Seafarers Yacht Club: Difference between revisions

In 1959, the [https://www.seafarersyc.com/ Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis] was founded in Annapolis, MD, by a group from the Seafarers Yacht Club of Anacostia, as 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>. 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, once a schoolhouse, in 1967 <ref name = seafarers>“Commodore’s Message.” Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis, Accessed 25 August 2022, https://www.seafarersyc.com/about. </ref>. Its 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>.

 

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