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by Ivan Sache, 26 June 2002
St. Croix is the southernmost of the US Virgin Islands (this
is the large island placed under the bird on the national seal).
The burgee of St. Croix Yacht Club is red with a white cross,
which most probably recalls the Danish colonial past of the
islands (the two main cities of St. Croix are Christiansted and
Frederiksted) and a device which is most probably a colonial
sugar mill (see for instance the flag of Guayama
in Puerto Rico).
The source is the yacht club website: <http://www.stcroixyc.org>.
Ivan Sache, 26 June 2002
by Ivan Sache, 9 July 2002
Established informally during the 1950s, the Virgin Islands
Yacht Club was the first sailing organization on St. Thomas.
Recognizing the need for a permanent yacht club with full member
facilities, 15 far-sighted sailors in October 1964 contributed
$1,000 each to form the Deck Point Corporation and founded the
Yacht Club of St. Thomas, which changed its name to the St.
Thomas Yacht Club in 1969. The current STYC flag mast is an
85-foot greenheart tree trunk, delivered by boat from Surinam. It
replaced the original mast donated by the West Indian Company
that had salvaged the spar from the 1920s-built schooner
"Flight". STYC member Holmberg became the first Olympic
medalist in Virgin Islands history, taking the silver in Finn
Class at the 1988 Olympic Games in Korea. STYC is now 300-plus
members strong, and has hosted since 1974 the prestigious
International Rolex Regatta.
Source: STYC website, < http://www.styc.net/ >
Ivan Sache, 9 July 2002