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Sidney began his long term involvement with sailing as a teenager in the interwar years. The Second World War, which had a significant impact on our country, took him to England, service in the [...]

Born in the USA in 1922, Bob obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Geology, joining the Army Air corps to be trained in Meteorology, going on to obtain his masters at UCLA after demobilisation. [...]

Barely into his teen when he started sailing, by the time he reached manhood, Rawle had so developed his skills that with John Bennet he won Bronze in the 1959 Chicago Pan-Am Games, winning Gold [...]

Paul Amon arrived in Trinidad in 1983 and joined TTSA the same year. Over thirty years since then, he has continued to contribute to Trinidad sailing on many fronts. He is an internationally [...]

Harold La Borde was arguably this country’s premier long distance sailor and adventurer. He first made headlines when, as a young man, he sailed with two friends to Grenada in a Rebel, an 18-foot [...]

Born in Barbados in 1919, short of stature but great at heart, Frankie took up sailing as a boy and had a 14 footer “Hurricane” built as soon as he started working. He was transferred by CIBC to [...]

Born October 30, 1938 in San Fernando, he started sailing at the age of 4 with his father in Snipes. By the age of 6 he was able to helm and one of his father’s favourite tricks was to have Mike [...]

The late Dougie Myers has been described as one of the most keen, persistent and colourful of sail boat racers ever to compete locally and regionally. A marine pilot, and son of Hugh Myers – one [...]

Born in 1924 to a family of Scots origin on his father’s side and to a family of Merchant Navy Officers who had lived in Northumberland for many generations on his mother’s side, Colin moved with [...]

Child of the nineteen forties, Brenda Gibbon was born in San Fernando and educated at Bishop Anstey’s in Port of Spain and St. Helen’s in Eastbourne, England. Her involvement with sailing started [...]