| Miramar Yacht Club | |
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| Alternative names | MYC |
| General information | |
| Location | Miramar, Havana, La Habana Province,  Cuba |
| Address | 61 St. corner Primera St. |
| Coordinates | 23°6′19.07″N82°26′48.41″W / 23.1052972°N 82.4467806°W |
| Opened | 1926 |
| Website | |
| miramaryachtclub.com | |
Miramar Yacht Club was a private yacht and social club in Havana, Cuba. [1] The Miramar Yacht Club was established by former Havana Yacht Club members in the 1920s in Miramar. [2]
It was founded in 1926 in the Miramar subdivision of Havana, Cuba, and could be seen from Fifth avenue which led to the beach. [3] The Miramar Yacht Club was located on 61 St. corner Primera St. and on the coastline of Marianao, facing the straits of Florida. [4] It was situated next to the Havana Yacht Club. [5]
In 1948, Alfonso Gomez-Mena of Havana's Miramar Yacht Club won the 10th annual 184-mile Miami-to-Nassau ocean race. [6]
In 1949, Manuel Racso of Havana's Miramar Yacht Club set the record for the St. Petersburg-to-Havana yacht race with his Cuban schooner, Belletrix, finishing in 35 hours. [7] The yacht club of Miramar made Manuel Antonio Rasco Jr. an honorary commodore for life when he was named Commodore Ad Vitem in 1957. [8]
Dr. Clemente Inclán sailed the winning skipper in the 1950 Snipe Western Hemisphere and Asia Championship and was awarded the Hayward Western Hemisphere Trophy. [9]
After the Cuban revolution, the club was taken over by the communist government in 1961 and renamed the Patricio Lumumba Club. [10]
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