Cienfuegos Yacht Club
Cienfuegos Yacht Club was an exclusive yacht and social club in Cienfuegos, Cuba.[1]
Early history[edit]
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[edit]
- Dr. Francisco Dorticos Pichardo[10]
- Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado
References[edit]
- ^ "Variety of Sports Are Offered in Cuba - Newspapers.com™". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. (1918). Commerce Reports, Volume 3.
- ^ "Zayas Plans Great Highway for Cuba - Newspapers.com™". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ The Blue Guide to Cuba. (1938). Cuba: R. Le Febure.
- ^ Guides, I. (2017). Insight Guides Cuba (Travel Guide EBook). United Kingdom: Apa Publications.
- ^ "Cuban Athletes Are Here Ready for Big Games Starting Now - Newspapers.com™". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Cuba Yacht Club Will Participate In Regatta at Phila., Aug. 2 to 7 - Newspapers.com™". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "To Represent Cuba - Newspapers.com™". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ Baker, C. (2022). Cuba. Italy: White Star, National Geographic.
- ^ "Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado - University of Florida" (PDF). ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-28.