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Naylor Noggin

The Naylor Noggin
Brain Naylor made his mark on the DCA soon after the Association was formed by sailing Emma, his 16ft 10ins 'dinghy with a lid', all the way from Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex to the Folly Inn on the River Medina above Cowes on the Isle of Wight, to attend the first-ever DCA rally. His love of adventurous cruising in dinghies led him to suggest that a modest trophy might be awarded annually for the best log of a cruise published in the Bulletin (now Dinghy Cruising).

Brian's guidance for awarding his trophy is as follows: 
  • It should be for passages mainly under sail.
  • The passage should be adventurous without compromising safety.
  • The choice should be  influenced by the total distance sailed and the number of places visited.
  • It should be in a readable style with description, not just a dreary list of facts against dates.
  • If it has not already been published in the Bulletin (Dinghy Cruising) it should be published within an agreed time limit, say, within two years of the award (some accounts may span more than a single issue).
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Brian Naylor with the Noggin
Here is a list of recent winners with the title of their winning logs and their location in Dinghy Cruising   described   as follows: Journal No./Page No.
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2024           Reuben Thompson for Crossing the North Sea, Shetland to Norway in DC 264/20
2023             Jo MacGregor-Griffith for Bluebell's Jurassic Coast Traverse in DC 260/16
2022           Andy Johnstone for Up the East Coast of Scotland without an Engine in    DC 254/86
2021          Jeremy Warren  for Shetland, Hafren's Viking Adventure in DC 251/96
2020          Clemens Wergin for Sailing and Pedalling through the Kleinseenplatte    in  DC 247/60
2019          Charlie Hitchen for Realms of Gold in DC 244/64
2018          Mike Harrington and Chris Lavender for Sailing the Kyles in DC 239/67
2017           John Hughes for Lunatic Voyage in DC 235/44
2016          Chris Best and Bridget Chadwick for Outer Hebrides 2016 in DC 232/66
2015          Bill Haylock for Raasay, Portree and The Sound in DC 229/40
2014          Jeremy Warren and Philip Kirk for Hafren Round Britain Challenge in    DC 225/48 and DC 226/31
2013          Roger Bamford for Sea Fever in Ireland in DC 218/33
2012          Charlie Hitchen for Teased out of Time in DC 214/49
2011          Steve Bradwell for Breakaway to France in DC 212/43
2010          John Hughes for Worming the Cat in DC 209/27
2009          David Jones for Speedy Returns to Canna in DC 202/29
2008          Ted Jones for The Plan in DC 200/46
2007          Alastair Law for How Scilly Can You Get? in DC 196/34

In   2006  Brian Naylor was persuaded to write up the final part of his original cruise and thus became eligible for the Noggin to be presented to himself. The early part of his cruise was published in Bulletins 006/03 and 009/12. The final part was published in DC 191/42.

​Here is a list of the earlier winners of the Noggin and where the reports can be found.
2005  Ted Jones 187/30
2004  Dick Houghton 183/30
2003  Ross Murray 179/36
2002  Paul Constantine 177/23
2001  Peter Baxter 173/40
2000  Alan Glanville 166/27
1999  Ed Wingfield 162/23
1998  Len Wingfield 161/28 Part 1
1997  David Sumner 157/32
1996  David Jones 151/20
1995  Dave Morton 149/26 & 150/40
1994  Douglas Heslop 142/24
1993  No Award 
1992  Brian McClellan 136/14
1991  Keith Muscott 133/25 & 133/35
1990  Elizabeth Baker 122/20 & 123/09
1989  No Award 
1988  Jim & Renee Bailey 121/22
1987  No Award ​
​1986  Peter Bick 110/23
​1985  Richard Petter 110/16​
1984  John Baden 104/16
1983  John Gray 101/10 & 102/20 & 103/18
1982  Hugh Clay 089/14 & 090/19 & 094/19 & 097/22
​          & 098/19 102/11 & 103/12
1981  Edwin Dewhirst 090/13
1980  Elizabeth Baker 087/25
1979  David McClellan 082/21
1978  Joan Abrams 082/16 & 083/07

1969 - 1977 Ten year Gap

1968  Brian Earl 175/36
1967  Peter Clutterbuck 033/05 & 035/06
1966  No Award 
1965  Charles Stock 029/06
1964  No Award 
1963  John Deacon 021/06
1962  Eric Coleman 016/04
1961  Alec Barge 014/05
1960  John Deacon 011/06
​The Naylor Noggin Folder: A Celebration of the Years of Dinghy Cruising Accounts
After Paul Constantine won the Noggin in 2003 he decided to put together a folder celebrating the winning cruise accounts. It contains a comprehensive introduction to the Award, Brian Naylor's full cruise accounts, and thumbnail sketches of all the other winning cruise accounts up to 2012.

​Paul's outlines enable you to appreciate the diversity of cruises that DCA members have undertaken and in many cases make you want to read the original winning accounts. This you can do if you have past copies of the Journals or the CD which contains back copies of the Journal from their inception to 2017.  You can also borrow back copies of the Journal from the DCA LIbrary   
and download copies from 2010 onwards  in the Members' Section.    To download a copy of the Naylor Noggin folder please  click   here...
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    • Michael Storer talks about becoming a boat designer
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