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Lake Eustis Sailing Club

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Lake Eustis Sailing Club is home to fleets of MC Scow, Flying Scot, Wayfarer and Laser sailboats.  We have active one-design club racing, and host numerous regattas throughout the year.  All told we offer over 60 days a year of racing!

Youth and adults can learn to sail at the club through our partnership with Lake Eustis Youth Sailing Foundation .

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71st Annual Mount Dora Yacht Club Sailboat Regatta

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Sunday Mar 24, 2024 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

Grantham Point 499 S Tremain St Mount Dora

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Mount Dora welcomes sailors from all over the state to the MDYC's 71st Annual Regatta on Saturday and Sunday, March 23rd – 24th 2024. The races begin around noon on Sat and 9:30am on Sun near the lighthouse at Graham Pointe. Watching the beautiful masts move across Lake Dora is a sight you won’t want to miss. With three courses and almost 100 sailors and some good weather, it hopes to be a breathtaking sight for participants and spectators alike all over Lake Dora. The Mount Dora Yacht Club comes together with almost all of its members volunteering to serve in some way at this weekend long event each year. For 2024 they are proud to have Advent Health as the presenting sponsor. In addition, another 50+ sponsors give to make this a true sailor’s delight. Coming from all over the state, the sailors’ ages range from 8-80. The committee has met their goal to enlist more junior sailors by providing scholarships and this year is a big success doing just that! Families in Florida have many opportunities to be active outdoors and being on the water is no exception.

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Mt. Dora winter general Membership meeting

February 25 - 26, 2022

Friday Night, February 25th: Friday night found the members of FCA enjoying adult beverages and plenty of scrumptious appetizers provided by Mt. Dora Yacht Club.  FCA member guests and Mt. Dora members, both general members and FCA members, had a delightful evening catching up on what had been happening in their respective clubs.  

Saturday General Membership Meeting: Saturday morning started with a continental breakfast of muffins, Danishes, biscuits with jams, fruit, juices and plenty of coffee. During the registration period, members took advantage of the time to shop the well-stocked Ship's Store managed by Quartermaster Beverly Plummer.  this was a time to pick out those uniform items in demand. Commodore Ray Dewrell called the general membership meeting to order.  The Flag Officers and Program/Committee chairs reported on current and future activities that the organization has been and/or will be conducting.  Minutes of this meeting will be posted to the website as soon as received. At the conclusion of the general meeting, Past Commodore Charlie Kennedy spoke about the history of Mt. Dora and the role that the Mt. Dora Yacht Club has played in Mt. Dora's growth through the years.  Mt. Dora Yacht Club, as the oldest inland yacht club in the state of Florida, was started in 1913 by Henry Fuller. A hearty sandwich buffet was served to attending members and their spouses of the meeting.  Members clustered in groups to share information about their different clubs and how their clubs had survived the pandemic. Past Commodore Joe Tringali, of Palm Coast Commodores, gave an informative and in-depth lecture about yacht clubs and the law.  P/C Tringali provided those attending with much needed knowledge concerning how the law can affect the everyday activities of a club.

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The Mount Dora Yacht Club has a new pressure-treated pine dock reaching into Lake Dora that was paid for with members’ donations.

Arthur “Dean” Guy, commodore of the Mount Dora Yacht Club, 351 W. Fourth Ave., said he sent a letter to members seeking money for the project and 70 percent of them contributed.

The 1,000-square-foot pier was dedicated in January.

Guy said the decision to build the private dock came because of crowding at the municipal pier next to the yacht club.

“Our members used that dock for many years. We realized we needed one of our own,” Guy said.

Wise Marine Construction of Orlando designed and built the 65-foot-wide pier. It is 114 feet long, with the walkway reaching 90 feet and then branching into three 24-foot finger piers that surround boat slips.

Guy said about 14 boats can dock in the slips and the outside area.

“That depends on the particular depth of the water at any given time,” he said.

Guy said the dock needed to be stronger than a typical residential pier, so it was built using larger pilings and ledgers. He said a typical residential dock has pilings of 4 by 4 inches and ledgers of 2 by 6 inches; pilings used for the yacht club dock are 4 by 6 inches and ledgers are 2 by 8 inches.

Also, a residential pier would normally be built on 8-foot centers. Centers in the yacht club’s pier are 10 feet.

The walkway is 5 feet wide and paved with 2-by-6-inch boards laid crosswise.

Guy said pilings reach 8 feet beneath Lake Dora at the pier’s end.

“A lot of sand on the lake bottom had to be blown away before the hardpan was reached,” he said.

At the pier’s entrance is a 16-by-40-foot upland deck with built-in seating to be used for social activities.

“We have a social evening planned for May,” Guy said. “We’ll use the deck to gather for barbecues and other activities – perhaps have a band.”

Past the deck is a gated entry with key pad security. Two glass lanterns top the gate and others grace the deck, the walkway and the end of the pier. Some are powered by photoelectric cells that switch the lights on from dusk until dawn.

In the center of the dock stands a flagpole flying an American flag, the Florida state flag and the Mount Dora Yacht Club flag. The pole also is illuminated at night.

Construction took two months.

“One of our members devoted a lot of time working on the permitting, which involved the St. Johns River Water Management District,” Guy said.

Jimmy’s Electric Service of Mount Dora provided electrical work.

Guy said the Mount Dora Yacht Club, built in 1913, is the third-oldest club of its type in Florida and the state’s oldest inland water yacht club. The club has about 100 members and 40 associates, who are widows of former members.

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Mount Dora Yacht Club 68th Regatta

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Hosted by Mount Dora Yacht Club

Mount Dora, FL

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REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 22ND AT 11:59PM!

Mount Dora 68th Annual Regatta  March 27-28 2021

All skippers registration fees INCLUDE continental breakfast(Saturday & Sunday), Skipper's dinner Saturday, regatta t-shirt and poster

(additional charge for the crew or guest meals, or apparel.)

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