Carolinas
Carolinas
The Carolinas District encompasses fleets in North and South Carolina as well as a fleet in Virginia.
In North Carolina we have Carolina Sailing Club in Durham, Lake Norman in Mooresville, Lake Townsend Yacht Club in Greensboro and Moorehead City Boating Club in Moorehead City. In South Carolina, we have Lake Murray Sailing Club in Columbia and South Carolina Yacht Club on Hilton Head Island. And in Virginia we have Smith Mountain Lake in Lake Roanoke.
The District Governor is Dave Safirstein.
DAY 4 - We went out in what looked like no wind as we left the dock and wondered if we would be sitting out there for a while. After a short postponement, we were off to the races not too far out from the yacht club.. With the Race Committee doing its magic, we were lucky enough to get in 2 decent races today with the winds 4-8. It was really hard for most skippers to tell which way to go, sometimes left seemed the best, sometimes right seemed the best, sometimes the middle... Read More
NAC Registration and Measurment began on 7/13 at Lake Norman Yacht Club in Mooresville, NC, and continues on 7/14. We have 70+ boats registered - is yours one of them? The Women's NAC and Junior' NAC take place on 7/14, followed by the welcome party and awards for the winners.. On 7/15 and 7/16 we have the qualifying round to determine the split between the Championship and Challenger Divisions and 7/17-7/19 we have the finals. All of this is mixed in with some great... Read More
We'd like to remind everyone that the 2013 Flying Scot North American Championships are coming up in just a few days at Lake Norman Yacht Club in Mooresville, NC! Please see information HERE which will point you to the full details on the Lake Norman Yacht Club website - hope to see you there!
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The Flying Scot Foundation has generously awarded a grant to North Carolina Community Sailing and Rowing (NCCSR) to purchase used sails for our 12 Flying Scots. NCCSR is located on Lake Norman not far from LNYC host of 2013 NAC. NCCSR will pay $200 for each retired racing set of main and jib brought to the NAC. We will have a table set up at LNYC. Selling your old sails to NCCSR will really help the community sailing racing and learn-to-sail programs and also help you... Read More
What Kind of Trophy?A young sailor once asked me why we didn’t give monetary prizes instead of trophies, or “little tin cups” as he called them. I gave him the long version about how sailing is a Corinthian sport where sportsmanship and fair play are an integral part of the game and how exaggerating the value of the prize might challenge that philosophy. When the reward for winning is are large there is temptation to cut corners for some. Look at all the professional major... Read More