Club History
On September 23rd, 1932 a group of young men in Detroit agreed to the formation of a Club for the purpose of fostering yacht sailing. Below is a year by year account that has been published in the Clubs newsletter.

80th     2013 Crescent's 80th Anniversary
1932     Crescent is formed
1933 Club looks for a home
1934 The Club finds a permanent home
1935 Getting the new Club home into shape
1936     Renovations continue
1937     Commodore's ascension established
1938     Banquet for Benefactors
1939     Crow’s Nest and the First Breeze
1940     New Club workboat "The Wrangle"
1941     Threat of War
1942     First Full year of War
1943     Another year of war rationing in Detroit
1944-1946     Records for this years are minimal
1947     Crescent Day features a new event — a free-for-all called the Watermelon Race
1948     Picnics, Parties & Banquets
1949     Two Past Commodores honored
1950     Lightning, not Lightnings, was our problem that year
1951     Dues for Senior Resident Members raised to $35 per year
1952     A year long remembered in Club history
1953     Box Social and Square Dances
1954     "The Heads" at Crescent have always been inadequate.
1955     August was an important sailing month
1956     Crescent admitted its first Senior Member in 16 months during July
1957     Time and the water level caught up with the Club this year
1958     Replacing its long-time faithful Bosun William Andrews, the Club retained Jim Bruce
1959     Membership has become so affluent that Two-car families now fill the parking lot
1960 Winter had catastrophic results on our sea wall