John "Hap" Fauth, left, is presented the Mosbacher Trophy by NYYC Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr. at the Annual Awards Dinner at the NYYC on November 10, 2011. The award is given to the NYYC Yachtsman of the Year. Fauth's Belle Mente won the "Barn Door Trophy" in the 2011 Transpac given to the first yacht to finish the 2,250-nm race from Los Angeles to Honolulu.
Michael Levitt photos.

 Commodore Towse presents the Herreshoff Medal to Apparition, skippered by Ken Colburn. Colburn, left, won the Swan 42 class in the NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex and the Swan 42 Nationals. He finished second in the NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex.

The NYYC Invitational Cup was won by the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto. Several members of the winning team graciously attended the Annual Awards Dinner:  L-R, Allan Megarry, Karen McKay Brookman,  John Hele, the owner of Daring -- the NYYC Swan 42 that won the event -- and Andrew and Melissa McTavish.

  Dinner in the Grill Room.

 James Swartz is presented a keeper trophy emblematic of the Queen's Cup, given to the NYYC by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. His Vesper was the winning yacht in the Queen's Cup  --
part of the Annual Cruise. 

  L-R, Jim Murphy, Kristal Dockery and Simon Davidson.

Ed Freitag, left, and Molly Haley receive a Rolex Timepiece from Peter Nicholson, vice president of Rolex Watch USA, as overall winner of the NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex. Their yacht is Downtime out of Annapolis Yacht Club.

 L-R, Peter Cummiskey, NYYC Fleet Captain, Alexandra Cummiskey, former Commodore George Isdale and Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr.

Bill Sweetser receives the Great Corinthian Trophy from Commodore Towse. John Myles, chair of the NYYC Race Committee, is at the podium.

Gavin Maxwell, left, and Will Passano -- off Clarke Murphy's Leopard in the Transatlantic
Race 2011.

Jim Bishop wins the first John B. Thomson Award for Campaign Excellence.

L-R are Bishop, John Thomson III and Chandler Hovey.