The Privateer Yacht Club is a private yacht club located in Hixson, Tennessee, on the shore of Chickamauga Lake (United States).[1]
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| Founded | 1940 |
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| Location | 4713 Privateer Rd, Hixson, Tennessee 37343 |
| Website | www |
The club is also the home site of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Sailing Team for intercollegiate sailing at the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association.
Privateer Yacht Club has a facility that includes twenty eight acres, a clubhouse, one boat ramp and a dinghy hoist, wet slip docks for 80 sailboats, 110 dry slips for “dry sailed” boats and/or trailers, two maintenance hoists, a covered rack for a dozen kayaks, and a 1+1⁄2-mile wooded trail.[2]
History edit
Privateer Yacht Club was organized on July 25, 1940, after the Chickamauga Dam was built, by a group of Snipe sailors.[3]
Fleets edit
At the present time there are One-Design racing fleets of Catalina 22, MC Scow, Flying Scot and Snipe, besides CR-914 Radio-controlled and cruising fleets.
References edit
- ^ "Privateer Yacht Club". activecaptain.com.
- ^ "PYC Information". Privateer Yacht Club.
- ^ "Local yacht club keeps sailing on". Times Free Press.