Oakland Yacht Club Awards 2025 Perpetual Cup

Oakland Yacht Club’s (OYC) 2025 Perpetual Cup winner was Scott Ollivier, owner and skipper of Double Agent, a Merit 25.

Scott is no stranger to the Perpetual Cup, having also won it in 2018 and 2023. When he won in 2023 he reminded me that his dad, Robin Ollivier, had won it twice at the helm of Double Agent, in 2008 and 2009, and he was excited that he had followed in Dad’s footsteps! Ah, but now he’s gone one better and has his third win of the OYC Perpetual Cup.

There were some interesting happenings along the way, and here’s just one: It was a blustery OYC Sweet Sixteen race with Scott and two of his regular crew, Steve and Matt, racing and pushing hard in the competitive PHRF 168 fleet. They decided to pop the kite. The foredeck was working on it, mid-deck assisting, and as it raised it caught the wind. The mid-deck turned to say something to the skipper, only to find him not at the helm! In the blink of an eye, up over the side came Scott, landing at the tiller, and they kept right on racing. It was decided that dousing the spinnaker was their next move.

Scott shared the following. “I think my dad won the Perpetual Cup in 2007 and 2008 and I was still in SoCal at the time and just visiting for a few Wednesday nights and interclubs (and fouling up the tacks with sheet overwraps all the time, and he’d be so mad at me but always wanted me back out next trip).”

Scott is also getting his kids involved. The photo above is from 2022 — Scott racing with his wife and two of his children on board. Let’s keep the tradition going!