Wet Pants Sailing Association

Edwin Kinkaide was a founding member of Wet Pants. In fact, it was his experience (along with Bill Huus) being denied a trophy as a non-member of another yacht club that led Hervey Smith and Sid Snyder to create the Wet Pants Sailing Association back in 1936.

Though he eventually moved out of New York, Mr. Kinkaide never forgot the club that had been an important part of his young adulthood. Near the end of his life he directed his son Perry to contact Wet Pants and establish a scholarship fund for other young sailors.

Keeping the tradition alive, we are pleased to announce the 2010 Edwin Kinkaide Founder’s Memorial Scholarship. This $300 scholarship is open to any high school or undergraduate student who is a member in good standing Wet Pants Sailing Association and is pursuing post secondary education at an accredited 2 or 4 year college or vocational school. For additional information and an application, please click here.

note: The sources for this article were Sayville’s Wet Pants Sailing Association by Tom Travis, and oral history courtesy of Charlie Huberman.  If any members can share additional information about Mr. Kinkaide, please do so by writing to info@wetpantssailing.org