Gulf
Gulf
The Gulf District encompasses several fleets along and near the Gulf of Mexico from Florida's panhandle to Louisiana and one fleet in Arkansas.
Active fleets in Florida include Choctawhatchee Bay in Ft.Walton Beach, Garcon Point Spirited Sailors in Bagdad, St.Andrew Bay in Panama City and Pensacola Bay in Pensacola. In Mississippi we have Bay St.Louis and Jackson Yacht Club and in Arkansas we have Grand Maumelle Sailing Club in Little Rock. In Louisiana we have Lake Arthur in Lafayette and New Orleans and Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans.
The District Governor is Larry Taggart, who is also FSSA Parliamentarian. The Gulf District is also home to FSSA First Vice President Nancy Claypool and Secind Vice President Jim Leggette.
Your Board of Governors is hard at work conducting FSSA business on your behalf. Thanks to those who hold these volunteer postions and work hard to support the Flying Scot class! Read More
Still not too late to come!
START THE 60TH YEAR CELEBRATION
OF THE FLYING SCOT
OFF RIGHT BY PARTICIPATING IN THE
2017 FSSA MID-WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP
Fleet 96 and Southern Yacht Club (SYC) in New Orleans invite you to this March 12-16 event, and to come early and stay late to enjoy the many things SYC and New Orleans have to offer. To learn more about Southern Yacht Club visit the club's website here. And learn lots more about the great city of New... Read More
The Flying Scot Class sailed for three different perpetual trophies as part of Southern Yacht Club's annual Juby Wynne Memorial Regatta: The Commissioner General Trophy, the Charles L Dees Memorial Trophy, and, the Cock-of-the-Walk Trophy. Each had its own individual criteria. Whoever meets the criteria of the sub-fleets, i.e. Districts and/or Cock-of-the-Walk (COW), first is awarded those trophies.
The ... Read More
The Scot fleet winners from the Hospitality Regatta, First place, Larry Taggart and Tina, second place Jim Leggette and Will Manuel and third place Claude and Randall Dannerman.
We had a little bit of everything this weekend, drifter, moderate and finally good breeze with chop and some rain. Thanks to everyone you participated or worked on the event. Read More
Each year at the NAC, special awards are given in several categories to the participants as well as the prestigious Fleet of the Year Award, given to the fleet that has demonstrated most activity and growth in the prior year, Entries for this award are sent in by fleet captains who nominate their fleets. This year's award was given to the Sarasota Sailing Squadron Fleet 36, Fleet Captain Robert Twinem. Other trophy winners are listed in the grid below - congratulations to all... Read More