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The Swiftsure International Yacht Race is the premier long distance sailing race in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia area. Starting and ending in Victoria, BC , Canada, the Swiftsure is international because the midpoint markers for the four long courses are in U.S. waters.
A boathouse may be the headquarters of a boat club or rowing club and used to store racing shells, in which case it may be known as a shell house. [2] Boat houses may also include a restaurant, bar, [3] or other leisure facilities, [1] perhaps for members of an associated club. They are also sometimes modified to include living quarters for ...
Since that year, the club has been known as the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria. In 1905, the club established its first clubhouse, by taking out a lease on Wickliffe House, on the Upper Esplanade in St Kilda. [3] [6] Upon the expiry of the Wickliffe House lease in 1912, the club moved back to the city, at 375 Collins Street. [7] With its ...
Fremantle Sailing Club Australia: Fremantle: 1897 Hobsons Bay Yacht Club Australia: Williamstown, Victoria: 1888 Metung Yacht Club Australia: Metung, Victoria: 1934 Mornington Yacht Club Australia: Mornington: 1945 Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Australia: Albert Park, Victoria: 1949 Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club Australia: Queenscliff ...
Model yacht clubs have existed for many years in Great Britain, Ireland and the United States, most of them holding a number of regattas during each season. The rules do not generally require the owner or skipper of a model to build his own craft, but among model yachtsmen the designing and the construction of the boats constitute as important and interesting a part of the sport as the actual ...
The Portage Lakes Yacht Club was founded March 29, 1936. First boats at the club were 16 foot scows.In 1938 the first home built Snipe arrived at PLYC and in 1939 the Snipe Fleet number 110 was formed.
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The race was created by Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (RVYC) member Jim Innes, at that time a pilot for Canadian Pacific Airlines. He talked about the idea of a race originating in Victoria and ending some 2308 nautical miles away in Maui, [ 8 ] and convinced three other skippers to start with him off Brotchie Ledge in 1965.