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Big, forgiving bays with steady afternoons. St. Pete, Sarasota, and Punta Gorda anchor a Gulf-side scene heavy on club racing and shoal-draft cruising.
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Regattas, race series, and championships hosted by clubs and schools across Tampa Bay.
The Squadron's longest-running invitational regatta, sailed on Sarasota Bay since 1946.
Second annual poker run at the Squadron on Labor Day Monday, capping the Labor Day Regatta weekend.
Season-opening bay race on Tampa Bay, the first fixture of SPYC's 2026–27 regatta schedule.
Tampa Sailing Squadron's fall keelboat regatta on Tampa Bay out of Apollo Beach.
NACRA 15 Youth World Qualifier
Youth catamaran qualifier for the Nacra 15 class, run with Sarasota Youth Sailing on Sarasota Bay.
One-day regatta on Tampa Bay from SPYC's downtown waterfront clubhouse.
Star Class North American Championship
Star class continental championship hosted by DIYC on Hillsborough Bay.
A-Class Catamaran Admiral's Cup
Pre-Worlds regatta for the A-Class catamaran fleet, hosted by DIYC on Hillsborough Bay.
A-Class Catamaran World Championship
World championship of the A-Class catamaran, hosted by DIYC in Tampa.
J/70 Mixed-Plus US National Championship
National championship for J/70 mixed-crew (Mixed Plus) teams, hosted by SPYC on Tampa Bay.
Opening event of DIYC's J/70 winter series on Hillsborough Bay.
High School Keelboat Nationals
National championship for high-school keelboat sailing, raced in J/70s on Tampa Bay.
One-design dinghy and small-boat racing on Tampa Bay at Apollo Beach.
Second event of DIYC's J/70 winter series on Hillsborough Bay.
Team-race regatta for senior helms, part of SPYC's winter one-design calendar.
Opening event of the Squadron's Viper 640 winter series on Sarasota Bay.
Selection trials for Lightning-class Pan American Games berths, hosted by SPYC on Tampa Bay.
Long-distance race down Charlotte Harbor to Useppa Island, on the club's published 2026-27 schedule.
John Jennings Memorial Regatta
One-day memorial regatta on Tampa Bay honoring the longtime SPYC sailor and race official.
Final event of DIYC's J/70 winter series on Hillsborough Bay.
Second event of the Squadron's Viper 640 winter series on Sarasota Bay.
Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series (Melges 24 Midwinters)
National one-design and offshore circuit stop hosted by SPYC; doubles as the Melges 24 Midwinter Championship.
Midwinter championship of the ILCA (Laser) class East circuit, hosted by SPYC on Tampa Bay.
Sarasota Bay Multihull Regatta
Multi-day multihull regatta hosted by the Squadron on Sarasota Bay.
Long-distance club race on Charlotte Harbor, on the published 2026-27 schedule.
Gasparilla-season regatta on Tampa Bay, hosted by Tampa Sailing Squadron.
Final event of the Squadron's Viper 640 winter series on Sarasota Bay.
Lightning-class winter championship on Tampa Bay in the run-up to the class world championship.
E Scow class midwinter championship on Sarasota Bay; practice race on the opening day.
Invitational midwinter regatta on Tampa Bay out of Apollo Beach.
World championship of the Lightning class, hosted by SPYC on Tampa Bay.
Spring invitational regatta weekend at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron.
Bird Key Yacht Club's annual regatta on Sarasota Bay, listed on the Sarasota Sailing Squadron's 2026–27 regatta schedule.
Margarita Madness Ladies Regatta
Women's one-day regatta on Tampa Bay out of Apollo Beach.
TSS Tampa Bay Sea Scout Regatta
Sea Scout camporee and regatta at the TSS clubhouse, with pierside competition and sailing on Tampa Bay; club members skipper the boats.
The Ocean Race: St. Petersburg Stopover
The round-the-world Ocean Race calls at St. Petersburg, per SPYC's 2026–27 regatta schedule.
Tampa Sailing Squadron's season-closing regatta on Tampa Bay out of Apollo Beach.
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Tampa Bay · St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg school specializing in private one-on-one instruction on a young, well-kept fleet. Covers the ASA pathway from beginner keelboat through advanced cruising and the docking endorsement.
Tampa Bay · Gulfport
Private liveaboard ASA instruction for couples and families from Gulfport Municipal Marina, on a pair of air-conditioned Hunter 295s. Two to seven days aboard on Boca Ciega Bay; the instructor goes home each evening and you keep the boat.
Tampa Bay · St. Petersburg
Private NauticEd instruction on Tampa Bay from the St. Petersburg Municipal Marina, on school boats or your own. Runs the full rank ladder through Bareboat Charter Master and the SLC international license, taught by a two-time American Sailing Instructor of the Year.
Featured Tampa Bay · Sarasota
Founded by Olympian Steve Colgate in 1964 and relaunched in 2026 under Seaworthy Academy, teaching from the Quay in Sarasota and the Vinoy Marina in St. Petersburg. NauticEd pathway from Learn to Sail to Bareboat Charter Master, on 40 to 48 foot monohulls and catamarans.
Tampa Bay · Sarasota
Dual ASA sail and US Powerboating school serving Sarasota, Bradenton, and Tampa Bay, with boats based at Regatta Pointe Marina in Palmetto. Classes cap at four, on a fleet from a 13-foot dinghy to a Catalina 36, or aboard your own boat.
Tampa Bay · Longboat Key
ASA-affiliated school on Longboat Key overlooking Sarasota Bay, running the full Learn-to-Sail pathway through bareboat and catamaran cruising for nearly 20 years. Captained charters and rentals on the bay and Gulf.
Tampa Bay · Punta Gorda
US Sailing-certified school out of Burnt Store Marina on Charlotte Harbor, running coastal cruising, liveaboard, and offshore courses on a fleet that includes Beneteau Oceanis monohulls and Excess catamarans.
Tampa Bay · Punta Gorda
Year-round ASA instruction out of Burnt Store Marina on Charlotte Harbor. Private lessons, small-group sessions (up to four), or family classes on a fleet of 30–45-foot cruising sailboats.
Tampa Bay · Punta Gorda
Volunteer-run nonprofit teaching sailing from Punta Gorda's Bayfront Center on Charlotte Harbor since 2015. Adult private lessons taught by US Sailing-certified instructors on a dinghy fleet, plus summer youth camps with scholarships so cost is never the gate.
Tampa Bay · Punta Gorda
Charlotte Harbor ASA school running the full pathway from Basic Keelboat through Advanced Coastal on an unsinkable Etap 32, with liveaboard 104 and 106 courses and a Mediterranean flotilla arm sailing out of Greece since 2009.
Tampa Bay · Fort Myers Beach
Small instructor-led NauticEd school sailing from Matanzas Pass at Fort Myers Beach on a Beneteau 323. Certify locally through Bareboat Charter Master and the SLC license, then apply it on the school's week-long international flotillas.
Tampa Bay · North Fort Myers
US Sailing-affiliated nonprofit on the Caloosahatchee River, running youth dinghy programs (ages 5–18) on Optimists, ILCAs, and C420s since 1983, plus US Sailing Basic Keelboat instruction.
Tampa Bay · Cape Coral
Liveaboard ASA school teaching from Tarpon Point Marina in Cape Coral since 1984, on the fleet it shares with sister charter operator Southwest Florida Yachts. Courses from Basic Sailing through Advanced Coastal Cruising run two to ten days aboard on Pine Island Sound.
Tampa Bay · Fort Myers Beach
ASA school and charter operation sailing from the Fort Myers Beach mooring field on a 45-foot Jeanneau. Liveaboard courses of two to seven days on the Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach waters, with combo packages through the bareboat certificate.
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Member-driven yacht clubs and community sailing centers. See all Florida clubs →
Featured Private Tampa Bay · Tampa
Member-owned private club at the south end of Davis Islands in Hillsborough Bay. Long-standing Thursday Night Races open to anyone, plus a robust junior program through the Davis Island Youth Sailing Foundation.
Featured Community Tampa Bay · St. Petersburg
City-owned sailing center at Demens Landing, operated under agreement with the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Hosts youth and adult programs, adaptive sailing initiatives, and regional regattas, the city's public-access counterpart to SPYC.
Featured Private Tampa Bay · St. Petersburg · est. 1909
Founded 1909. Hosts the St. Petersburg stop of the Sailing World Regatta Series and anchors one of the deepest one-design and offshore racing scenes on the Gulf Coast. Mediterranean Revival clubhouse on the National Register of Historic Places.
Private Tampa Bay · Gulfport
Welcoming, affordable sailing club on Boca Ciega Bay in Gulfport, four miles from the Gulf: cruising, one-design and handicap racing, Sea Scouts, and a well-known basic sail school on a fleet of Catalina 16.5s.
Private Tampa Bay · Clearwater Beach · est. 1934
Founded 1934 at the north end of Clearwater Beach, on the Gulf and Mandalay Channel. Member-owned beach and yacht club with a clubhouse, marina, and small private beach.
Private Tampa Bay · Clearwater Beach · est. 1911
Chartered February 1911, one of the original thirteen member clubs of the Florida Council of Yacht Clubs. Bayway Boulevard clubhouse on Clearwater Beach with deep Gulf Coast racing roots.
Private Tampa Bay · Dunedin · est. 1929
Volunteer-run boating club formed 1929 at the Dunedin Municipal Marina on St. Joseph Sound. Races the Gulf Races and Bay Twilight series under West Florida PHRF ratings and sails in the Gulf Region Boat of the Year rotation alongside Clearwater Yacht Club.
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Private Tampa Bay · Tampa · est. 1904
Founded 1904 by Tampa's leading business and professional men. Fourteen-acre clubhouse on the western shore of Hillsborough Bay just south of Ballast Point Pier; ~1,400 members make it one of the larger private clubs in the FCYC network.
Private Tampa Bay · Tarpon Springs · est. 1949
Founded April 1949 by Tarpon Springs boaters and civic leaders; clubhouse and docks built 1954 alongside the club's incorporation. North Pinellas private club at the upper end of Florida's Gulf Coast.
Private Tampa Bay · Sarasota
Private bay-front club on Bird Key in Sarasota. The clubhouse was demolished in fall 2025 and is being rebuilt on the same footprint, raised to meet FEMA standards; the club expects to open it in December 2026. Marina and tennis courts stay open to members and reciprocal guests.
Private Tampa Bay · Palmetto · est. 1946
Chartered in 1946 by 18 Manatee River boating enthusiasts. Now ~600 families across Snead Island, with a waterfront clubhouse and one of the larger member rosters on the upper Tampa Bay coast.
Community Tampa Bay · Sarasota · est. 1947
Community sailing club on the widest part of Sarasota Bay. Grew out of the Sarasota Yacht Club's youth program in the late 1930s by sailors who couldn't afford the YC dues; chartered independently 1947 after a wartime hiatus.
Private Tampa Bay · Sarasota · est. 1926
Incorporated 1926, founded around Fish class inter-club racing. Sits inside Big Pass on Sarasota Bay with an annual SYC Invitational Regatta running since 1979. Members-only learn-to-sail programs for all ages.
Private Tampa Bay · Venice · est. 1951
Founded 1951 at Tarpon Center on Roberts Bay, Venice. The Venice Youth Boating Association, a non-profit founded at the club in 1952, runs summer camps, after-school programs, and competitive sailing teams alongside the parent club's calendar.
Private Tampa Bay · Port Charlotte · est. 1973
FCYC member club founded 1973 on a five-acre property overlooking Charlotte Harbor; clubhouse broke ground September 1974. Compact private club with the harbor's broad shoal-draft cruising grounds at the dock.
Private Tampa Bay · Punta Gorda
Private dining and social club on Charlotte Harbor in Punta Gorda. FCYC member with a marina at the head of the harbor, the city's other yacht club alongside Charlotte Harbor YC.
Private Tampa Bay · Punta Gorda · est. 1984
Founded 1984 by Burnt Store Marina boaters and named for the spit between the marina's two basins. Winter Monday keelboat racing on Charlotte Harbor plus the Golden Conch Regatta each January, open to all area racers; hosted the 1991-92 Olympic Soling trials.
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Private Tampa Bay · Captiva
Private club on the Gulf side of Captiva Island, between Pine Island Sound and the open Gulf. FCYC member with a small membership and a working dock for cruising members crossing between Charlotte Harbor and the Ten Thousand Islands.
Private Tampa Bay · Naples · est. 1974
Southwest Florida's racing and cruising club since 1974, drawing sailors from Marco Island to Punta Gorda: offshore, distance, pursuit, and buoy racing under PHRF, a casual summer series, plus day sailing and cruising.
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Private Tampa Bay · Marco Island
Private FCYC member club just across the S.S. Jolley Bridge on Marco Island, looking out over the Marco River and Smokehouse Bay. Cruising-and-social calendar with a working marina at the heart of it.
Community Tampa Bay · Naples · est. 1991
Nonprofit community sailing center that has taught Naples-area youth and adults to sail since 1991: small-boat learn-to-sail, summer youth camps, and adult instruction on the Gulf and back bays.
Private Tampa Bay · Naples · est. 1964
Founded 1964 on the Gordon River in Naples, this is the city's sailing-leaning private club, distinct from the older Naples Yacht Club a few blocks south. FCYC member with a marina and member-only access to Gordon Pass.
Private Tampa Bay · Naples
Member-owned equity club on its own island at Wiggins Pass, north Naples, with 190 marina slips and direct Gulf access via the pass.
Private Tampa Bay · Fort Myers · est. 1947
Founded 1947 on the Caloosahatchee in downtown Fort Myers. A private yacht club for boaters and non-boaters with 70+ years of cruising and shared-passion calendar. Distinct from the unrelated Royal Palm YC in Boca Raton.
Private Tampa Bay · Fort Myers · est. 1990
FCYC private club inside the gated St. Charles Harbour community on the south side of the Caloosahatchee, near the Sanibel Causeway. Working marina, dining room, and an active reciprocal-club calendar.
Private Tampa Bay · New Port Richey · est. 1965
Chartered 1965 on the Gulf Harbors North Channel in New Port Richey; neither boat ownership nor neighborhood residency is required. Runs a PHRF regatta series on 6-to-10-mile courses off Anclote Key, a youth sailing camp, adult sailing classes, and transient slips.
Private Tampa Bay · Apollo Beach
Member-owned sailing club on Tampa Bay at Apollo Beach: regattas and cruising on the bay, learn-to-sail for ages seven and up, a youth program and Sea Scouts, plus wet and dry slips for members.
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