In the 1950s speedboat racing was popular at Paynesville. The Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club has loaned the trophies of the time to PMM to display. This trophy is the R Nicholls trophy that was won three years successively by George Legg in "Revanche" George Legg was a remarkable person,managing to compete and win races without his hands which were blown off in an accident in World War Two. trophy, trophies, nicholls, legg, revanche, george legg