Fayerweather Yacht Club

"The objects of the Club shall be to provide a suit­able clubhouse, grounds and dockage for the convenience of the members thereof; to encourage yachting and other social recreations; and to promote good fellowship among the members". The place, Black Rock, a historic seaside area of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The time, June 1919. World War I had ended only seven months before. A group of sea loving buddies had been meeting next to the rock pile at the foot of Seabright Avenue when they decided... more