Beirut Yacht Club
The Beirut Yacht Club (B.Y.C.) (French: Yacht Club de Beyrouth) is an international yacht club based in Beirut. It was founded in 1954 by a presidential decree issued by Lebanese president Camille Chamoun[1]to the Lebanese sailor Fred Zebouni.[2] The first international yacht club for the Lebanese and foreign community,[3] it is located in the Port of Beirut, in an ancient lighthouse.
Regattas[edit]
Beirut Yacht Club hosted international sailing regattas such as The Flying Dutchman (dinghy) Championships,[4][5][6] and local, regional, national sailing regattas such as The Baltic, McClintok and Kettaneh Championships.[7][8][9][10]
Visiting crews and ships[edit]
- USS Enterprise, with its United States Navy Crew, 1963[11][12]
- Cumberland Yacht Club De Kuwait Crew, 1963[13][14]
Recognized by[edit]
- the Lloyd's Register Of Shipping[15].
- the Lebanese Yachting Federation[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ Chamoun, Camille (14 December 1954). Decree No7454. Search this book on
- ↑ "SR/Olmpic Sports". sportsreference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Zébouni, Fred (26 May 1963). "Régate d'ouverture du Yacht Club de Beyrouthe". L'Orient Sports.
- ↑ "Carl Bustani représentera le Liban aux compétitions mondiales de Flying Dutchman". L'Orient Sports. 9 May 1963.
- ↑ "3eme régate des championnats du Liban de " Flying Dutchman "". L'Orient Sports. 19 August 1963.
- ↑ "Pour les Championnats du Liban du F.D.". L'Orient Sports. 15 July 1963.
- ↑ "Très belle régate pour la coupe McClintok". L'Orient Sports. 22 July 1963.
- ↑ "L'équipe Naggear Abdel Nour à remporté hier la coupe Challenge Kettaneh". L'Orient Sports. 5 August 1963.
- ↑ "Départ de la coupe Challenge Kettaneh". L'Orient Sports. 4 August 1963.
- ↑ "Les Régates internationales de la Baltique". L'Orient Sports. 8 July 1963.
- ↑ "Très belle régate a laquelle assiste L'état-Majeur U.S. De L' " Entreprise "". L'Orient Sports. 23 June 1963.
- ↑ "Devant les géants des mers, les frêles voiliers libanais…". L'Orient Sports. 23 June 1963.
- ↑ "Il fonce vers la victoire". L'Orient Sports. 3 June 1963. p. 8.
- ↑ "Brillante victoire du Beirut Yacht Club sur le Cumberland Yacht Club De Kuwait". L'Orient Sports. 3 July 1963.
- ↑ Register of Yachts. Lloyd's. 1961. p. 784. Search this book on
- ↑ "World Sailing". sailing.org. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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