St. Lucia Yacht Club

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The St. Lucia Yacht Club, is a sports club in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia. [1] Founded in 1966, it features yacht services, [1] squash courts, [2] and other sporting services. On the weekend of Whitsun the club hosts a three-day event that has been described as similar to Antigua Sailing Week. [3] The SLYC is a destination spot for tourists and it is covered in multiple travel guides to St. Lucia. [4] [2] It is also the home of the St. Lucia Channel Swim from St. Lucia to St. Vincent, Martinique and Barbados. [5] The channel swim event was established in 2018. [6]

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Yacht Club in St. Lucia

References

  1. 1 2 Branford, Rupert (2006). "Sailing in St. Lucia". In Arif, Ali (ed.). Saint Lucia: Simply Beautiful. Hansib Publications. pp. 181–183. ISBN   9781870518932.
  2. 1 2 Philpott, Don (1996). St. Lucia. Passport Books. pp. 125, 141, 153. ISBN   9780844249278.
  3. ↑ Street, Donald M. (1993). Street's Cruising Guide to the Eastern Caribbean: Martinique to Trinidad. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 56. ISBN   0393035239.
  4. ↑ Becker, Greg (1994). The Seagoing Hitchhiker's Handbook: Roaming the Earth on Other People's Yachts. High Adventure Publishing. p. 107. ISBN   0963971204.
  5. ↑ Pascal, David (24 November 2019). "Mango Bowl Regatta next weekend". St. Lucia Star.
  6. ↑ Pascal, David (July 14, 2018). "Swimmers put the test in open water". St. Lucia Star.


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Yacht Club in St. Lucia
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