HIYC History
In the early 1950’s a handful of sailing enthusiasts, most of them Penguin owners, formed the Nashville Sailing Association.
For the next few years, they spent weekends racing their boats ‘round and round’ Bush Lake, little more than a pond in north Nashville.
But while their facilities were scant, their enthusiasm for racing was considerable, and so they joined in 1954 with
The Nashville Tennessean to sponsor the city’s first sailing regatta, The Tennessean.
After a while, the regatta had grown so much that the site was moved to “the big pond”—Kentucky Lake.
Then in the late 50’s, Old Hickory Lake was formed. One of the results of the impoundment was the development
of a small island residential community named Harbor Island. (more)