Royal BVI Yacht Club
Road Town (Tortola), VG · founded 1973
Photo: giggel (CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia CommonsFounded in 1973 in Road Town (Tortola), the Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club is recognised by World Sailing as the national sailing authority for the British Virgin Islands, a status confirmed by the royal warrant granted in 2000. The club has organised the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival since 1972 and runs a dinghy sailing base at Nanny Cay, where youth courses and camps take place.
History
The Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club was founded on 25 July 1973 by 76 founding members, under the club's first Commodore, Peter Wright. Its first premises were a houseboat moored at the Road Reef careening hole, near Road Town, destroyed by Hurricane David in 1979. The club then went fourteen years without a fixed base, until its current Road Reef clubhouse was opened on 30 June 1993 by Chief Minister H. Lavity Stoutt. In 1984, club members represented the British Virgin Islands at their first Olympic sailing Games (Keith and Peter Barker in the 470, Robin Tattersall, Keith Thomas and Elvet Meyers in the Soling). In 2000, the club received a royal warrant in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year Honours List, giving it its current name, and it is now recognised by World Sailing as the national sailing authority for the British Virgin Islands. The club is the organising authority of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, sailed since 1972 and drawing crews from more than fourteen countries. Beyond its Road Reef headquarters, the club also runs a dinghy sailing base at Nanny Cay, where adult courses and youth camps take place during school holidays.
Flagship events
BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (organising authority since 1972, per the official Notice of Race).
Location
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