It all started at a New Year’s Eve party at the imposing winter home of Col. Lowe Emerson on Bayfront in 1910. Clearwater was a charming little town, still part of Hillsborough County, a fishing port surrounded by citrus groves, reached by water, sand roads that wound through little hammocks, and by the little train that puffed along its single track, once a day. The Charter and by-laws were officially registered on the 14th of February 1911, and the 28 wealthy winter resident members met at each other’s homes for the next two or more years, until by default the fledgling Clearwater Yacht Club fell into inactivity.
Young men came back from the great war in 1919 to Clearwater with little to satisfy their boundless energies. By then the town had paved brick roads running down to a wide, long dock, at the end of which was a building with a pavilion atop, which was to become the new Clearwater Yacht Club clubhouse that year with a totally new group of members.
Contact Info
Address:
830 Bayway Blvd, Clearwater, FL 33767
Phone: 727-447-6000
Email: office@clearwateryachtclub.org
Website: clearwateryachtclub.org
