New Fairhope Yacht Club Slated for Completion

by C&RB Staff (editor@clubandresortbusiness.com)
May 2008
 

Sunset celebrations and pool parties will soon be featured attractions at the new Fairhope Yacht Club, in Fairhope, Ala. which is expected for completion by early summer, according to a news release. The old facility was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

“We’ve had our members pull together to rebuild the FYC,” said Tommy Yeager, lifelong member and former commodore at the club in an article in the Baldwin County Now. “As a sailor, the club is a part of my life as it is for the other members. This landmark is definitely being rebuilt due to popular demand by the town.”

Features of the new building include an improved clubhouse and installation of a swimming pool, the first in club history. The clubhouse, designed to withstand 140 mile-per-hour winds, will consist of a 10,000-square-foot interior with an additional 5,000 square feet of an elevated exterior porch.

After experiencing an extensive amount of damage from the hurricane, the yacht club is taking precautions by rebuilding with BluWood, a termite, mold, mildew and fungus-resistant lumber manufactured by Edgefield Lumber Co. in Loxley.