Need trophies for your Regatta? Why not something functional and durable in addition to being Earth-friendly? Please contact Bill for details about this excellent way to honor Regatta Champions! (Or participants and volunteers.)
Normally a substantial discount applies because more than 10 pieces are ordered. Bill can give you a precise quote for your regatta budgeting purposes. It will include converting the art or graphic from your regatta theme into heat transfer labels that will be heat-pressed onto each piece. Here are some we have done:

Here are 3 Messenger Bags plus one XL Beach Bag with Zip top… Championship quality!
We produced the Trophy Awards for the 2015 Yngling North American Championships in Okoboji, IA. Here is a list of what was ordered, to help you plan:
- First Place: Zip-top XL Beach Bags
- Second: Large Beach Bags
- Third: Medium Beach Bags
- Fourth–Sixth: Growler sized Bucket Bags
- Junior Champ: Messenger Bags
- Masters Champ: Wine Bottle Carrier – 4 pack
- Kids: Drawstring Backpacks
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There are two sizes of the full-color heat transfer, the appropriate size is adhered to each. It matched regatta shirts, –– we made it from the graphics file from the shirt art. | You can see how the heat transfer worked to carry the theme across the various pieces. |
Below is a selection created for the 2013 J-22 Joe Cool Icebreaker Regatta but re-purposed to a regional fall regatta because there was still ice covering the Lake. A combination of 9 products, 3 per boat through 3 places.
They were actually used for the 2013 J-22 District Championship, hosted by Wayzata Yacht Club, and sailed on Lake Minnetonka.
The Messenger Bag includes a sponsor logo and they chose the Bucket Bag– Growler Size as well as our Wine tote… All 3 are pictured at right. (Plus a piece of silver for the winner.)
AND THEN:
We produced 20 Trophies for the 2013 Sonar World Championship Regatta:
- First Place: Zip-top XL Beach Bags
- Second: XL Beach Bags
- Third: Messenger Bags
- Fourth: Medium Sized Beach Bags
- Fifth Place: Large size Bucket Bags
I will definitely be recommending your bags to future regatta organizers. Thank you for your support and also for the donated bag. We had a very happy raffle winner.

This Beautiful Beach Bag was crafted from an old Sonar main from Tom Brown. It was donated to the Sonar event as a Raffle item in their fund-raising efforts for the class and the regatta.
Have a great fall. Best regards,”
Bill – I’d like to talk with you about potentially doing some trophies for the Sonar World Championship to be hosted by the Rochester Yacht Club this September. Would you please send me a note when you get a chance. For information about our regatta: http://www.sonar.org
Thanks – Dawn Shumway
I hope to get a chance to make these before easter. It's school vacation week here in MA so with a napless 3 yr old and 5 yr old home, I have to find the time to get them done. Thanks for the tuinatrl.Jeo[]
(In response to Dawn.)
Dawn,
We are so pleased to have created a full set of 20 Trophies for the Sonar Worlds.
I am certain you will love them and so will the Winners of your Event!
(They are in transit at the time of this writing…)
Have a Great Regatta and please take lots of pix!
Bill Tomlinson
I have a large pile of old sails, mostly laminates, from a 40 footer. The pile is roughly 4 ft tall, and 8 ft diameter. Just guessing, but I think it probably goes 300 pounds or more.
You can have all of them… I will drop them off. In return I would like 12 30″ sea bags with zippers and shoulder straps, shipped to Duluth before Christmas. Does that work for you?
Mike,
Yes, I am ready to accept more sails!
The way it works is as follows:
We accept your pile of sails,and check them in, weighing each sail, and coming up with a total weight.
We issue you a credit for an amount equal in dollars to the weight of your sails… 300 pounds equals $300 worth of merchandise, and you can select anything you want from our Website (or Etsy site)…
It won’t get you a dozen seabags, but it’s a good start… AND IT KEEPS THOSE SAILS OUT OF A LANDFILL (at least for a good long while) !!