Yacht racing has a rich history in our area and we are active, avid racers.  The Halifax River Yacht club was the sponsor of the longest continual East coast race, The Transpac race to Bermuda for many years. The H.R.Y.C. fleet celebrated its 30^th year of sailing the Commdoroe Cup Regatta series this past year!  Our racing heritage lives on! Racing is alive and growing in our area.  

 COME RACE!!

Halifax River Yacht Club

Racing occurs outside of Ponce Inlet. The club offers Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker and Bimini classes. Visit www.hryc.com or contact Chris Herbster, race chairman via contacting the club at 386.255.7459

 Halifax Sailing Association

There is always racing going on at HSA.  For members (it's VERY affordable!!) there are Sunday Sunfish races, what we call Big Boy Races on the Sunday of the first weekends of each month, and Lazer & Sunfish one-design racing every Wednesday night.   Racing takres place on the Halifax River near Bethune Point, in front of H.S.A.

Symrna Yacht Club SYC sponsors Wednesday racing, The Old Men of the Sea, just outside Ponce Inlet.  They also sponsor some exciting races like The Lipton Cup which will be sailed again in spring 2010.  For information see http://www.sycsailors.com.html  In the summer, SYC members race their fleet of Precision 16's in front of the club, within site from the Tiki Bar!  Contact SYC sailors, David Smith for more information.   Lake Eustis Sailing Club  Lake Uestis is the most active sailing club in the region offering one design racing in many classes including the exciting Scows.  We're hoping to join in to the fun this year aboard Mad Hummingbird, our Melges E scow.   Check out the excitement! TRUE NORTH'S 2011 RACING SCHEDULE! TRUE NORTH is active in racing at all the above clubs and associations (not Eustis yet, regrettably) and here are some other regattas we are planning to attend or crew in this 2011 Season!! Hummingbird (1982 E Scow) will race the Mug Race 2011 sponsored by the Rudder Club in Jacksonville, April 16, 2011 Humminbird will compete in the Sarasota Sailing Squadron One Design Mid-Winters March 18,19 & 20th, 2011. Twilight will compete (Rob will crew) in the Sarasota Yacht Club's Annual Regatta Del Sol Al Sol beginning April 29th, 2011. Morning Dew will compete (Rob is a perment part of this crew) in the HRYC Commodore's Cup Regatta Series Feb - Nov 2011. Rob hopes to compete in the new 2011 Team Racing Challenege July & August 2011 Rob is hoping for an invitation to compete in the North Florida Off-shore Challenge.  Rob has been a part of winning campaigns aboard Last Mangas in past years.  Last Mangas owner, Bob Ford passed away in 2010.  Bob is very missed.

2010 Gulfstreamer Sprint Champs - TOKI                2008 HSA TURKEY TROT REGATTA - FIRST PLACE WINNERS

                                                                                       Racing with family in friends doesn't get better than 1st place aboard our Johnson 18!

   1st place 2010 Gulfstreamer        1st in class, 1st over-all

                                             2008 North Florida OffShore Challenge

Home | Custom Canvas | Sail Handling Systems | Rigging | Seldé® Furlex Proctor | Rigging Services
Architectural Rigging | Yacting