Jane at the 2017 ILYA Championship Regatta Lake Geneva Yacht Club

The ILYA would like to extend its heartfelt congratulations to Jane Pegel as a 2021 inductee into the National Sailing Hall of Fame. 

In 2008, Jane was inducted into the ILYA Hall of Fame with a jam-packed resume.  

Jane, a long time member of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club, is a three-time Rolex Award winner as outstanding yachtswoman in the world. She is the greatest skipper in the history of the M-16 fleet, with eleven ILYA championships between1960 and 1994. She began her ILYA championship career in 1948, winning the Class X Regatta, and is also a two-time winner in Class C. Jane is also a two-time Adams Cup winner (the North American Women’s Championship ) in 1957 and 1964, a world-class iceboat sailor, and has twice won the ILYA’s Pillsbury Cup.

Click here to read about Jane's nomination at the National Sailing Hall of Fame website.

Congratulations Jane!