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The Washington Yacht Club was founded on April 27, 1910, by a group of motorboat enthusiasts. Its initial members were white residents of the area east of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. They were "proudly working class" boaters who often built their boats by hand. [2] Samuel Masson was the club's founding commodore. [3]
The Seafarers Boat Club was established in 1945 by Lewis Thomas Green, an African American public school teacher and boatbuilder in Washington, D.C. [2] [6] [7] Seeking docking space and having been rejected by the whites-only boating clubs along the Anacostia River, Green worked with the civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune to lease a spot on the river from the U.S. Department of the Interior.
800 Wharf Street, SW, Washington, DC: ... The Capital Yacht Club is a yacht club located in The Wharf in Washington, D.C., United States. [1] [2] [3]
The Wharf is home to the Capital Yacht Club and some day-docks and live-aboard slips. [28] Water taxi service connects The Wharf to Georgetown, Alexandria, Virginia, and the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD. [29] Visitors may also take guided boat tours to view Washington attractions and monuments from the Potomac River.
Several of the past owners sought to offset the costs of maintaining and operating the vessel by offering Sequoia for private charter, while others have been non-profit groups seeking to maintain her for historical reasons and/or return her to presidential service. Thomas Malloy purchased Sequoia from the U.S. government on May 18, 1977 for ...
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection is growing.. The luxury brand’s second ship, Ilma, departed on its maiden voyage Monday. The vessel, which will spend its inaugural season sailing the ...
American Spirit is a 65-foot gaff-rigged, steel-hulled schooner.She is owned and operated by the National Maritime Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. and is used as a "floating classroom" for teaching District of Columbia-area students about sailing and maritime history.
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