Background on a Flying Scot family
The Neff family has been sailing and racing Flying Scot's since the mid 1970's. Robert (Bob) and Mary Ellen and their three kids Lorie, Dan, and David enjoyed many weekend trips from their home in St. Louis to Fleet 84 on Carlyle Lake in Carlyle, IL.
In 1980 sailing and work brought the Neffs to the east cost, where they spent their spare time sailing and racing their Scot on the Chesapeake Bay. By the late 80s, the kids had grown and spread
out, taking a love of sailing with them. Lorie spent time in the islands as a cook on a boat for a few years, then moved to San Francisco. Dan went to school at Old Dominion University in Norfolk,VA . He studied Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering and found time to participate on their sailing team. David studied Architecture at Savannah College of Art and Design While there he started a sailing club.
In 1988 Bob and Mary Ellen shifted gears, and established Selby Bay
Sailing Center. It’s located near the mouth of the South River that flows into the Chesapeake Bay, just south of Annapolis, MD. From the start they intended to build a facility just for Flying Scots. You may well have met one or more Neffs at a boat show, such as the one in Annapolis each October.
Today Selby Bay Sailing Center is well established exclusively for Flying
Scots. SBSC is home to Fleet 42 and two large sailing clubs, NIH Sailing Assoc. and Goddard Sailing Assoc. Currently about 50 individuals keep their boats there all year round. The main “draw” besides sailing on the beautiful Chesapeake, is racing every Wednesday night all summer long. Usually there are at least a dozen Scots out there. Bob and Mary Ellen also represent the factory and would be glad
to talk to you about new and used Flying Scots. They provide factory parts and offer individual sailing lessons in the Flying Scot.
Lori is still in San Francisco, David lived in Charlotte, NC. where he races FS #3109 with Fleet 48 on Lake Norman. In 2004, David took over SBSC from Mom and Dad, so that they can enjoy sailing and traveling the country. Dan lives in South Amboy, NJ. and since 1995 he also represents the Factory. His
territory covers New Jersey. Dan met his wife Christine at the 1997 Flying Scot Mid-Winters. They married in 2001 and make a great team racing FS#2929. They are members of Fleet 7 located in Greenwich Connecticut and travel to as many as 15 regattas a season up and down the east coast.
In 2000 Dan came up with the idea for FlyingScotRacing.com. "Racing" came to mind because we enjoy
racing our Scot, and he wanted away to share information and sailing images collected over the years. You can find information about sailing and racing venues in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Maryland.
We hope you will enjoy the countless images that we have collected over the years while we travel from one club to the next.
