The Royal BVI Youth Sailing Programme received a donation of $2000 from the Crewed Yacht Society on Saturday May 27, 2017. Photo: Provided

Thad Lettsome (left) and Cat Shankin helped secure the Jim Modisette Memorial Downeast Regatta Trophy for the Tabor Academy. Photo: Provided

Sam Morrell and his Antilles High School Sailing Team won the 2017 ISSA Team Racing Championship, known as the Baker Trophy, at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Photo: Provided

Sailors were joined by Janet Oliver, Executive Director of the CYS after a Saturday training session to receive a donation from the 2016 Charter Yacht Show.

Oliver explained to the sailors that many of the crews working in the crewed yacht industry began their sailing careers just as the young VI sailors are doing.

"The CYS is very pleased to be able to make this donation to the BVI Youth Sailing Programme," said Oliver.

"It is a natural fit for us to invest in young sailors and for so many of our crews this type of programme was an important part of their lives and sailing has now become their livelihood. We have no doubt that many of the sailors training with the Yacht Club will be making headlines in the future or working in the industry."

In other sailing news

Racing at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, under tricky light winds, Sam Morrell and his Antilles High School Sailing Team won the 2017 ISSA Team Racing Championship, known as the Baker Trophy.

And VI sailor Thad Lettsome, in his first season of High School, was also in action, at the Downeast Invitational Regatta in Maine, where he and crew, Cat Shankin, helped secure the Jim Modisette Memorial Downeast Regatta Trophy for the Tabor Academy.