It is a tradition I am told for yacht club members to visit the local yacht club while traveling. The Cottage Park Yacht Club (Winthrop, MA, USA) burgee has been photographed in Pohnpei at a marina (no yatch club), Royal Palau Yacht Club, and now at the Royal Papua Yacht Club.
Visitors must be accompanied by a member, but I was allowed to enter for the reasons stated in the above paragraph. The club was quite large and appears to be a social club for expats. There were some tall masts at the dock as well as a large number of motor boats. There were no pictures of races on the walls, no models of sailboats, no plaques to indicate that this was a yacht club. Perhaps they were in the sailing office, but being Sunday, it was closed. The experience made me miss CPYC and the warmth and commaderie of the members.
There was a huge dining area both inside and on the deck, which faced west. Rubgy games were on the television and as it got closer to the dinner hour, more people were arriving. By the sound of the accents, most appear to be Australians with a few NZ accents, too.
The security guard was kind enough to take my picture with the burgee in front of the club sign, reopened in 1998.
Rugby match. Oceana games in progress. PNG 51 Solomon Islands 12. Am trying to learn the game.t
CPYC burgee at RPYC.
Visitors must be accompanied by a member, but I was allowed to enter for the reasons stated in the above paragraph. The club was quite large and appears to be a social club for expats. There were some tall masts at the dock as well as a large number of motor boats. There were no pictures of races on the walls, no models of sailboats, no plaques to indicate that this was a yacht club. Perhaps they were in the sailing office, but being Sunday, it was closed. The experience made me miss CPYC and the warmth and commaderie of the members.
There was a huge dining area both inside and on the deck, which faced west. Rubgy games were on the television and as it got closer to the dinner hour, more people were arriving. By the sound of the accents, most appear to be Australians with a few NZ accents, too.
The security guard was kind enough to take my picture with the burgee in front of the club sign, reopened in 1998.
Rugby match. Oceana games in progress. PNG 51 Solomon Islands 12. Am trying to learn the game.t
CPYC burgee at RPYC.
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