Southwest
Southwest
The Southwest District encompasses all of Texas, Arkansas, Colorado and Oklahoma.
Our active fleets in Texas are Corinthian Sailing Club in Dallas, Rush Creek Yacht Club in Heath, Lake Canyon Yacht Club in San Antonio and the Wichita Falls Club in Wichita Falls; Grande Maumelle Sailing Club in Roland, Arkansas, Colorado Sail & Yacht Club in Littleton, Colorado and Central Oklahoma Flying Scot Fleet in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Our District Governor is Paul Miller from Fleet 23 in Dallas.
The District has a Facebook Page here.
Follow Dalas's Fleet 23 on Facebook here.
By Steve Comen, FS6090
Congratulations to Paul Foerster with crew Carrie and Carl Foerster on winning the 48th Flying Scot Fleet 23 Open House Regatta and Southwest District Championships. We were thrilled to welcome 15 boats from out of town, including boats from Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, Arkansas, and probably a couple others I am forgetting. Ed: Also Missouri!
With a forecast for no wind on Sunday, PRO Jack Yoes ran 4 great races in very shifty conditions on... Read More 
Fleet 23 at the Corinthian Sailing Club in Dallas, Texas, hosted their 46th Annual Open House Regatta on October 18-20, 2019. There were 38 boats on the line, 24 Championship, 9 CHallenger and 5 Non-spinnaker - what a great turnout! The theme of the Saturday night party was Havana nights it was a great time for everyone,.
Bill Draheim and Jeff Perna took first place honors, Kelly and Heid Gough were second and Griffin Orr and his Dad Jim Orr were third in the Championship Division. The... Read More
There is an old sailor at White Rock Lake called Red Dog who likes to dazzle landlubbers with his tales
Read the Dallas Morning New story here
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The wind gods were not cooperative today so we did not sail on Day 2 of the 2019 Wife Husbands at Corinthian Sailing Club in Dallas. Fleet 23 were wonderful hosts for the event and everyone had a wonderful time!. WIth the 3 races sailed yesterday, the trophies will be awarded. Championship winners are: Kelly and Heidi Gough, Bill and Jennifer Draheim, Ryan Malmgren and Stacey Rieu, Tom and Melissa Miller, and Jeff and Amy Smith Linton. Challenger winners are Robert and Margaret... Read More
It was a beautiful day on White Rock Lake, in the 90's, sunny with just not enough wind in te morning. The Race Committee n shore while we waited for the breeze to fill in - and it did. We headed out about 12:30 and races started shortly after we got out. We got in 3 great 4-leg Windward-Leeward races in 6-10 MPH easterly winds, and there was very little consistency in the results. People who finished badly in race 1 did great in race 2 and vice-versa. We had lots of fun on the water, and now... Read More