Sailing Sites, Links & Affiliations
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Deep Creek Yacht Racing Association, Inc.
dcyra.com Must join if wish to be scored in a race. Do not have to belong to a sailing club at the lake. Annual dues. Google Group to match crews with boats and share news. |
Deep Creek Sailing School
dclsailingschool.com Open to the entire community. Week-long Instruction for juniors and adults, with boats available to use. An independent nonprofit with a home at DCLSA Turkey Neck. 
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Fleet 6
Chapter of the Flying Scot Sailing Association (FSSA) facebook.com/flyingscotfleet6 Membership is optional. This is one of the largest Flying Scot fleets. Flying Scot Sailing Association
www.fssa.com/ National organization. If you join at Deep Creek, you're in Fleet 6. Publish Scots 'n Water magazine. 
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Flying Scot, Inc.
flyingscot.com/ 301-334-4848 Boats, parts, repairs, expertise. Visit easily -- it's just off Rt. 135 in Deer Park. 
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Lasers at Deep Creek
dcyra.com/laser-fleet.html 
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Deep Creek Yacht Club, Inc.
dcyc.net Sailing club at Thousand Acres, also known as Deerhaven. Members at both clubs race in DCYRA races. Deerhaven members can be reciprocal members with DCLSA Turkey Neck. 
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Located nearby in Oakland. One of the many displays is a sailboat produced by the Gordon Douglass Boat Co. in the 1950s.
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US Sailing Junior Olympics page
ussailing.org/racing/youth-sailing/junior-olympics/ 
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Yachting Club of America
https://www.ycaol.com/ 
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General Sailing Resources & Tips
US Sailing store: The following items (and others) can be found in the US SAILING online store. There are many great resources on this site to include, books, DVDs, CDs etc. http://store.ussailing.org/
Research boat builder and class association web pages and your sailmaker's tuning guide. Examples for Flying Scot are below:
And for the Laser:
Surf the internet for some great articles and information and videos. Keywords can be one-design sailboat racing, buoy sailboat racing, dinghy racing crewing on a one design sailboat, Flying Scot Sailing, Laser Racing, etc.
Speed and Smarts is an electronic newsletter that is fabulous. go on their website and look at past newsletters and articles: http://www.speedandsmarts.com/
Read up on racing strategy and tactics: http://www.sail1design.com/
Sailing World has some great links. Here is a basic article but has suggestions on other articles to read: http://www.sailingworld.com/article/Marcus-Eagan-Flying-Scot
- Understanding the Racing Rules by Dave Perry: this is a must have book that explains the racing rules and tactics in layman's terms with great situations and diagrams.
- US Sailing's Handy Guide to the Racing Rules is a simple guide to the basic rules. Great to give to your crew!
- Signal Flag Sticker to put on your boat so you are never second guessing yourself about what those flags mean on the race committee boats.
- 100 Racing Rules Quizzes by Dave Perry. Invite your sailing friends over and have great dinner conversations throughout the winter.
- Winning in One Designs by Dave Perry
- Racing Rules Companion
- Learn the Racing Rules DVD by Dave Dellenbaugh
Research boat builder and class association web pages and your sailmaker's tuning guide. Examples for Flying Scot are below:
- http://flyingscot.com/
- http://www.fssa.com/
- North Sails / OneDesign (click on the TUNING link, in particular)
And for the Laser:
Surf the internet for some great articles and information and videos. Keywords can be one-design sailboat racing, buoy sailboat racing, dinghy racing crewing on a one design sailboat, Flying Scot Sailing, Laser Racing, etc.
Speed and Smarts is an electronic newsletter that is fabulous. go on their website and look at past newsletters and articles: http://www.speedandsmarts.com/
Read up on racing strategy and tactics: http://www.sail1design.com/
Sailing World has some great links. Here is a basic article but has suggestions on other articles to read: http://www.sailingworld.com/article/Marcus-Eagan-Flying-Scot
