Florida
Florida
The Florida District encompasses most of the fleets in the state of Florida.Active fleets include Sarasota Sailing Squadron in Sarasota, Coconut Grove Sailing Center in Miami, Rudder Club of Jacksonville, Lake Eustis Sailing Club in Eustis, Davis Island Yacht in Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club in Port Charlotte. With developing fleets in Merritt Island, Orlando and Key Largo.
Florida has an active open circuit consisting of one regatta a month from October through May. Race Schedules are posted on FSSA and Facebook. You can follow the Florida District at
The District Governor is Henry Picco
The Florida District has a Facebook Page here.
Stardate May 16, 2015 - Day 1 of Midwinters 2015. It is a beautiful day in the 80's and sunny, but the morning started with a spotty South wind.. The Postpone flag went up around 10:45 and we waited for the sea breeze. It did not disappoint us! About 1PM the RC sent us out and the sea breeze filled in nicely from the West 10-12 MPH. What an incredibly perfect day for racing. The RC held 3 windward-leeward 4-leg races and only 1 general recall... Read More
The Midwinters warmup regatta was sailed today in perfect conditions on beautiful Saratoga Bay with 36 of the 54 boats registered for the Midwinters participating in today's event. With 80-degree temperatures and 12 MPH winds, 2 races were sailed with a Championship and Challenger Division. There was some confusion on the scoring, and as of now, pending final results, Tom McNally with crew Henry Pico won the Championship Division and Jim Leggette with crew Mike Funk... Read More
The boats have arrived and checked in that the Flying Scot Moidwinters in Sarasota Florida. How many boats you ask? There are 54, count them, 54 Flying Scots here in the 80+ degree sun, some who are just heading out for the warm-up regatta this afternoon. Watch here and Scuttlebutt, as well as the local Sarasota news for updates, photos, videos and results each day after racing. It is going to be a great week! Read More
Greetings Flying Scot Sailors! Tired of the long winter? Well, it's just a week until the Midwinters in sunny Sarasota Florida, and we hope you are one of the lucky 50 skippers and crews coming from all over to enjoy this event. It's not too late for you to come - click here for details!
And if you can't make it but wonder what's going on in the South while the North is frozen in 6 feet of snow, follow FSSA, the Florida District, Fleet 168 and Flying Scot... Read More
Last chance for the early registration discount is 2/15. Join the 42 other sailors who have already signed up to come. Zeke Horowitz will be there to defend his midwinter title. Paul Abdullah will be there to win back the title he won last time midwinters was in Sarasota while Jeff Linton will be trying to add his 1st midwinter title to his NAC and Wife Husband titles.
Join us as we return to the Sarasota Sailing Squadron again for another great event! For... Read More