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[[File:Community Boating, Inc clubhouse.jpg|right|thumb|Community Boating Inc. as seen from across the [[Charles River]].]] |
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'''Community Boating, Inc. (CBI)''' is a private [[not-for-profit corporation]] run in association with the [[Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts)|Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation]]. Located on the [[Charles River]] Esplanade between the [[Hatch Shell]] and the [[Longfellow Bridge]] Community Boating is the oldest public sailing organization in the United States.{{ |
'''Community Boating, Inc. (CBI)''' is a private [[not-for-profit corporation]] run in association with the [[Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts)|Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation]]. Located on the [[Charles River]] Esplanade between the [[Hatch Shell]] and the [[Longfellow Bridge]] Community Boating is the oldest public sailing organization in the United States.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} |
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CBI was founded by [[Joseph Lee (recreation advocate)|Joe Lee]], an affluent Bostonian with an eye for social justice and a penchant for rebellion. He realized that sailing could enrich the lives of children who lived in Boston’s working-class [[West End, Boston|West End]] neighborhood. Starting in the 1930s, his “Lee Boys” began venturing onto the Charles with plywood sailboats and makeshift canvas sails, dodging conflicts with skeptical state officials and well-heeled nearby boat clubs. |
CBI was founded by [[Joseph Lee (recreation advocate)|Joe Lee]], an affluent Bostonian with an eye for social justice and a penchant for rebellion. He realized that sailing could enrich the lives of children who lived in Boston’s working-class [[West End, Boston|West End]] neighborhood. Starting in the 1930s, his “Lee Boys” began venturing onto the Charles with plywood sailboats and makeshift canvas sails, dodging conflicts with skeptical state officials and well-heeled nearby boat clubs. |
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| Company type | Not-for-profit corporation |
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| Industry | Sailing |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts |
Key people | Joseph Lee Jr, Founder |
| Website | community-boating.org |
Community Boating, Inc. (CBI) is a private not-for-profit corporation run in association with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Located on the Charles River Esplanade between the Hatch Shell and the Longfellow Bridge Community Boating is the oldest public sailing organization in the United States.[citation needed]
CBI was founded by Joe Lee, an affluent Bostonian with an eye for social justice and a penchant for rebellion. He realized that sailing could enrich the lives of children who lived in Boston’s working-class West End neighborhood. Starting in the 1930s, his “Lee Boys” began venturing onto the Charles with plywood sailboats and makeshift canvas sails, dodging conflicts with skeptical state officials and well-heeled nearby boat clubs.
Lee’s program gradually grew less mischievous and more formal, but his kids insisted that the city needed a permanent place for cheap public sailing. They were ultimately successful: CBI was officially incorporated in 1946, and it earned 501(c)3 status by 1951.
Leonard Nimoy learned to sail here as a child.[1]
References
- ^ http://www.leonardnimoy.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1722:my-early-days-in-boston&catid=4:other-appearances&Itemid=3%7Ctitle=Leonard Nimoy's Boston|publisher=|accessdate=20 April 2017}
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