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.
The Privateer Yacht Club in in Hixson, TN, hosted the 2017 Chatanooga Cho Choo Regatta that featured lots of fun and hospitality this year, but Mother Nature had other ideas. On Saturrday, 29 boats, count them, 29, went out to see how they could do in very light air. There just was not much wind and the race committee was able to get just one race in. On Sunday, it was just too wet to go out, so the regatta was decided by just one race. And the top three boats went... Read More 
Story by Barry Hambrick
The Great Scot is in the record books and what a weekend we had with the help of Hurricane Matthew! It all started Friday night with a cookout for all. Stan and Donna Graham cooked 40 hamburgers for our visitors from out of town along with our fleet members. The following morning, we had boats arriving from Michigan, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia and Texas. 29 boats in all setting an all-time record of attendance. The biggest concern, however, was winds... Read More 
by Joe VerPlank
Memorial Day weekend at Muscle Shoals Sailing Club started out hot and sunny with a nice breeze that we all anticipated for the Saturday and Sunday races. By the time we had finished the Skipper’s Meeting and lunch, the breeze was beginning to pick up to a nice Southeasterly. Our flawless PRO, Gar Bouse, had set a perfect windward-leeward course two times around. By the time we had our first start, the wind had puffed up to around twelve knots.... Read More 
by Sandy Eustis, FS5610
A record 25 Flying Scots showed up at the Keowee Sailing Club in Seneca, South Carolina for the 2016 Grits 'n Haggis Regatta. The event, held on May 21-22, also served as the 2016 Dixie Lakes District Championship Regatta. Only 2 races were held on Saturday, due to the effects of a violent squall after the end of the second race. PRO Jake Kohl had wisely shortened that race and sent the fleet scurrying for cover from a fast approaching... Read More 
Well, Chattanooga sure was a blast again this year!
With 29 boats, about double the typical turnout, it was as if all the stars aligned: Birmingham Sailing Club, one of the largest southern fleets outside of Florida, decided to start traveling and three or four boats came from there; Lynn and Bill Bruss from Chattanooga spent the winter racing in Florida, and so Mark and Michelle Taylor returned the favor, traveling up from Tampa for... Read More