Potomac River Sailing Association

Washington, D.C.

The Norman C. Schaller Memorial Trophy

Deed of Gift

July 1976

The Norman C. Schaller Memorial Trophy is hereby established by this friends and the Potomac River Sailing Association in the memory of Norman C. Schaller, who successfully campaigned Lightnings, Thistles, and Shearwater Catamarans over a period of 28 years with the Potomac River Sailing Association, and gave unstintingly of his time and talents to improve sailboat racing in the Washington area.

This perpetual Memorial Trophy is to be contested each year on the occasion of the Potomac River Sailing Association President’s Cup Regatta and shall be awarded to the skipper having the best performance in the regatta, as defined by the following rules:

1.                  The trophy shall be awarded to the winning skipper having the best record in the regatta in any class mustering ten or more starters in at least half of the races held.  In the event that one or more fleets sail in a different number of races than one or more other fleets, the best record will be considered to be the lowest quotient obtained by dividing the sum of a skipper’s finish positions by the product of the number of races finished times the sum of all finishers in all races in the class.

2.                  In the event of a tie, it shall be warded to the skipper who defeated the greatest number of boats.  If this still results in a tie, the winner in the class whose second place finisher has the best record shall be awarded the trophy.  If a tie still exists, the trophy shall be warded jointly, with each winner entitled to possession for a partial year.

The trophy is to be held by the winner for one year or until the next President’s Cup Regatta, whichever comes first.  The trophy is the property of the Potomac River Sailing Association until such time as it is no longer contested, at which time ownership is to be transferred to the family of Norman C. Schaller.

These rules may be changed in the future as necessary by a two-thirds majority vote of the PRSA Executive Committee and subject to veto by Mrs. Norman C. Schaller.

Note: Original Deed of Gift dated April 1973, Revised July 1976.