The Ponce Yacht & Fishing Club’s (PYFC) Discover the Caribbean Series was moved to this month (February 3 -4) in the wake of hurricane damage to the club and the whole of Puerto Rico. Yet the club’s sailors just couldn’t ...
“Practice makes perfect” is a saying that the BVI’s Rayne Duff put into action to win the highly-competitive Optimist class at the Pan Pepin International Dinghy Regatta, hosted February 4th to 7th out of Puerto Rico’s Club Nautico de ...
Custom made courses, nearly ideal conditions and great participation proved a highly successful combination for the 40 boats from Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands that competed in the 26th Discover the Caribbean regatta. Hosted out of the Ponce Yacht ...
Forty yachts, everything from a Melges 32 to one-design Hunter 216 and IC-24 classes plus Hobie cats and native-built chalanas, competed in the Discover the Caribbean. This longest running regatta in Puerto Rico, hosted by the Ponce Yacht & Fishing ...
In the Caribbean, Santa is more likely to cruise down the chimney in a dinghy than arrive on a sleigh. The region definitely doesn’t lack for festivities and a true seasonal spirit during the December holidays. Here’s a sampling of ...
Interest in match racing is rising in Puerto Rico. Hot on the heels of the USVI’s Peter Holmberg leading a match racing clinic for competitors in July 2011, and Puerto Rican sailors such as Jorge Santiago testing the waters by ...
Tortola – West End Yacht Club The West End Yacht Club in Tortola, BVI, has finalized its calendar for 2013 with dates that avoid conflicts with the major International regattas around the circuit. Four of the WEYC six traditional regattas also ...
PONCE YACHT AND FISHING CLUB: Sailing through summer 2012 A full calendar of sailing events is underway this summer at Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club (PYFC) in Puerto Rico. These include the 2012 ISAF Summer Olympics, PYFC’s annual summer sailing ...
Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club’s head coach Jorge Santiago dreams of sailing becoming the national sport of Puerto Rico. This isn’t just wishful thinking. Santiago, as head coach and sailing instructor at the Ponce Yacht & Fishing Club (PYFC) since ...
For two consecutive weekends in November, crews raced in varying conditions as part of the 2009 Discover the Caribbean Series hosted by the Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club in southern Puerto Rico. ...