John Abel Collection on the Malibu Yacht Club and the Malibu Surfing Outrigger
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials related to the Malibu Yacht Club and the Malibu Surfing Outrigger, a type of sailboat designed by club member Warren Seaman. Included are an original blueprint for the Malibu Surfing Outrigger, plus seven copies. Also included are additional plans for modifications to the boat, flyers advertising plans for the Malibu Outrigger, and photographs of the boat. There is also a photocopy of a guidebook of techniques for sailing the Outrigger, as well as photocopies of several articles about the boat. This collection also contains photocopied ephemera relating to the Malibu Yacht Club, a copy of the Malibu Surfside News containing an article about the Club, and several original memembership directories for the Club. A few of the items in this collection are accompanied by handwritten notes from John Abel.
Dates
- Creation: 1957-2012
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Founded in the late 1940s, the Malibu Yacht Club promoted sailing off the coast of Malibu for over 60 years. Three-time club commodore Warren Seaman designed the Malibu Outrigger, inspired by Polynesian crafts he'd seen while serving in the Pacific in WWII. When Seaman first became commodore in 1954, he donated the rights to the Outrigger plans to the Club. John Abel, former commodore and Club treasurer, collected materials related to the Outrigger and the Malibu Yacht Club and donated his collection to Pepperdine University in 2015.
Full Extent
1 Linear Feet ( (1 box and 8 blueprints))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of materials relating to the Malibu Yacht Club and the Malibu Surfing Outrigger, a sailboat designed by club member Warren Seaman. It includes blueprints, plans, articles, manuals, photographs, and record books about the Malibu Outrigger, as well as ephemera and directories for the Malibu Yacht Club.
Arrangement
The collection is organized alphabetically by folder title.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to Pepperdine University by John Abel in 2015.
- Title
- The Finding Aid of the John Abel Collection on the Malibu Yacht Club and the Malibu Surfing Outrigger
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kimberly Chan, Katie Richardson, Reilly Saint Amand, and Kelsey Knox
- Date
- July 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- TypeCollection
Repository Details
Part of the Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu 90263-4786 USA
(310) 506-4323
specialcollections@pepperdine.edu