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Sugar-white beaches, Pensacola Bay, and Choctawhatchee: the Gulf's clearest sailing water. Smaller fleets, bigger sandbars, and the kind of harbors where someone always comes by with a tow line.
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Regattas, race series, and championships hosted by clubs and schools across Panhandle.
Optimist dinghy youth regatta on Pensacola Bay over the GYA summer circuit's Labor Day week.
Pensacola Beach Multihull Race & Cruise Week
Inaugural multihull race and cruise week on Pensacola Bay, co-hosted by PBYC and Windcraft Multihulls.
One-day Choctawhatchee Bay challenge race hosted by Fort Walton Yacht Club.
World championship for the classic Fish one-design class, hosted on Pensacola Bay.
One-day memorial regatta on Choctawhatchee Bay, a long-running fixture of FWYC's fall racing season.
One-day club regatta on Choctawhatchee Bay hosted by Fort Walton Yacht Club.
Melges 24 class regatta on Pensacola Bay, a stop on the U.S. class racing calendar.
One-day November regatta on Choctawhatchee Bay hosted by Fort Walton Yacht Club.
Gobbler Regatta and Leftover Feast
Post-Thanksgiving club regatta on Apalachee Bay off Shell Point, followed by a leftovers potluck at the clubhouse.
New Year's Day club regatta on Apalachee Bay, run by the ABYC vice commodore.
ISCA Midwinters Series (Sunfish)
Weeklong Sunfish class midwinters series on Pensacola Bay, a World Championship qualifier.
Flying Scot Midwinter Championship
National Flying Scot Sailing Association Midwinters, hosted by PYC on Pensacola Bay.
Live wind and sky, spot by spot, straight from the National Weather Service. Each card opens the full point forecast. NWS Mobile marine forecast (Pensacola–Apalachicola) →
ASA and US Sailing certifications, plus introductory programs. See all Florida schools →
Panhandle · Gulf Breeze
Pensacola Beach school built around live-aboard ASA classes for couples, families, and small groups, with extended at-sea time and the full coastal-cruising pathway.
Panhandle · Pensacola Beach
One-captain ASA school and charter operation at Sabine Marina on Pensacola Beach, teaching private lessons capped at two students aboard a 32-foot J Boat. No-test leisure lessons for vacationers alongside the full certification track.
Panhandle · Niceville
ASA school, charter, and rental operation at Bluewater Bay Marina on the north shore of Choctawhatchee Bay. J/80s for the fundamentals, cruisers to a Jeanneau 389 for the liveaboard courses, and a founder with a run of ASA Outstanding Instructor awards.
Panhandle · Pensacola
Downtown Pensacola ASA school at Seville Harbour Marina, teaching since 2001 with a roster of USCG-licensed captains. Capri 22s for the fundamentals; the cruising courses run as multi-night liveaboards on a Beneteau 393, meals and bunks included.
Panhandle · Panama City
St. Andrews Bay-based ASA school next door to Panama City's City Marina. Instructors with 70+ combined years on the water, classroom plus extended on-water time on boats from a 25-foot trainer to cruising catamarans.
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Member-driven yacht clubs and community sailing centers. See all Florida clubs →
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.
Community Panhandle · Fort Walton Beach · est. 1992
US Sailing certified Community Sailing Center, a 501(c)(3) founded 1992, running youth camps, race teams, and four high-school sailing programs on Choctawhatchee Bay out of Fort Walton Yacht Club. Open to the public, program-fee based, with scholarships.
Private Panhandle · Fort Walton Beach · est. 1951
Founded 1951 on the western shore of Choctawhatchee Bay. FCYC member club with a working volunteer culture and a calendar that mixes social events, family activities, and Gulf-side sailing.
Private Panhandle · Pensacola Beach · est. 1980
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.
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Private Panhandle · Panama City
Panama City's private sailing club on St. Andrews Bay, also known as the Panama City Yacht & Sailing Club. The historic clubhouse was lost to a 2023 fire; rebuilding is underway, with bay racing continuing throughout.
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Bareboat, crewed, daysail, and membership charters: sail without owning. See all Florida charter companies →
Crewed Panhandle · Fort Walton Beach
Private crewed catamaran daysails on a Stiletto 27 from Adventure Marina on Okaloosa Island. Crab Island, Santa Rosa Sound, sunset and snorkel runs for up to six guests, skippered by a national-champion racing crew of two.
Panhandle · Pensacola Beach
Long-running Pensacola Beach watersports operation on Santa Rosa Sound. Small-boat sailboat and catamaran rentals, sunset sails, and lessons bundled with every rental. A beachfront fixture on the Pensacola side of the Panhandle.
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