Delta Sailing Association
Located on Arkabutla Lake, just South of Hernando Mississippi, at the Hernando Point Recreation Area.
Summer Social Racing series gets boats on the water – next edition is Aug 21!
August 7, 2022 was a fine day for sailing at Arkabutla! Five monuhulls and four cats showed up for the first real running of DSA's "SSRS" or Summer Social Racing Series. There were actually four real races and lots of smiles indicated sailors enjoyed it. A few things...
Sail Memphis? YES!
OK, Delta Sailing Association is actually about 30 miles South of Memphis on the North side of Arkabutla Lake.
We like to use the slogan "Sail Memphis!" since many of our members are from Memphis and it's suburbs and to let others know that it's possible to sail in the area.
We have land for "mast up" storage of our boats and conveniences like onsite bathrooms and covered outdoor dining facilities (picknick tables under a roof), and a nice seating area overlooking the lake for non-sailing family members to enjoy their stay.
60 Years of Lake Sailing
Sail Memphis!
Our Fleets
What do we sail?
All types of sail craft are welcome at DSA. Historically though, the membership has consisted of three major fleets (type of sailboats). The Lightning Class, Thistle Class, and Multihulls (Hobie Cats, Prindles, Nacra, Supercats etc.).
Lightning Class, Fleet 274
The Lighning dinghy is a 19 foot three person daysailer/racer designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens and first launched in 1938. After 80 years it is still actively raced.
Thistle Class, Fleet 72
The Thistle is a high performance one design racing sailboat that is generally sailed with a three person crew. Designed by Sandy Douglass, the Thistle debuted in 1945. The sail plan consists of a main, jib, and spinnaker.
MultiHull Class, Hobie Fleet 134
With the introduction of the exciting sailing of the Hobie Cat in the late 1960's multihull sailboats found DSA and Arkabutla Lake the idea local sailing venue. Having a convenient soft beach area just beside the concrete ramp makes rigging and launching a Hobie from mast-up-on-trailer storage a breeze. That means you can sail more often!
Test Lightning Post
This is a test of the posts in the Lightning Only category. Those posts are only displayed on the Lightning class page and in the general post archives.
Electric Power Restored at DSA
But water service may take more time. On March 4 Entergy reconnected the electric service line to the recently resurrected power pole at the Delta Sailing Association lot at Hernando Point on Lake Arkabutla. The line and the power pole had been dragged down by several...
TORNADO HITS DSA LOT MORNING OF JAN 11, 2020
The National Weather Service confirmed it was an EF-1 tornado with winds estimated at 100 mph that hit the area southwest of Hernando, MS before sunrise on Saturday, January 11, 2020.
