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In 1910 the Committee suggested a tJOphy in honour or lhc late King . to be known as lhc King Edward VU Trophy , on which the winner ' s name would be inscribed . Aoma won the first race and Walter . Marks ' Culwullo l / J won lhe 1912 race . In 1913 , A . W . Crane ' s Sunbeam held lhe honour . and in 1914 it rctumed again to Aoma .

In 1905 , M . Jenny or New Zealand . who bad been a club member for some time , gave a ten guinea trophy to be raced for annually for five years and to be known as the Jenny Trophy . In 1915 . when Mr Jenny went to Tasmania to scule , he retired from the club nnd gave a valuable sum towards future ttopbie5 .

Owners of Rawhiti , Messrs Albert and Sayer . presented the Rawhiti Cup in 1910 and . similar to many Other trophies , it had to be won lhrce times before the winner could retain the cup .

State Governor Sir Hany Rawson . a keen yachts · man . presented the Rawson Cup to the club in 1902 .

Also in 1902 , the Petrel Cup was presented to the club by past Commodore and CommitlCC man , S . M . Dempster . The bOphy was named after bis yacht which he raced so successfully for many years .

In 1908 the famous English yachtsman . Sir Thomas Lipton , offered the Lipton Cup for competition amongs1 club members in a one- < lesign class .

THE BASIN CUP

Perhaps the mos1 famous of the club ' s cups is 1he ve1ernn Basin Cup , origina1ed by Harry Cox in 1906 ( the brother of James Cox . owner of HerresliojJ ). Mr Cox donated the first two trophies . It is an ocean race from Sydney 10 Broken Bay ( around Lion bland ) and rctum , approximately 45 nautical miles . and is

named after the well-loved Basin at Coaster ' s Re · treat , in thePitrwater , where lhcclubusuallyheld its Easter Camp and where lhe club ' s Cbris1mas Picnic is held 1oday . The winners until 1983 were :

The Basin Challenge Cup was initiated by Harry Cox in 1906 . h was named after the Basin Camp , a popular acrivity in ll1ose days . For some years a cup was presen1ed for each race , but in 1926 Commodore Sir Dudley de Chair presented o cup for annual c01Dpemion . The coorse was opproximately 60 ltilomeues . from Sydney 10 Broken Boy ( around Lion Island ) and back to Sydney .

The Basin Cup . presented l ' or one race only .

The Basin Cup is rnied highly by both lhe Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club . Due 10 these clubs ' involvement in around the buoys rJcing it was decided in 1969 ( 10 to band the conduct or the race over to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia . who , without an ' llutside race nt this time , agreed to conduct U1e race on be hair of tho Alfreds . The CYCA conducted the race from 1970 un1ll 1983 bu1 it is no longer on I heir calendar .

It is disappointing that the CYCA appears Lo have dropped the race and it is hoped that it may be reins1atcd .

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