Cienfuegos Yacht Club Explained

Cienfuegos Yacht Club
Alternate Names:CYC
Opened Date:1918
Location:Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province,
Coordinates:22.1265°N -80.4512°W

Cienfuegos Yacht Club was an exclusive yacht and social club in Cienfuegos, Cuba.[1]

Early history

The Cienfuegos Yacht Club was established in the summer of 1918.[2] It was set up to host regattas in Cienfuegos Bay and to represent Cienfuegos in competitions held in other Cuban cities. The Cienfuegos Club first participated in inter-club events with the Havana Yacht Club in 1921.[3]

The club offered a sailing center, an outdoor swimming pool built in the bay, a tennis court, and other social amenities.[4] [5]

Many types of athletes, such as those participating in track and field, softball, and rowing competitions, called the club home.[6]

The nautical club entered a crew in the National rowing regatta for the 1926 Championships of the United States on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.[7] The Cienfuegos Yacht Club represented Cuba in the four-with-coxswain racing event in the 1959 Pan American Games.[8]

The building was later converted into a restaurant and renamed Club Cienfuegos.[9]

Presidents

References

22.1265°N -80.4512°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Variety of Sports Are Offered in Cuba - Newspapers.com™. newspapers.com. 2024-05-28.
  2. United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. (1918). Commerce Reports, Volume 3.
  3. Web site: Zayas Plans Great Highway for Cuba - Newspapers.com™. newspapers.com. 2024-05-28.
  4. The Blue Guide to Cuba. (1938). Cuba: R. Le Febure.
  5. Guides, I. (2017). Insight Guides Cuba (Travel Guide EBook). United Kingdom: Apa Publications.
  6. Web site: Cuban Athletes Are Here Ready for Big Games Starting Now - Newspapers.com™. newspapers.com. 2024-05-28.
  7. Web site: Cuba Yacht Club Will Participate In Regatta at Phila., Aug. 2 to 7 - Newspapers.com™. newspapers.com. 2024-05-28.
  8. Web site: To Represent Cuba - Newspapers.com™. newspapers.com. 2024-05-28.
  9. Baker, C. (2022). Cuba. Italy: White Star, National Geographic.
  10. Web site: Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado - University of Florida . ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu. 2024-05-28.