The First Hundred Years: Clearwater Yacht Club, 1911-2011

Lions Club meeting at the Mandalay Clubhouse in 1955. Courtesy of the Fleming/Green family.

Morris Whitney (left) with crew Rocky Carrick—first place winners in the 1951 Junior US National Snipe Regatta in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. Courtesy of the Seavy family.

Francis Seavy (left) with crew Howard McGaughey after winning first place in the 1951 US National Snipe Regatta in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. Courtesy of the Seavy family.

Postcard of an Optimist Pram Regatta (mailed 1952). Courtesy of Heritage Village Archives and Library.

CYC’s Seavy takes second to Argentina in the Snipe Worlds in Havana, Cuba, in 1952. Courtesy of the Seavy family.

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