Behind the Scenes: Bayview Yacht Club

Name: Behind the Scenes: Bayview Yacht Club
Start: 2024-08-10T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-08-10T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Bayview Yacht Club

Schedule

Sat Aug 10 2024 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Bayview Yacht Club | Detroit, MI

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In conjunction with our newest exhibition at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, join us to explore Bayview Yacht Club. The day will consist of a tour of the yacht club, lunch, and the opportunity to see three regattas throughout the day.
The yacht club was founded in 1915 with four men - Floyd Nixon, Lloyd Kurtzwarth, Perc Williamson and Paul Dietrich - who were looking for a place to fish and have fun on the water. They established Bayview in a corrugated iron shack, on a dock about a mile downstream of the present location. Within a few years, the club began participating in races. By 1928, the membership was outgrowing the shack, and the Club purchased a strip of landfill along Conner creek, the place Bayview calls home today.
$55 Detroit Historical Society members
$65 Guests