Indianapolis Sailing Club

In 1943 the Indianapolis Water Company (IWC) dammed up Fall Creek to create a reservoir, covering 18,000 acres and containing over 7 billion gallons of water. Built as a water source for the city of Indianapolis, Geist Reservoir was used by only a few fishermen for the next dozen years. In November, 1954 Jack Messmer, a local builder and visionary, who had a love of sailing in his German blood, gathered some of his sailing buddies at the Athenaeum to form a sailing group. Jack had discussed the... more