Maritime
ATI fuels young sailors’ aspirations
thru All Souls Regatta
A
sian Terminals Inc. (ATI) is keeping the sailing
aspirations of Mindoro’s youth unfurled by
supporting the 2017 Royal Cargo All Souls
Regatta, the largest yachting event in the
country organized yearly by the Puerto Galera
Yacht Club (PGYC).
All Souls Regatta, which kicks off the
traditional yachting season in the Philippines at the start of the
northeast monsoon, is bannered by a yacht race from Puerto
Galera in Mindoro to Subic Bay featuring boats from local
sailing clubs and visiting yachts from overseas.
This year’s principal regatta sponsor is logistics giant Royal
Cargo.
A prelude to the Halloween week race, is the Small Boats
Program (SBP) Regatta where children aged 9 years and above
coming from underprivileged coastal communities of Puerto
Galera and nearby islets are given the opportunity to race
using dinghies.
The SBP is PGYC’s social responsibility program which
provides free weekend sailing trainings for community-based
youngsters in partnership with Stairways Foundation.
ATI supports the SBP seeing this as a great opportunity to
encourage Mindoro’s youth in exploring future productive
careers in the maritime industry.
ATI’s support for this year’s SBP Regatta benefited nearly
50 local young sailors over the three-day course competition
under the Optimist and Lawin