NORTH AMERICAN CRUISER ASSOCIATION
LOU GANDELMAN HALL OF CHAMPIONS PERPETUAL TROPHY
KNOWN AS THE HALL OF CHAMPIONS UNTIL 1981
Awarded to a member who has made a significant contribution to the development
of Cruiser Navigation Contests.
This award may be made at the discretion of the NACA Executive Committee upon
recommendation of the prior recipients of the award.
| Year | Winner | Association |
| 2010 | William Findley | So. Calif. Cruiser Association |
| 2009 | Bob Lindal | IPBA-N |
| 2008 | Bob Ehlers | San Diego Cruiser Association |
| 2007 | Craig Ryan | So. Calif. Cruiser Assoc. |
| 2006 | Mike Henry | I.P.B.A. - North |
| 2005 | Duke Rohrbaugh | Saint Petersburg Yacht Club |
| 2004 | Joe Le Blanc | New England Cruiser Association |
| 2003 | Herbert Dover | Santa Monica Bay Power Fleet and So. Calif. Cruiser Assoc. |
| 2002 | Clem Hartley | Predicted Log Racing Assoc. of No. Calif |
| 2001 | Valeria Scott | Predicted Log Racing Assoc. of No. Calif |
| 2000 | Tracy Wichmann | So. Calif. Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1999 | Bill Templeman | Chicago Yacht Club |
| 1998 | Paul Petit | San Diego Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1997 | Joe Castagna | Santa Monica Bay Power Fleet |
| 1996 | Bob Johnson | I.P.B.A. - North |
| 1995 | Martha Miller | Predicted Log Racing Assoc. of No. Calif |
| 1994 | Norman Meyer | Naragansit Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1993 | Larry Price | I.P.B.A. - South |
| 1992 | A. Gilman Middleton | I.P.B.A. - North |
| 1991 | Dave Shreve | St. Petersburg Yacht Club |
| 1990 | Paul Leland | So. Calif Cruiser Assoc/Santa Monica Bay Pwr Fleet |
| 1989 | Haluk Akol | Predicted Log Racing Assoc. of No. Calif. |
| 1988 | Ben Shaw | Naragansit Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1987 | Bob Buckland | Western Lake Erie Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1986 | Tom Trap | I.P.B.A. - Gulf of Georgia |
| 1985 | Al Smith | I.P.B.A. - North |
| 1984 | Tom Collins | So. Calif. Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1983 | Edward Jepsen | Predicted Log Racing Assoc. of No. Calif. |
| 1982 | Kell Hennessy | St. Petersburg Yacht Club |
| 1981 | Walter Del Mar | So. Calif. Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1980 | Lou Gandelman | So. Calif. Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1979 | Jack Gray | New England Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1978 | Mel Lurie | So. Calif. Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1977 | Gene Grant | So. Calif. Cruiser Assoc. |
| 1976 | Al Fleischman | St. Petersburg Yacht Club |
| 1975 | Bill Henefelt | St. Petersburg Yacht Club |
| 1974 | Ken Cowan | New England Cruiser Assoc. |
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