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Photo by: Jackie Whyte
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This is the home of the Puerto Galera Yacht Club.
We are located at the northeast tip of Mindoro Island, Philippines, inside a historic, natural typhoon shelter at approximately N13° 30.75' E120° 57.25'
In November 2004 Puerto Galera was accepted as a member of
The Club Of The Most Beautiful Bays In The World
In these pages you will discover a thousand reasons to visit us and more information than you hoped for about big-boat sailing, dinghy sailing, windsurfing, scuba diving and water sports around the Philippines.
Prefer to give us a call? +63 43 442-0136
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Sailing Events
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 Photo: Terry Duckham |
BEAUTIFUL! The PGYC Action Divers Easter Regatta (20th - 23rd March) proved to be the most fun sailing event held so far in 2008 in the Philippines. As the traditional warm-up-for-the-President's-Cup it proved very useful for two competitors who both suffered steering failure (as did our camera boat) while racing. The breezes were a mixture of 10-20 knots from the E, NE or SE, under almost cloudless skies. Yachts from the Philippines and Brunei, crewed by a international cast from the directions of Hong Kong, Holland, New Zealand, Great Britain, the United States and the Czech Republic; all competing for line-honours on courses set amongst the Verde Passage islands and along the beaches. The highlight of the event was the Lindemans' Cup race, on 22nd March, won (some say surprisingly) by the 60-foot Van Dam ketch, Aragorn. The overall regatta winner was Kalayaan 2, followed by Aragorn and China Rose.
Want to know when the next great Philippine sailing & water sports events are? then click here and visit our Events page. Want to read the blow by blow account of the action, read the current edition of the Cruiser News magazine.
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For those planning to travel here for the any Puerto Galera event from Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore or Indonesia across the South China Sea then check out the cruising information on the Cruising Info page.
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The PG Webcam
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Thanks to the generosity of QBE Insurance you can now connect directly to Puerto Galera via a webcam. The Internet connection is provided through the resources of Sharkeez Pizzeria and Internet Bar & Restaurant home of the best-pizza-in-town.
Click on the image (left) to open and the view the moorings from anywhere in the World.
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| Note: due to bandwidth issues in the province this webcam does not provide a continuous video feed - if you have patience the image will automatically refresh every 15 seconds; and, if the image appears mostly black, that's because the town has gone to sleep - we are GMT+8. |
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Google Earth Link
Google Earth is possibly the best computer tool available to water sports enthusiasts, enabling everyone to virtually travel to Puerto Galera . . . or anywhere else on the planet. Click the link (image right), it will bring you to our home where you can view our spectacular bay from above. Check out our environs today and then join us for sailing, scuba diving, windsurfing and your best ever vacation in paradise.
We have used the power of Google Earth again on other pages in this website to bring more of the Philippines into perspective for you. We hope you will enjoy the voyage.
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Not Got Google Earth yet?
Click on the icon to the right and download it now . . . it's free!
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SITE NAVIGATION
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