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To celebrate Youth Day at Cowes Week on Wednesday 2 August, a new trophy – Cowes Week Youth Trophy – was awarded at a reception hosted by Montgomery Estate Planning. This trophy recognises outstanding commitment and achievement among the young sailors competing at Cowes Week.

The inaugural winner is our very own Christopher-Joel Frederick who has been a leading figure in GCA's Scaramouche Youth Sailing Project since its first appearance at Cowes Week back in 2016.

"Chris has really shown his potential in the last few weeks. He was completing his day skipper course over five days. On the Thursday evening the opportunity to take part in the Fastnet Race came up with Cowes Week’s official charity (Tall Ships Youth Trust). Chris jumped at the opportunity. The timescales were so tight that on the last day of his course a RIB intercepted his Day Skipper boat and transferred him straight onto Challenger 2 and off he went. He finished last Thursday, got off the boat, jumped on the ferry and arrived in Cowes for the start of Cowes Week. This week he is competing with Malcolm Offord aboard the HP30 Assassin.” Mr Holt

A delighted Christopher-Joel said: “I feel very privileged to have won this award, it came as such a surprise as I thought everything I was doing was completely normal. I love sailing and it felt so natural to me when I first started so when the opportunity came up to continue, I took it. Cowes Week has been good so far, we are a new crew and we’re testing our luck in a new boat so we’re still getting used to it. We have had a few decent results and hope it continues throughout the week."

Making it a double win for Scaramouche and GCA was Kai Hockley, who won the Young Skipper Award. 

Photo line-up: Jessye, Kai, Jaydon and Christopher-Joel.