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Privateer Yacht Club

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Privateer Yacht Club
Founded1940
Location4713 Privateer Rd, Hixson, Tennessee 37343
Websitewww.privateeryachtclub.org

The Privateer Yacht Club is a private yacht club located in Hixson, Tennessee, on the shore of Chickamauga Lake (United States).[1]

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+12-mile wooded trail.[2]

History

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Privateer Yacht Club was organized on July 25, 1940, after the Chickamauga Dam was built, by a group of Snipe sailors.[3]

Fleets

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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

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  1. ^ "Privateer Yacht Club". activecaptain.com.
  2. ^ "PYC Information". Privateer Yacht Club.
  3. ^ "Local yacht club keeps sailing on". Times Free Press.
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