The National Family Island Regatta
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The Official website for the National Family Island Regatta,
George Town , Exuma, The Bahamas.

 
History of Regattas PDF Print E-mail
History of Regattas
Howland Bottomley - Commodore Emeritus

By the early 1950's, working sail was fast disappearing from this part of the world. The Grand Banks fishing schooners were all but gone, the Chesapeake oyster dredgers no longer being replaced as they were laid tip, and the many vessels, still working under canvas in the Bahamas, had an uncertain future. In 1954 a small group of Bahamian and American yachtsmen conceived the idea of holding a Regatta for the Bahamian working sailing craft.

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