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WWW.BLOCHOTELS.COM // 13 are welcome. As the BVI's "national authority for sailing," the Royal BVI Yacht Club takes pride in the BVIs- landers, and had an opportunity to sponsor and support a variety of "na- tional" and "world" sailing events, in- cluding the Olympic Games. The Royal BVI Yacht Club maintains an active calendar of racing, cruising, angling, and social events, as well as sailing training programmes for young and old alike. The Club is the primary sponsor of the annual BVI Spring Re- gatta, featuring three days of racing in the Sir Francis Drake Channel for racing classes, non-spinnaker classes, multihulls, and bareboats. The Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club was granted the Royal Warrant by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in her New Year's Honours List of December, 1999. The Warrant was officially bestowed by HRH Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, during his official visit to The British Virgin Is- lands in the Spring of 2000. West End Yacht Club West End, Tortola The home of the West End Yacht Club can be found at the Jolly Roger Res- taurant and Inn on the water's edge in Soper's Hole, Tortola. The WEYC hosts five annual races including Foxy's Wooden Boat Regatta, The Sweethearts (Schooners) of the Car- ibbean and Classic Yacht Regatta, the Firecracker 500, Foxy's Cat Fight, and the Gustav Wilmerding Memorial Challenge. YCCS Virgin Gordda North Sound, Virgin Gorda The new Caribbean destination of YCCS, which has its home port in Por- to Cervo, Sardinia, offers excellence in quality and service. The Clubhouse which opened in January 2012, has been designed and completed to the highest standards and provides indoor and outdoor dining, private function rooms, a terrace bar, infinity edge pool, locker and shower facilities, wifi and an event lawn for functions. The Club organizes a range of top lev- el international yachting events such as the Loro Piana Superyacht Regat- ta & Rendezvous and the Rolex Swan Cup Caribbean, both held annually in March, as well as the Transatlantic Superyacht and Maxi Regatta which brings sailing giants from Europe to the Caribbean in December of each year. The adjacent YCCS Marina is protect- ed from surge and swell and provides an ideal base from which to explore the neighboring Caribbean islands. Twenty-eight berths for yachts over 30 meters are available as well as 10 berths for 25-30 meter yachts. Elec- tricity, wifi, customs and immigration clearance, on board provisioning, fire suppression, marine sewage pump out, laundry service, potable water and garbage removal services can all be provided at the Marina. "Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.' - DAVID LEE ROTH