Charles Foster Tillinghast, Jr.

Charles Foster Tillinghast, Jr. (1871 - October 3, 1948) of Providence, Rhode Island was the 1936 winner of the Blue Water Medal for "the finest feat of seamanship accomplished by an amateur yachtsman".^[1][2]

Biography

On June 8, 1935 the yacht Hamrah left Newport, Rhode Island heading for Bergen, Norway in a transatlantic crossing race. On board was a crew of six including Robert R. Ames (1883–1935) as the owner and yacht master; and his son Richard Ames (1912–1935).^[3] Tillinghast attempted to save the three members of the crew that fell overboard in the North Atlantic.^[2][4] He died on October 3, 1948.^[5]

References

1. ^ "The Blue Water Medal Awards 1923-2004". Cruising Club of America. http://www.cruisingclub.org/awards/awards_bluewater.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-04. "For his seamanship in the effort to save three members of the crew of the Hamrah who were overboard in the North Atlantic, and in bringing the disabled and short-handed ketch safely into Sydney, N.S." 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Tillinghast Gets Yachting Award; Brought Disabled Ketch Into Port; Blue Water Medal of Cruising Club Presented to Acting Skipper of Hamrah, Who With Two Aides Survived Pounding Seas After Three Were Lost". New York Times. January 24, 1936. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10615FC3D54147B93C6AB178AD85F428385F9. Retrieved 2010-11-04. "When Charles F. Tillinghast Jr. of Providence brought the crippled ketch Hamrah safely into port with two young companions over 900 miles of storm-torn ocean last June after three of her company had drowned, he had performed the finest feat of seamanship accomplished by an amateur yachtsman during 1935." 
3. ^ Critchell Rimington (Ed.). The sea chest: a yachtsman's reader. http://books.google.com/books?id=w6MvAQAAIAAJ&q=Charles+F.+Tillinghast&dq=Charles+F.+Tillinghast&hl=en&ei=ky7TTNTTK8Gp8Aa8j8XVDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ. "On one 8th of June the yacht Hamrah left Newport, RI, bound for Bergen, Norway, in a transatlantic race. She carried a crew of six — Robert Ames, 52, owner and master; Richard Ames, 23, ..." 
4. ^ "Tillinghast Describes Tragedy". New York Times. July 2, 1935. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E11FB3F5B177A93C0A9178CD85F418385F9. Retrieved 2010-11-04. "The following story of the drowning of Robert R. Ames and his sons was told to The Boston Herald over the telephone from Sydney, N.S.W, tonight by Charles F. Tillinghast Jr., who was at the helm when Mr. Ames was washed overboard and who manoeuvred the boat in the attempt to save the father and the sons who had gone to his rescue:" 
5. ^ "Charles F. Tillinghast, Yachtsman, was 77". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50710FB385A157B93C6A9178BD95F4C8485F9. Retrieved 2010-11-04. "Charles F. Tillinghast, ... one of New England's most prominent yachtsmen, ..." 

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Name	Tillinghast, Charles Foster
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Date of birth	1871
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Date of death	October 3, 1948
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