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.
FLying Scot Fleet 36 hosted a multi-class Snowbird Regatta on 1/23/2021. Photo courtesy of Jamie Myer RImovsky. Here is the writeup by Charlie Clifton from Facebook:
A light westerly with temps in the mid 70s provided beautiful conditions for the 2021 Snowbird Regatta despite dying at the very end. Close races with photo finishes made for an exciting day. The mighty Twinems, Bob & Brenda, put everyone behind the 8 Ball with two bullets. Karen Jones and... Read More
Davis Island Yacht Club hosted their 2021 Flying Scot rfegatta on 1/16-17/2021. There was lots of wind Saturday, even a capsize, but everyone made it back into the dock 0k. It was cold in the 60's and the howling wind made Saturday a one race day. Sunday was a bit kinder and there were 2 races. Take a look at this video from Day ! - thanks to Amdy Haywood for sharing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR3S-IfG1twosNCuocQpy3WV9Y2tghLeoayhQbfcxT501fXyqspKJJ2Y05U&v=... Read More
The Childrens Hunger Project were the beneficiaroes of the Spacecoast Seabreeze Benefit regatta held at Kelly Park in Merrit Island, FL, To see more pictures, click on the title and you can scroll through the photos,
This is from the Flying SCot Florida District Facebook pages:
Thank you .. thank you .. thank you
To the awesome work and volunteers from the Children's Hunger Project that support our community & braved the elements to share their message.
To the members of... Read More
SO it's winter up north but there's lots going on in Florida. If you're missing sailing, just pack up your boat and join them! SOme of these events have already gone by, but there's still several more events coming up between now and May 2020. Don't miss out!
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