Hagerty Safety Award

Recipients:

2024 – Tom Beardsley, Finger Lakes

2023 – John Gullick, Toronto

2022 – Mark Manes, Northern California/Lake Tahoe

2021 – Lee and Sandy Chase, Northern California/Lake Tahoe

2018 – Bill Hancock, Sunnyland

2017 – Bill Nalle, Southwest

2016 – Dennis Mykols, Water Wonderland

2015 – Don Leutz, No. Calif./Lake Tahoe

2014 – Ed Petitti, Sunnyland

2013 – David L. Williams, North Coast Ohio

2012 – Chuck Warner, Chesapeake Bay

2011 – Bobby Gibson, Heartland Classics

2010 – Dennis and Julie Moore, Blue Ridge

2009 – Dan Wilson, Chesapeake Bay

2008 – Terry Ross and Craig Hartwig, Sunnyland

2007 – John Gullick    

2006 – Jim Patrick, Michigan

2005 – Dick Sherwood, Finger Lakes

2004 – Godfrey Howard, ACBS

2003 – Stephen Merjanian, Jr., Bob Speltz

2002 – Dick Sligh, Sunnyland

Hagerty Safety Award

Generously provided by Hagerty Classic Marine Insurance of Traverse City, MI, this award is given to an individual(s) who prepares and has published in an ACBS related publication, the best article on boating safety. The award carries with it a monetary honorarium and each recipient’s name is engraved on a perpetual trophy retained at ACBS Headquarters.

The award is given annually at the ACBS International Annual Membership Meeting, if a deserving recipient is identified in the judgment of the Awards Committee; The Education, Safety and Community Service Committee; and Hagerty Classic Marine Insurance.  The nomination should include the name and date of publication, title of article, name(s) of author(s), chapter membership of author(s), and attach a copy of the Safety Article.