The John McCartney Memorial Trophy
John McCartney is the father of our Wednesday Night Sunset Series. It was this series that provided much of LSSC's initial recognition in the Detroit River Yacht-racing Association. When John passed away in 1979, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to accept an appropriate trophy recognizing John's contribution to the Lake Shore Sail Club Wednesday Night Sunset Series.
The John McCartney Memorial Trophy is awarded to the LSSC member who has the best overall score for the Spring Sunset Series and the Summer Sunset Series combined. This score shall be calculated using the Cox-Sprague scoring system. The races used in dtermingng the member's qualifying position in each series, as set forth by the Race Committee shall be used to determine his Cox-Sprague score for this award. When a tie results, the member having the most firsts shall win; if a tie still remains, the most seconds, then thirds and so on shall determine the winner. A member must qualify his yacht in both series to be eligible for the John McCartney Memorial Trophy. A member may change fleets from one series to the next, but may not change fleets during a series.
1979	Ernst Niederbuehl	1993	Don Harthorn	2007	Don Harthorn
1980	Bob Thompson	1994	Mark Miller	2008	Don Harthorn
1981	Bob Orr	1995	Don Harthorn	2009	Brian Lang
1982	Bob Rousseau	1996	Dave Sandlin	2010	Brian Lang
1983	Bob Orr	1997	Jerry LaVine	2011	Brian Lang
1984	Mark Williams	1998	Brian Lang	2012
1985	Dave and Sandy Naples	1999	Brian Lang	2013
1986	Dave and Sandy Naples	2000	Brian Lang	2014
1987	Tie- Bob Orr / Bill Clark	2001	Frank Tenkel	2015
1988	Ernst Niederbuehl	2002	Brian Lang	2016
1989	Bob Orr	2003	Frank Kunick	2017
1990	Walt Nikesch	2004	Brian Lang	2018
1991	Frank Tenkel	2005	Frank Kunick	2019
1992	Andy Unger	2006	Don King	2020