Panhandle · Pensacola Beach
Sailing club at the entrance to Pensacola Beach, upstairs at 655 Pensacola Beach Blvd overlooking Little Sabine Bay; first commodore elected 1980. Gulf Yachting Association and US Sailing member; boat ownership is not required to join.
One-day GYA handicap regatta on Pensacola Bay, with the skippers' meeting at the club the evening before.
Pensacola Beach Yacht Club is a private club. Membership is subject to the club's approval. For current membership costs and how to apply, contact the club's membership office.
Featured Private Panhandle · Pensacola · est. 1908
Originally organized 1908 as the Pensacola Yacht and Motor Boat Club; chartered 1910. Charter member of the Gulf Yachting Association and a US Sailing affiliate. Deep junior fleet with Optimists, 470s, Lasers, and catamarans.
Private Panhandle · Crawfordville · est. 1969
Big Bend sailing club off Shell Point, organized in 1969 by sailboat racers. Cruising and buoy racing on Apalachee Bay, the annual Stephen C. Smith Memorial Regatta, and youth sailing through Apalachee Bay Community Sailing.
Private Panhandle · Panama City Beach · est. 1986
Private nonprofit yacht club chartered 1986 along the Gulf Coast in the Bay Point community at the Marriott Resort, Panama City Beach. ~200 members; calendar weighted toward cruising and social events rather than active racing.