There is no acknowledged date at which gatherings of ‘expat’ boating enthusiasts began on Spain’s North Costa Blanca, although by 2002, a group known as the ‘Costa Blanca Boat Club’ emerged under the Chairmanship of Dr Ronald Shanson. In the years following, between 2002 and 2005, the embryonic Club existed and prospered as an Unregistered Group, paying membership fees, but with no agreed Constitution or written objectives.
However, during 2004, as an unregistered entity, an incident at sea brought strongly into focus the Committee’s exposure to risk and liability for the conduct of Members at Club gatherings on land and at sea. Thus in March 2005, on the basis of legal advice laying due emphasis on the risks and intrinsically hazardous nature of sailing, the Club determined to set out its stall, and pursue Inscription within the State of Valencia ‘Registry of Associations’. In order to 
effect the necessary documentation, the Club defined its objectives and the scope of its activities, and adopted the Model Statutes within the provisions of Article 22 of the Spanish Constitution.
In due course, on the 27th October 2005, the ‘Acta Fundacional’ (Founding Certificate) was signed by the seven Members of the Committee existing at that time, of whom 4 remain today as Members of the Association – Ronald Shanson, Piers Armstrong, Chris Middleton & Diana Jarvis, and application was made to the Provincial Registry at Alicante. Inscription onto the Register under Role Constitution, Number 31820 was granted on 21st May 2007.
As a non profit-making body, and again for legal reasons in Spain, the Club Registration is entered onto the role under the title, “Asociacion de Amigos del Yate, Costa Blanca”. Although membership is open to all, the majority of members are British expatriots, although by no means exclusely so, and the Club business is conducted in English. For all practical purposes, the Club name translates into English as the “Costa Blanca Yacht Association”.
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