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The Point Cruz Yacht Club is located in the Point Cruz suburb [28] and overlooks the Savo and Florida Islands. [ 29 ] The new clubhouse of the Point Cruz Yacht Club in Honiara was opened by its Commodore, High Commissioner Sir Robert Foster , on 15 August 1964.
It notably served as a presidential yacht for United States president John F. Kennedy [8] [9] and was known as the "Floating White House." [10] Manitou was built in 1937 at the M. M. Davis & Son shipyard in Solomons Island, Maryland. It was Design No. 99 of naval architects Sparkman & Stephens, [7] who built many America's Cup racing yachts.
The site of the Naval Amphibious Training Base Solomons is now Calvert Marina. In 1945, at the closure of Naval Amphibious Training Base Solomons, the land was given to the state of Maryland and used for Maryland Marine Police for Tidewater Fisheries Enforcement Patrols. In 1959 the US sold the land to a private yacht club and marina. In 1981 ...
Texas Corinthian Yacht Club United States: Kemah, TX: 1937 Ventura Yacht Club United States: Ventura, CA: 1938 Waikiki Yacht Club United States: Honolulu, HI: 1944 Walnut Valley Sailing Club United States: El Dorado Lake, Kansas: 1937 Waukegan Yacht Club United States: Waukegan, Illinois: 1927 Westlake Yacht Club United States
Subduction zones around the archipelago are tectonically active, though recorded seismicity is higher on the southern side of the island chain. The largest recorded earthquake from the Solomon Islands was a Mw 8.1 that occurred on April 1, 2007.
J. C. Lore Oyster House, also known as J. C. Lore and Sons, Inc., Seafood Packing Plant, is located at 14430 Solomons Island Road South, in Solomons, Calvert County, Maryland. It is a large two story, rectangular frame industrial building constructed in 1934 as a seafood packing plant.
Vangunu island as seen from space; Marovo Lagoon can be seen north of the island. Protected areas of Solomon Islands include marine protected areas that encompass coral reefs, lagoons, and seagrass meadows. East Rennell, which includes Lake Tegano , is the only area in the Solomon Islands (the Solomons) listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The Calvert Marine Museum is a maritime museum located in Solomons, Maryland. The museum has three main themes: [1] regional paleontology, estuarine life of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay, maritime history. William B. Tennison historic boat before overhaul (2003)