Dixie Lakes
Dixie Lakes
The Dixie Lakes District encompasses several fleets in the South that are not on the Atlantic or Gulf Coasts, and span Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.
In Georgia we have Lake Lanier in Atlanta. In Tennessee we have Privateer Yacht Club in Hixson. In South Carolina we have Western Carolina Sail Club in Anderson and Keowee Sailing Club in Seneca. In Alabama we have Dixie Sailing Club in Montgomery, North Central Alabama in Birmingham, Mussel Shoals Sailing Club in Lauderdale and Brown's Creek Sailing Association in Guntersville.
The District Governor is Rob Fowler.
The District has a Facebook group here.
David Schmidt from Sail World interviewed Richard Wade from Birmingham Sailing Club about the 2023 Wife-Husband Championships coming up on 9/29-10/1/2023. Read all about it here:
https://www.sail-world.com/news/266564/Richard-Wade-on-the-Flying-Scot-Wife-Husband-Champ
It's not too early to register for the 2023 Wife-Husband Championship at the beautiful Birmigham Sailing Club in Alabama. Come and enjoy some of that sourthern hispitality! The registration information is here. If you're married, sign up, if you're not married, you have time to get married and sign up! Hope to see you there!.
The 2022 Great Scot Regatta was held over the October 1, 2 weekend after Hurricane Ian had passed well East of Birmingham Sailing Club and made its way North of the regatta site. The storm caused terrible damage where it passed but provided Logan Martin Lake with a fresh Northerly breeze and clear blue skies.
The 24 Teams were split into their choice of two fleets and sailed on the same course with separate Starts. After a brief Postponement of the 1pm first race to allow the... Read More
Photos by John Martin
The annual Scot-A-Hoochee was held at Lake Lanier Sailing Club on 9/21-9/22/2019. While there was not as much wind as we usually hope for, ther was lots of fun, food and beverages to keep everyone entertained. Saturday 3 racs were held in light wind, but Sunday there was just not enough breeze to hold races. Congraultaions to winners Rob and Patricia Fowler with 2 bullets out of 3 races! Full results are here. Read More
This story and photos are from Bob Graves
Fleet 193 held its 11th Grits ’n Haggis Regatta at the beautiful Lake Keowee Sailing Club on May 18 & 19. We had 22 Scots on the line. The winds were light which kept the kilts down. Even though we only were able to get 2 races in on the weekend - the Dark and Stormies, Regatta Olympics (hosted by Sandy Eustis) and the steak dinner with all the trimmings Saturday evening more than compensated... Read More