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MIDDLE TENNESSEE?
I've recently been marooned in Tennessee and will be new to the marine
community here as I plan to splash my lady this summer. Would like to hook up with someone knowledgeable in the area for "O & F" (Orientation and Familiarization). I will be in the greater Nashville area and want to learn all about the sailing in this area and passages to the gulf from here. I am an active sailor from the pacific northwest and I would also be interested in any crewing opportunities as well. BTW in case you're wondering, I have a 7m sloop and I tailored it here recently. Thanks Rico |
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:45:38 -0600, "Rico"
wrote: I've recently been marooned in Tennessee and will be new to the marine community here as I plan to splash my lady this summer. Would like to hook up with someone knowledgeable in the area for "O & F" (Orientation and Familiarization). I will be in the greater Nashville area and want to learn all about the sailing in this area and passages to the gulf from here. I am an active sailor from the pacific northwest and I would also be interested in any crewing opportunities as well. BTW in case you're wondering, I have a 7m sloop and I tailored it here recently. Thanks Rico Rico, You got lucky. Middle Tennessee is one of the better places to be "marooned" as a sailor. There are two very good yacht clubs in Nashville, Harbor Island Yacht Club on Old Hickory Lake and Percy Priest Yacht Club on Percy Priest Lake. Both are very active and loaded with friendly, accomplished sailors. One possible advantage of the Harbor Island Club for you if your boat is not easily trailerable - Old Hickory Lake is actually the Cumberland River. You can lock through and go down river to Barkley Lake in Kentucky (huge) and then into Kentucky Lake (very huge). Then, if you really get the urge, you can sail south on Kentucky Lake, which is also the Tennessee River, go through a series of beautiful lakes, and the Tennessee-Tombigby Waterway all the way to Mobile Alabama and the Gulf of Mexico. Or, you can connect to the Ohio, then Mississippi and end up in the Great Lakes at Chicago. If your boat is easily trailerable, there are many nice lakes around the Nashville area, including the Port Oliver Yacht Club (my home club) at Barren River Lake in southern Kentucky, about an hour north of Nashville. There are West Marine and Boaters World stores in Nashville. They probably would be able to tell you how to get into contact with members of the two yacht clubs. Check out both clubs to find the one that suits your personality best. Good luck. See you on the water. Lee Huddleston s/v Truelove |
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