Susie Wosser Trophy on Display at Sequoia Yacht Club

Last week, Latitude 38 delivered the Susie Wosser Trophy to Petra Gilmore, who, together with her husband Rick, was announced as the 2025 award recipient last December.

Latitude 38 awards the Wosser Trophies annually with the aim of recognizing participation in sailing and getting more people out on the water.

As summarized in our December 12 ‘Lectronic Latitude on the winners of the three different Wosser trophies, “The Susie Wosser Trophy recognizes the incredibly important responsibility of taking new people sailing. One of the most effective ways to get newcomers into our sport (because not everyone is born into a sailing family) is to just take them out sailing. The Susie Wosser Trophy is awarded to the boat owner(s) taking the greatest number of people out racing in any given year.”

Rick and Petra Gilmore took a whopping total of 65 crew members out sailing in 2025, but we only recently got the opportunity to deliver the trophy to Petra, at Sequoia Yacht Club.

Petra was excited to receive the trophy, and put it on display at Sequoia Yacht Club.

“Rick and I feel so honored and fortunate to win this year’s Susie Wosser Trophy for bringing the most people out racing,” she tells us. “We have taken people racing who have never been on a boat and others that are world-class sailors. Everyone gets a job trimming jib or main. We’ve got a ‘no rail meat policy;’ everyone participates.”

The Gilmores will be looking to defend their 2025 title in 2026, and we at Latitude 38 hope that everyone around the Bay can push them as hard as possible. The most important thing we as sailors can do for our sport is to show newcomers the wonderful world of sailing, and invite them in with open arms.

In the spirit of participation, if you’re looking for a boat to race on this season, or if you’re a boat owner looking to find new crew to take racing this season, come to the Latitude 38 Spring Crew List Party on March 5, at Golden Gate Yacht Club! You can purchase tickets here.