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| Short name | RBVIYC |
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| Founded | 25 July 1973 |
| Location | Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands |
| Commodore | Todd Patterson |
| Website | royalbviyc.org |
The Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club was established on 25 July 1973. [1]
The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially the Virgin Islands, are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles and part of the West Indies.
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