Deep Creek Lake Sailing Association
204 Yacht Club Road
Swanton, MD 21561
301-387-4159
Please note that it is very important to have this address handy in case of emergency.
When dialing 911 from near the club, make SURE you mention that we are
the Yacht Club off of Turkey Neck Road to prevent EMS from going to the wrong club.
Nestled in the mountains of Western Maryland, Deep Creek Yacht Club at Turkey Neck, Inc. (DCLSA-TN) is the center of most summer activities, where its members enjoy weekend sailboat racing on Deep Creek Lake. Deep Creek Yacht Club welcomes all sailors of any skill level to come out and race. We run races on weekends and Wednesday evenings June through September, with separate starts for Gold, Silver, Master’s, and Challenger fleets in Flying Scots, as well as a start for Lasers. New sailors are encouraged to come out and serve as crew and/or take lessons with the Deep Creek Sailing School deepcreeksailingschool If you already own a Scot and would like to try racing, please join the Challenger fleet where the emphasis is on fun and learning. Experienced skippers are available to assist with your first races. For further information please send an email to: DCYRARACING@GMAIL.COM or register for a fleet online at: Registration_Form_2017. For those interested in serving as crew for an active racing boat, please subscribe to our google groups email list and let other members know of your availability-
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Please note that as per DCLSA Bylaws, privileges of the club are limited to members, and immediate family, which includes children up to the age of 23 or those enrolled full time in school.
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Welcome 2019 & 2020 House Managers!
SARA NEWTON AND DAVID SHEPPARD
David was born in Sydney, Australia and moved to the US permanently in 1986. Sara grew up in Belleville, Illinois (near St Louis, Missouri). We met at a summer camp, Camp Ondessonk, in Southern Illinois in 1974. We still hike and camp and travel with many of the people we worked with way back then.
Since our marriage in 1987, we have lived in Phoenix, Belleville, Sydney, and recently Grand Canyon Village. Our professions have varied. Sara’s career has included working as head cook in summer camps, mapping with the Department of the Interior and teaching high school science for 28 years. David has worked as an architectural draftsman for about 30 years, but recently he has been an assistant cook and Culinary Arts teacher at Grand Canyon School.
We retired from the Grand Canyon School in May of 2018 with the hope of becoming managers of the Turkey Neck Yacht Club. Our son, Kyle, and his family live in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Kyle is married to Jessica Abramowitz, whose parents, George and Linda, have a house on Deep Creek Lake and belong to the Club.
One of our loves is refurbishing houses. We have a cozy log cabin in Ponderosa, California, and a quaint adobe in Tucson, Arizona. Both houses are on the vacation rental market and fit well into our new nomadic existence – teach as long term subs at the Grand Canyon this winter, spend the spring hiking outside of Tucson, manage the yacht club during the summer, and play in the Sierras during the fall.
Having spent the last few decades in the Midwest and the West, we look forward to exploring the eastern states and seeing more of our grandchildren (and their parents). Our goal is to do a great job for the Club by providing excellent food, managing the property well, and upholding the welcoming social atmosphere that is already the hallmark of the Club. We look forward to meeting everyone and would like to thank the Club Board for giving us this opportunity.
Since our marriage in 1987, we have lived in Phoenix, Belleville, Sydney, and recently Grand Canyon Village. Our professions have varied. Sara’s career has included working as head cook in summer camps, mapping with the Department of the Interior and teaching high school science for 28 years. David has worked as an architectural draftsman for about 30 years, but recently he has been an assistant cook and Culinary Arts teacher at Grand Canyon School.
We retired from the Grand Canyon School in May of 2018 with the hope of becoming managers of the Turkey Neck Yacht Club. Our son, Kyle, and his family live in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Kyle is married to Jessica Abramowitz, whose parents, George and Linda, have a house on Deep Creek Lake and belong to the Club.
One of our loves is refurbishing houses. We have a cozy log cabin in Ponderosa, California, and a quaint adobe in Tucson, Arizona. Both houses are on the vacation rental market and fit well into our new nomadic existence – teach as long term subs at the Grand Canyon this winter, spend the spring hiking outside of Tucson, manage the yacht club during the summer, and play in the Sierras during the fall.
Having spent the last few decades in the Midwest and the West, we look forward to exploring the eastern states and seeing more of our grandchildren (and their parents). Our goal is to do a great job for the Club by providing excellent food, managing the property well, and upholding the welcoming social atmosphere that is already the hallmark of the Club. We look forward to meeting everyone and would like to thank the Club Board for giving us this opportunity.
