These sailboat classes have active fleets at White Rock Lake:
Butterfly, Laser, Sunfish, Flying Scot, Vanguard 15, Day Sailor, Lightning, Optimist Pram, and Snipe. Descriptions of the boats, fleet contacts and related websites are included below.
Butterfly - Butterfly Fleet 20 sails out of the White Rock Boat Club and CSC. The Butterfly is a 12' cat-rigged scow which is usually sailed by one person. They race on Saturdays year round.
Saturday Series Racing Scores
Lasers - Lasers are again being raced at White Rock Lake out of both CSC and the White Rock Boat Club. They race on Saturday mornings year round and also on Wednesday evenings in the summer.
Sunfish - The Sunfish participate in the Wednesday evening and Saturday racing. The Sunfish sail out of WRBC and CSC. The Sunfish are regular participants in the Texas Sunfish Racing Circuit
Flying Scot - The Flying Scot is a 19' sloop rigged boat with a main, jib and spinnaker. The boat weighs 850 pounds. With a crew of two or three, the Flying Scot is a stable, fast boat ideal for both Sunday racing and family daysailing.
DaySailer - The DaySailer is for racing; a DaySailer is, quite naturally, for day sailing. But we think it is also for fleet sails, long or short, large company or small; for shared year 'round fun. A DaySailer is durable, stable and seaworthy, easy to trailer and easy to rig, launch & sail.
Fleet Contact - Miles Zitmore
Lightning - The Lightning is 19' sloop with a main, jib and spinnaker. At 700 pounds, it is a comfortable daysailer with a active international racing program. The Lightnings race on Sunday.
Optimist Pram - The Optimist is used as the entry level pram in the CSC youth sailing program. It is 8' long and weighs 77 pounds.
Snipe - The very first chartered Snipe Fleet (# 1) originated at White Rock Lake in 1934 and now calls CSC home. The Snipe is a 15-1/2 ft. sloop weighing 381 pounds with serious "go-fast" controls which have attracted racing sailors world-wide. Very tight one-design class rules and superior construction requirements mean these boats remain very competitive for years. The Snipes race Saturdays, year around.
The White Rock Lake Sailors from White Rock Boat Club and Corinthian Sailing Club work together to manage formal and informal board boat racing on White Rock Lake.
Year-Round Fleet Racing:
Wednesdays beginning at 6:30 PM
All classes are welcome.
(Lasers Series Scored) from Mid-April through Mid-October
Saturdays beginning at 10:30 AM (March-November) and at Noon (December through February)
All Classes are welcome.
(Butterfly Fleet Series Scored)
Sundays beginning at 1:00 PM
(Flying Scot Fleet series scored)
In addition, the Corinthian Sailing Club and White Rock Boat Club host regattas throughout the board boat racing season welcoming experienced and novice sailors alike.
We encourage you to attend one or all of the social functions enjoyed by all the sailors on WRL. We look forward to your joining us soon.
