Corpus Christi Yacht Club

The Corpus Christi Yacht Club will be 78 years old come November 13, 2001. A youngster compared to New Orleans' Southern Yacht Club (152 years old), and the Houston Yacht Club (100 years old). But it is the third oldest yacht club in the Gulf Coast. Incorporated in November 1923, it might be of interest to consider the Club's start in light of events of that time. The population of Corpus Christi was then about 15,000, There were 1,000 telephones installed and the City was recovering from... more