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The [https://www.seafarersyc.com/ '''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 <ref name = fletcher>Fletcher, Patsy M. Historically African American Leisure Destinations Around Washington, D.C., Charleston, SC, History Press, 2015.</ref><ref name = seafarers>“Commodore’s Message.” Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis, Accessed 25 August 2022, https://www.seafarersyc.com/about. </ref>. 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 <ref name = seafarers>“Commodore’s Message.” Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis, Accessed 25 August 2022, https://www.seafarersyc.com/about. </ref> <ref name = "npr20230804">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</ref>. 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 <ref name = seafarers>“Commodore’s Message.” Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis, Accessed 25 August 2022, https://www.seafarersyc.com/about. </ref>. Prior to becoming the Seafarers Yacht Clubhouse, itthe building now home to the Club was a school that had been originally built in 1918. <ref name = seafarers>“Commodore’s Message.” Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis, Accessed 25 August 2022, https://www.seafarersyc.com/about. </ref>.

The Seafarers Yacht Club's charitable arm, the [https://www.seafarersfoundation.org/ Seafarers Foundation], serves as the chartering organization for [https://www.ship1959.org/ Sea Scout Ship 1959] <ref name = "ship1959">“About Seafarers.” Ship 1959, Accessed 25 August 2022, https://www.ship1959.org/seafarers. </ref>.