Frank F. Cope, a former Carroll County Common Pleas judge, launched the first sailboat, a 21-foot cat rig, on Atwood Lake in 1939. Mrs. Cope and Lee Stafford were crew, and Richard James subsequently purchased the cat. At that time, the lake extended from the dam to what now is approximately the northern edge of Sunset Valley.
A series of meetings were held with those interested in the development of a boating club on Atwood Lake during 1946 and 1947, and a site for the proposed clubhouse was selected. On Jan. 28, 1948, the Club was incorporated under the name of The Atwood Yacht Club, Inc., and on Feb. 16, 1948, the following temporary officers were elected: Frank E. Cope, Commodore; Dr. L.D. Hart, Vice President; and Coe Smith, Secretary/Treasurer.
The following Trustees also were elected: Richard James, Gilbert Harsh, Robert Mallarnee, Henry Partridge, Sam Ryan and Otto Oyler. On April 1, 1948, the lease for the nine acre tract where the Club now is located was obtained from the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, and on May 4, 1948, a meeting was held at the Carroll County Court House where the temporary officers were elected as the first permanent officers and Board of Trustees of The Atwood Yacht Club.
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