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Club | Monmouth Boat Club |
June Methot is an American sailor who won the 1968 Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Trophy and was the 1968 United States Sailor of the Year.
In 1937, Methot won a class championship at the Monmouth Boat Club.[1] Then, until World War II she raced in the Bird class, and she shifted to sailing in Lightnings in 1947.[1] Methot was a winner skipper in Lightning class boats,[2][3] and won the New Jersey championship in 1957 which were sailed in Wood Pussy Class catboats.[4]
In 1968 Methot won the Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Trophy,[5][6] an event she also competed in during the 1954[1] and 1962 season.[7] In 1968 she sailed with Mrs. Bette Power and Mrs. Dede Heron; they were the first team from New Jersey to win the Adams trophy.[8]
In 1968 Methot received the Martini & Rossi trophy, becoming the United States' sailor of the year along with Lowell North.[9][10]
During World War II Methot was a pilot when she flew for the Women Airforce Service Pilots.[9] In 1985 Methot published Up and Down the River which is the history of the Navesink River in New Jersey.[11]