Watch Hill Yacht Club cabanas - Westerly, Rhode Island
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The private Watch Hill Yacht Club was founded as a sailing and racing club in 1913 in the ocean community of Watch Hill on Narragansett Bay in Westerly, Rhode Island. A series of cabanas have been built near the clubhouse starting in the 1950's.
Waymark Code: WM18513
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2023
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Watch Hill Yacht Club was founded as a sailing and racing club in 1913 in the ocean community of Watch Hill on Narragansett Bay in Westerly, Rhode Island. The 1950's saw the expansion of on-land amenities in the form of beach cabanas along an adjacent stretch of Napatree Point immediately west of the clubhouse.
In 1955 the Yacht Club acted on behalf of a group of its members to lease from the Watch Hill Fire District a strip of beach about 400 feet long, on which would be built Cabanas. The cost of building, land rental, and all other expenses would be met by members of the Cabana Group. Originally 20 members were interested in building in spite of the possible loss from future hurricanes. Now 56 Cabana, all owned by Yacht Club members, have been built and all beach options taken up.
(Source: BHYC)