Seafarers Yacht Club
The Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis was founded in 1959 by a group from the Seafarers Yacht Club of Anacostia. It was the first African American yacht club in the Annapolis area [1][2]. The club was founded in response to the refusal of Annapolis-area yacht clubs to admit African American captains, and the refusal of local marinas to let African Americans use their piers for fueling [2] [3]. After initially meeting in members’ homes and in a rented storefront in Annapolis, the Seafarers Yacht Club purchased its current property on Chester Avenue in Eastport in 1967 [2]. Prior to becoming the Seafarers Yacht Clubhouse, the building now home to the Club was a school that had been originally built in 1918. [2]
US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla And Sea Scout Ship
In 1970, a US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla, Flotilla 75, was organized at the Seafarers' Yacht Club House [2]. In 1980, the Flotilla became Flotilla 24-09, now based in Bowie [4].
The Seafarers Yacht Club's charitable arm, the Seafarers Foundation, serves as the chartering organization for Sea Scout Ship 1959 [5].
Location
The Seafarers Yacht Club is located at 301 Chester Avenue in Annapolis, MD. Its coordinates are 38.96944939446944, -76.47898346651462 [6].
Citations
- ↑ Fletcher, Patsy M. Historically African American Leisure Destinations Around Washington, D.C., Charleston, SC, History Press, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 “Commodore’s Message.” Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis, Accessed 25 August 2022, https://www.seafarersyc.com/about.
- ↑ Neuman, Scott. "When Black boaters faced discrimination on the water, this yacht club became a refuge." NPR, 4 August 2023, https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/1191257504/seafarers-yacht-club-annapolis-maryland
- ↑ "Welcome to the Flotilla 24-9, District 5SR Web Site." USCG AUX AUXWeb, Accessed 18 August 2023, https://wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=054-24-09.
- ↑ “About Seafarers.” Ship 1959, Accessed 25 August 2022, https://www.ship1959.org/seafarers.
- ↑ Google Maps, “Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis.” Google Maps, Accessed 6 September 2022, https://www.google.com/maps/place/Seafarers+Yacht+Club+of+Annapolis/@38.970042,-76.4796424,17.58z/data=!4m9!1m2!2m1!1sseafarers+yacht+club!3m5!1s0x89b7f63f5c6cede1:0xe71fb2a89593b916!8m2!3d38.9694317!4d-76.4789835!15sChRzZWFmYXJlcnMgeWFjaHQgY2x1YpIBCnlhY2h0X2NsdWLgAQA.