Helen Wills, Edith Wills
1927Indian Harbor Yacht ClubLorna Whittelsey, Helen Wills, Edith Wills
1926Cohasset Yacht ClubJessie Bancroft, Catherine Reid, Helen Swain
1925Cohasset Yacht ClubRuth Sears, Ester Sears
1924Cohasset Yacht ClubRuth Sears, Ester Sears