| The Trade Winds Legacy |
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 In the early 1990’s Trade Winds Cruising Rallies, the brainchild of club member Malcolm McLaren was established to promote global cruising at the club level. Under his dedicated planning and leadership this led to 39 yachts setting sail from Gibraltar in November 1995 on the Trade Winds Round-the-World rally, completing the circumnavigation in 1997. So popular and successful was this pioneering rally that the Royal Air Force Yacht Club attained international recognition as the leading global cruising club, and such was the momentum established beyond the club that a new commercial enterprise, Blue Water Rallies, seized the opportunity to meet the demand.
In October 2001, 11 yachts set sail from Lagos in Portugal on the Trade Winds USA 2001 rally via the Caribbean and optionally back to Europe via Bermuda and the Azores in summer 1992. Although very different in scope, this was another very successful rally for both club and participants. The Trade Winds legacy remains available to club members. Any club member thinking of organising further Trade Winds activity may find the website that was set up to announce and report on the 2001 USA rally a useful introduction. Tony Fiske |
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