Gladiator Trophy

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Awarded for: Awarded to the sloop that sailed the furthest to attend the Homecoming
Trophy: Sextant in a mahogany case
Gladiator Trophy

Gladiator Trophy

Named after the sloop Gladiator, which the Zuber Family sailed a number of times from New Jersey to the Homecoming in Friendship

Trophy Winners

Year Winner
2025 FSS #180 – Banshee
2024 FSS #64 – Amicitia
2023 FSS #106 – Hold Tight
2022 FSS #272 – Noel
2021 FSS #230 – Hegira
2019 Bill Lundquist - Petrel
2018 Bill Whitney
2017 The Buzzards Bay Fleet
2016 Bill Lundquist - Petrel
2015 FSS #8 – Banshee
2014 Victor Goulding of Inherit the Wind
2013 FSS #230 – Hegira
2012 FSS #214 – Gaivota
2011 FSS #230 – Hegira
2011 Hegira Woods Hole, MA Laurie Raymond
2010 FSS #242 – Tecumseh
2010 Tecumseh Toronto, Canada
2009 FSS #8 – Banshee
2008 FSS #214 – Gaivota
2007 FSS #44 – Sazerac
2006 FSS #214 – Gaivota
2006 Banshee / Gaivota
2006 FSS #8 – Banshee
2005 FSS #180 – Banshee
2005 FSS #214 – Gaivota
2004 FSS #214 – Gaivota
2004 FSS #180 – Banshee
2003 FSS #180 – Banshee
2003 FSS #214 – Gaivota
2002 FSS #180 – Banshee
2001 FSS #180 – Banshee
2000 FSS #214 – Gaivota
1999 FSS #180 – Banshee
1998 FSS #180 – Banshee
1998 FSS #214 – Gaivota
1997 Gannet
1996 FSS #214 – Gaivota
1995 FSS #52 – Rights of Man
1994 FSS #180 – Banshee
1993 FSS #180 – Banshee
1992 FSS #251 – Bucephalus
1991 FSS #52 – Rights of Man
1990 FSS #52 – Rights of Man
1989 FSS #52 – Rights of Man
1986 FSS #180 – Banshee
1985 FSS #13 – Easting
1983 Headway
1982 John Wojcik aboard FSS #180 – Banshee
1981 Calypso
1980 Ellie T aboard FSS #22 – Ellie T.
1979 FSS #201 – Endeavor
1978 FSS #152 – Ollie M
1977 FSS #88 – Apogee
1976 FSS #151 – Departure
1975 FSS #53 – Eagle
1974 FSS #7 – Tannis
1973 Sepoy
1972 FSS #132 – Vogel Frei
1971 Sepoy