Delta Sailing Association
Located on Arkabutla Lake, just South of Hernando Mississippi, at the Hernando Point Recreation Area.
Last SSRS sail on September 18th
SAILORS ! THE LAST OF THE SSRS IS SET FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18! Time for the last Race Day for 2022 for the DSA Summer Social Racing Series (SSRS) at Delta Sailing Association, Hernando Point on Arkabutla Lake! Sunday – September 18 is the next and final race-day for...
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...
NEW for 2022: “Summer Social Racing Series” – SSRS
This summer Delta Sailing Association will try something new using the Portsmouth Handicap which allows boats of different designs to compete on an even basis. Starting June 5, DSA will try to hold six Sunday afternoons of racing by the end of summer. All classes of...
60 Years of Lake Sailing
Our Fleets
What did we sail?
All types of sail craft were 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!
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.