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“This is everyone’s Shangri-La ... Once you find Seafarers, it seems like you might want to be a part of Seafarers. Just being by the water. Just being around people ... somebody that looks like you.”
Founded in 1945, Washington, D.C.'s Seafarers Yacht Club is one of the oldest Black boating organizations in the country. The club sits along the western bank of Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia River. Read more about the origin story Seafarers on NPR.
“This is everyone’s Shangri-La ... Once you find Seafarers, it seems like you might want to be a part of Seafarers. Just being by the water. Just being around people ... somebody that looks like you.”