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The English Harbour Yacht club became based on Tuesday 21st November 1967.
The founders have been Mr. P. Deeth, Mr. & Mrs. A. Copeland, Mr. C. Schumacher, Mr. & Mrs. D. Nicholson, Mr. & Mrs. Lassabliers, Mr. J. Clegg and Ms. S. West.

at the ninth September 1969 Commodore, Peter Deeth, suggested that the cabinet had authorized the grant of land at Falmouth Harbour to be used through the Yacht club. On 23rd June 1970 the Commodore said that a hire had been completed by Rowan Henry. It became signed by means of the Trustees and the Governor general on 13th April 1971. The lease became recorded and the problem was satisfactorily concluded.
the primary Yacht club building turned into erected in 1970 by way of Jack Paterson. at the AGM of Sunday 21st might also, 1972, the club name become changed to Antigua Yacht membership.
The Yacht membership government Committee and contributors have used their satisfactory endeavors to promote the sport of crusing along with, however not limited to Antigua sailing Week, Antigua conventional Yacht Regatta, RORC Caribbean six hundred, the Superyacht Cup Antigua, weekly dinghy racing and adolescents crusing programs.

Origins
within the mid 1960’s, new motels – The motel at English Harbour, owned by means of Peter Deeth, and the Admiral’s inn, a main mild of which was Desmond Nicholson, started to race towards each different on Sunday mornings, using the accommodations’ Sailfish (predecessor of the Sunfish). each motel had three Sailfish and team racing happened in Freemans Bay. opposition changed into fierce, a trophy turned into received and on the end of racing every Sunday the successful team carried off the trophy, which then sat in a place of honour within the bar on the lodge or Admiral’s inn till the following Sunday. The trophy spent most of its time on the Admiral’s motel as they may continually discipline a group of “hotshot” helmsmen together with Jol Byerley, Peter van der Sloop and Richard “hot Screws” Scott Hughes.
From this a success pastime the concept turned into born of beginning a neighborhood crusing membership or yacht membership. In1967, a small informal meeting of only a few people occurred one early evening inside the Admiral’s lodge bar. gift had been Peter Deeth, Desmond Nicholson, Andy Copeland, John Clegg and one or two others. It turned into decided to shape a membership to maintain Sailfish races in English Harbour and to begin recruiting contributors. This became achieved with enthusiasm, word unfold and there were quickly a very good number of sailors and supporters who all became members of what changed into to be called “The English Harbour Yacht club”. Peter Deeth changed into elected the primary Commodore. membership expenses were very low – the “club” had little to offer. No clubhouse, no boats and simplest the possibility to race or watch races on Sunday mornings. The Admiral’s motel become that time the social centre of all things nautical in Antigua and Ethelyn Phillips, the Manageress, gave permission for races to start from the dock at the lowest of The Admiral’s hotel lawn. A club bar was operated at the dock and the sales from this, plus entrance charges for racing and club prices, have become the muse of the Yacht club budget. The Sunday morning racing soon became the social occasion of the week in English Harbour and there would often be one hundred or greater human beings turning up to speak, experience the scene, and in a few cases to certainly race. The “Clubhouse” became a massive box at the dock wherein was stored all the paraphernalia for racing plus necessities for the bar.
The membership turned into run entirely through enthusiastic volunteers. There were no charges and ever increasing revenue. ultimately, the budget have become robust sufficient to remember clearly having a proper clubhouse and higher racing in extra open water. Falmouth Harbour became the obvious desire.
In 1969, an first-rate wellknown meeting changed into hung on the lawn of the Admiral’s motel and a proposal was made to move the membership to Falmouth and construct a clubhouse there. notwithstanding full-size opposition, the vote become carried. The Commodore negotiated with V.C chicken, the top Minister, to reap a domain in Falmouth and this become eventually granted.
In 1970, Jack Paterson, a member and a contractor, changed into subpoenaed to construct the clubhouse, and when it was up many enthusiastic volunteers grew to become out for a “painting celebration” to finish it off.
Racing persisted each Sunday – all day now. there has been a barbeque lunch and the club endured to be a high-quality social, as well as crusing achievement. the whole thing became run through volunteers and consequently the club finances persevered to prosper. in addition to racing Sunfish a string of six 420’s had been added in Guadeloupe and towed over to Antigua through volunteer yachtsmen.
In 1972, the membership’s name turned into changed to the Antigua Yacht club.