On Friday at the New York Yacht Club, Ashley Perrin and Merfyn Owen received the 2023 Royal Cruising Club Trophy from the Commodore of the CCA (Cruising Club of America). The trophy was awarded “For their extended circumnavigation and excellent cruise of Newfoundland by way of Greenland and Labrador in Santana, a Capo 30.”
Ashley Perrin and Merfyn Owen's Santana, a Capo 30 in Greenland
In 2019 the couple raced and then cruised Santana, their 30’ Carl Schumacher design from Maine to St Johns NL. They returned early in the 2020 season sailing in fog and ice to northern Newfoundland, before crossing the Labrador Sea on an expedition to the west coast of Greenland.
The CCA 2023 Royal Cruising Club Trophy was awarded to Ashley Perrin and Merfyn Owenfor extended circumnavigation and excellent cruise of Newfoundland by way of Greenland and Labrador in Santana, a Capo 30.
Trapped by Covid ashore in Nuuk for two winters, Santana returned across a cold, icy, and grey Davis Strait to Labrador and south to northwest Newfoundland. The last part of the circumnavigation was completed last year. This time, a pleasant summer cruise down the Straits of Belle Isle and west along the remote southern coast of Newfoundland.
