Southwest
Southwest
The Southwest District encompasses all of Texas, Arkansas 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 and Central Oklahoma Flying Scot Fleet in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Our District Governor is Robert Cummings from Fleet 23 in Dallas. The Southwest District is also home to FSSA 2nd Vice-President, Nina Cummings.
The District has a Facebook Page here.
Follow Dalas's Fleet 23 on Facebook here.
In the multi class 55th Annual Wurstfest at Lake Canyon Yacht Club in Texas, 15 Flying Scots raced 4 races over 2 days. Griffin and Sydney Orr were 1st, Jeff Foerster and crew were 2nd and Keith Xars and crew were 3rd.
Results are here https://fssa.com/content/2023-wurstfest-regatta-lake-canyon-yacht-club-tx-0
Photos are here: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-BsPc2Z/
2023 Fleet 23 Open House regatta is finished - brisk winds but loads of fun. Great job by Chairperson Mady McCraken-Atkins and Flying Scot Fleet 23, Congratulations to Bill Draheim on the win! Full results are here. And some photos are at https://photos.app.goo.gl/wXpFr1tpcauF151r7.
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Married Couples, it's time to register for the 2022 Wife-Husband Championship at Rush Creek Yacht Club, Heath, TX. It's a great place to sail and a great club to visit. You can see who's already registered and you can register here https://rcyc.org/regatta/u7KaeT4XnH
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Under sunny 80° skies with east winds 8-10 in Race 4 and 10-15 in Race 5, PRO Jack Yoes and crew ran 2 awesome W-L races to finish up racing in fine fashion. Placs continues to change during the races and some places wre decided at the very end of the last race! Congratulations to Lynn Bruss and Monica Gaitan from Privateer Yacht Club, Championship winners and Bowman O‘Connor, Rachel Mittman and Katie Bayless from Corinthian Sailing Club, Challenger winners. Full results are here... Read More 
2022 FS Women’s NAC - So, during the second race yesterday, this team - leading the race at the time - lost its mainsheet block when a pin let go on them. But did Andi Hoffman, Melissa Miller and Tracy Hembrick panic? Maybe a little, but not for long! While Andi kept the helm and Melissa managed the other sails, Tracy used everything she had to help control the main! And the team kept going and finished 3rd in the race. And this is a time when it’s great to have a third on board. Meanwhile…the... Read More