St. Thomas Sailing Center Hosts Philadelphia Sailors for Mid-Winter Clinic & Regatta in Paradise

There was snow on the ground and more forecasted for Philadelphia when 17 members of Liberty Sailing Club flew to St. Thomas for a Mid-Winter Clinic & Regatta in Paradise at the St. Thomas Sailing Center.

The center, the sailing instruction arm of the St. Thomas Yacht Club, owns a fleet of 12 one-design IC24s, which they use for everything from learn-to-sail lessons to race charters for Caribbean regattas like STYC’s St. Thomas International Regatta in March. In the winter, the center specializes in three- to five-day instructional race clinics with a regatta at the end for sailors from clubs in cold weather climates, according to the press release.

This took place from Jan. 24 to 27, when members of Liberty, the only community sailing program in downtown Philadelphia, plus four additional sailors from the U.S. and Canada took part in the STSC’s Mid-Winter Clinic & Regatta in Paradise, the press release stated.