Fall and winter sailing and wing foiling tips
Sailing and wing foiling in fall and winter can be an exciting way to enjoy the water, but it also presents challenges due to colder temperatures and varying wind conditions. The air and water temperatures here are not that low for that long, so getting out on the...
Fall and winter sailing tips
Sailing and wing foiling in fall and winter can be an exciting way to enjoy the water, but it also presents challenges due to colder temperatures and varying wind conditions. On the Gulf coast, it doesn't get too cold for too long, and you can definitely still have...
Hobie 16 main sail tack and clew repair
After a recent long distance race, the second day we were rigging the boat and noticed the rivets had nearly disintegrated in the tack and clew plates on the main sail. We band aid fixed them for the race that day, but I put the fix on the fast track to stay...
2023 Island Hop Regatta Weekend
What a great weekend of racing in the 49th annual Island Hop Regatta! On Friday night my crew and I went out for a short shake down sail to make sure the boat was ready for the weekend of racing. There was around 20 catamarans and even one Corsair trimaran joined in...
49th Annual 2023 Horn Island Hop Regatta
The 2023 OSYC/OSSS Island Hop Regatta 49th Annual Horn Island Hop Regatta is less than 2 weeks away! A long distance multi-hull regatta that departs from OSYC for the first leg and races out to the western end of Horn Island. The racers lunch on the island then race...
Sailboat fiberglass repair
Here is a short video of the sailboat fiberglass repair we made. When we bought the Vanguard 15 to add to the training fleet, I knew there was a small soft spot on the deck but was confident about fixing the fiberglass. As you will see in the video, the soft spot...
2023 Round the Horn Race
What is the Round the Horn Race? This is the annual sail around Horn Island and it was a great race! The race is held at the Ocean Spring Yacht Club with racing in the Biloxi Bay, Mississippi Sound, and the Gulf of Mexico, around Horn Island. The course was sailed...
73rd MCYA Chapman Regatta 2023
The Chapman Regatta 2023 I had a great time sailing the weekend of June 10-11 at the Bay Waveland Yacht Club. They were the host for this year's Chapman Regatta where four Gulf Coast clubs competed in four classes of boat. The boats for this year were Flying Scot,...
New events calendar
New events calendar and summer camps 2023 Event Calendar We've added an events calendar to the site to keep track of as many wind sport and water sport activities in the area as we can. Currently we've added two great summer camp programs in Ocean Springs: Ocean...
Instructor Certification Completed!
After putting in hours of online coursework completing the Boaters Safety course, Safe Sport Certification, Teaching and Coaching Fundamentals Online Certification, Small Boat Level 1 Instructor Online Course, and 30 hours of in person training and evaluation, I have...