Club Náutico, Clubhouse in Playa district, Havana, Cuba.
Club Náutico is a sailing facility in Playa featuring a distinctive design with vaulted sections, blue arches, and white columns topped with skylights. The covered spaces and open areas accommodate various activities related to maritime sports and gatherings.
Club Náutico was built in the 1920s and expanded in 1936 by its owner Carlos Fernández, who added a short beach and a dance floor with an orchestra. Rising membership led to a 1953 enlargement designed by Max Borges Recio, whose vaulted porticos echoed his work at the Tropicana. The government seized the club in the 1960s and turned it into the Félix Elmuza Workers' Social Circle.
The clubhouse serves as a gathering place for the sailing community to hold races and social events. It reflects the maritime traditions that remain important to this coastal neighborhood.
The facility is located near 5ta Avenida and accessible by public transportation. Verify in advance whether membership is required, as entry and participation in activities have specific restrictions.
The arches here are mostly self-supporting, unlike the purer structural arches Borges achieved at the Tropicana, and he used the height difference between arches to insert a clear glass skylight. The floors are polished concrete.
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