Dixie Sailing Club

What a beautiful day on the water. The wind was perfect for some Dixie Sailing Club races!⛵️
Steve Ambrose was the overall winner today. Throwing down 3 first place wins.🏆🏆🏆 !!

The Po’ Ol’ Kowaliga Regatta is quickly approaching, October 4 & 5. Catalina 22 Gold and Silver, Flying Scott, MC Scow and Open fleets will be competing, so any sailboat can race. October brings the most reliable winds of the year to Lake Martin, so don’t miss this chance to compete. Go to www.dixiesailingclub.com for more details and to register.

An updated Notice of Race is below.

Dixie Sailing Club hosts Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch

On Saturday, September 6, the Dixie Sailing Club hosted the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch for an introduction to sailing and day on the water.

We had a wonderful time entertaining several of the girls and their house parents.

The day began at 9:00 a.m. when the girls and house parents arrived. We had some activities for them to enjoy including rock painting which quickly became a favorite of all. They painted many rocks for themselves and to leave at the club for landscape enhancement.

Commodore, Bobby Edmond, provided a brief history of DSC and an overview of the club's members and sailboats. Don Connolly, certified sailing instructor, provided an entertaining presentation of sailing, winds, and how a sailboat uses the wind to its benefit.

Several of our members volunteered to skipper their boats to provide an on the water sailing experience for all. We sailed for over an hour around the Youngs Island, Paces Point and Wicker Point shorelines.

At noon, we had lunch provided by Keith and Jennifer Bennett, two of our veteran members. After lunch, Sara Wolf, Associate Member, provided a very interesting and engaging presentation on her adventures swimming the English Channel in June. Everyone was intrigued by and interested in her accomplishments.

At 1:30 pm, those who wanted to sail again were taken back out for an hour or more until the storms began to develop.

We all had so much fun that it was hard to pack up and end the day.

On behalf of the Dixie Sailing Club we would like to thank the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch for paying us a visit.

Come on out for the annual Po’ ‘Ol Kowaliga Regatta on October 4 and 5. This is one of two open regattas we sponsor every year and it should be another good one. Classes include Catalina 22 Gold and Silver fleet, MC Scow, Flying Scot and the open/handicap fleet, so ANY SAILBOAT CAN RACE! Please see the attached Notice of Race for all the details. October is a beautiful time of year on Lake Martin and the winds are normally good. So, don’t miss this opportunity!


-Chris
Chris Hodge
(314) 221-7269
[email protected]

The Dixie Sailing Club’s Jennifer Bennett carries on club tradition by WINNING the Catalina 22 Silver Fleet National Championship! So proud of her and of all our members who made the trip to Texas to compete. Congratulations Jennifer and crew!

Final results here: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/29192

Are you keeping up with the 2025 Catalina 22 National Championships? We sure are! Here are the latest results:

2025 Catalina 22 National Championship : Lake Worth Sailing Club Lake Worth Sailing Club (LWSC) with the Catalina 22 National Association cordially invite you to attend the 2025 Catalina 22 National Championship, at Lake Worth, Fort Worth, Texas from June 7-12, 2025. On this website, you will find:

Monda Race Report 06 09 2025

The Dixie Sailing Club enjoyed another fun weekend of Sailboat racing located southwest of Peanut Point and Big Beach on Saturday June 7th. Conditions on the water were fantastic with the wind blowing from the west between 6.5-8.5 knots and the occasional gust of 11. Four competitors were able to participate: 3 MC Scow skippers for class race points and one Catalina 22 skipper for the 3 race event.

Final Results:

Skipper, Class: Handicap finish : MC Class finish

M. Hardy, MC Scow: 1/1/2 : 1/1/2

S. Ambrose, MC Scow: 2/2/1 : 2/2/1

Luke Bloodworth, C22: 3/4/3 : -/-/-

R. Haire , MC Scow: 4/3/4 : 3/3/3



Thank you to the Race Committee for your support:

RC Chair: D. Hilgendorf
RC Assistance: S. Childers, W. Tidwell, M. White


See you on the Water,

-Michael White

Day 1 race results from the Catalina 22 Nationals. Look closely and you’ll see DSC members like Bobby Edmonds, Mickey Richardson, and Jennifer Bennett taking their places in top spots. Way to go!

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