Seattle's Yachting Future Takes Root
A newly incorporated club eyes a waterfront site in West Seattle and an ambitious $3,000 building project.
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The new Yacht Club of Seattle held a successful meeting last evening in Red Men's hall, at which permanent officers were chosen and incorporation plans were finalized. The club intends to issue $10,000 in stock and has secured an offer from the West Seattle Land and Improvement Company to lease a waterfront site 150 feet long, located about 200 feet south of the ferry slip, for the nominal sum of $1 per year. The board of trustees is now authorized to raise funds to construct a $3,000 clubhouse in time for the upcoming international regatta on October 3.
“The most desirable place they could fix upon is included in an offer made by the West Seattle Land and Improvement Company to lease a strip of water front land in West Seattle.”
The mid-1890s saw the rapid development of Seattle's maritime culture, laying the groundwork for the city's modern relationship with its waterfront. The location described, near the historic West Seattle ferry landing, remains a focal point of public and recreational access to the Sound.
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