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Division 8: Blue Ridge Division
5th Coast Guard District, Southern Region
Central & Southwestern Virginia

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Division 8, Blue Ridge serves recreational boating waters in western Virginia with five Flotillas of Auxiliarists who boat on Smith Mountain Lake, Lake Anna, Claytor Lake, and Coastal waters.

Formed in 1964 with boaters from Roanoke, Lynchburg, Waynesboro and Charlottesville, the Division has grown to provide boating safety services over a broad territory. This includes the smaller western lakes and rivers such as: Carvins Cove, Lake Moomaw, Lake Saponi, Green Mountain Lake, Lake Louisa, Lake of the Woods, the James River, Rivanna River, New River and Little River.

The geographic area is quite large for the Blue Ridge members who hail from Danville to Fluvanna, Louisa and Orange Counties, thence over to Harrisonburg and all the territory from these locations to the West Virginia border.

This area of about 16,000 square miles (nautical) is within the Area of Responsibility (AOR) of the U.S. Coast Guard, Group Hampton Roads of the Fifth Coast Guard District.

UPCOMING EVENTS
(See Calendar Page for more details) 

MARCH 2024

09 MAR: SML Boat Crew Academy Session 2 - 1000-1600 - Smith Mtn Lake VA
                 (For details, see Calendar item)

23 MAR: SML Boat Crew Academy Session 3 - 1000-1600 - Smith Mtn Lake VA
                 (For details, see Calendar item)

APRIL 2024

5-7 APR: D5SR District Training (D-TRAIN) Event - Short Pump VA
                 (For details, see Calendar item)

06 APR: SML Boat Crew Academy Session 4 - 1000-1600 - Smith Mtn Lake VA
                 (For details, see Calendar item)

20 APR: SML Boat Crew Academy Session 5 - 1000-1600 - Smith Mtn Lake VA
                 (For details, see Calendar item)

MAY 2024

03 MAY: Division Business Meeting - 1730 - Lake Anna VA area - Location TBA
                 (For details, see Calendar item)

3-4 MAY: Division 08 Spring Training Event, In-person at Lake Anna, VA
                 (For details, see Calendar item)

04 MAY: SML Boat Crew Academy Session 6 - 1000-1600 - Smith Mtn Lake VA
                 (For details, see Calendar item)

AUGUST 2024

03 AUG: Division Business Meeting - 1730 - Claytor Lake VA area - Location TBA
                 (For details, see Calendar item)

OCTOBER 2024

05 OCT: Division Business Meeting - 1100 - AUXDET SML, Moneta VA
                 (For details, see Calendar item)