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One of the largest events on the nation’s junior sailing calendar is being hosted by the Royal Nassau Sailing Club with race action to be held at Montagu Bay Saturday, November 4 and Sunday, November 5. Typically, the regatta is attended by dozens of young athletes from across New Providence and many Family Islands.
Spearheaded in 2014 by Sandra Cooke, the regatta commemorates her father, the late Cecil G. Cooke, who achieved The Bahamas’ first Olympic gold medal with Sir Durward Knowles at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
“As sailing is now our new national sport and popularity is building rapidly among Bahamian youth, I am looking forward to seeing record participation this year,” said Sandra Cooke. “I would like to give a huge thanks to Subway who are generously providing title sponsorship of the event, as they have done a number of times over the years. Regattas on this scale involve a lot of outlay and we simply couldn’t have done it without their support.”
The race action takes place in several different fleets of sailboat – the optimist for the younger competitors and sunfish and lasers for the older and more experienced sailors. The top three finishers in each fleet will receive trophies and the prestigious Cecil G. Cooke Memorial Trophy will be presented to the top optimist sailor.
For more information on junior sailing, interested persons are asked to visit the website www.bahsailingschool.com.