Regattas, race series, and championships hosted by clubs and schools across Clearwater.
U.S. Windsurfer National Championships
Clearwater Community Sailing Center · Details at regattanetwork.com ↗
National championship of the Windsurfer LT one-design, raced in Clearwater Harbor off the center's beach; notice of race and entry on Regatta Network.
Clearwater Community Sailing Center · Details at sailclearwater.org ↗
Six-day Optimist clinic with a team of international coaches, for intermediate and advanced sailors, ending in a regatta on Clearwater Harbor. Second running.
Dunedin Boat Club · Details at dunedinboatclub.org ↗
Gulf distance race co-hosted with Clearwater Yacht Club, a Gulf Region Boat of the Year stop.
Dunedin Boat Club · Details at dunedinboatclub.org ↗
The club's annual Boat of the Year regatta on the Gulf off Dunedin, moved from its former May slot to March for 2027.
Clearwater Yacht Club · Details at dunedinboatclub.org ↗
CYC's annual Gulf race and a Gulf Region Boat of the Year stop, dated on partner Dunedin Boat Club's public calendar because CYC's own calendar is members-only.
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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.
Community Tampa Bay · Clearwater
Nonprofit public sailing center on Sand Key, launching from its own beach on Clearwater Harbor: more than fifty boats for hourly rental or unlimited member use, hourly lessons, a ten-week summer camp, Optimist, 420 and windsurfing race teams, and the regattas it hosts.
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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Crewed Tampa Bay · Dunedin
Daily captained sails from the Dunedin Marina aboard Miracle, a 41-foot Morgan Out Island skippered by Captain Herman. Sunset and dolphin cruises and full days at the barrier islands. A separate business from Wind Star Sailing, which keeps a similar Morgan at the same marina.
Daysail Tampa Bay · Clearwater Beach
A 52-foot steel staysail schooner built in Clearwater in 2016, sailing daily from the Clearwater Beach Municipal Marina. Two-hour afternoon and sunset sails by the seat, 22 guests at most, plus private charters. The course follows the wind, and guests can help raise sail.
Crewed Tampa Bay · Dunedin
Wind Star is a 41-foot Morgan Out Island ketch at slip 8 in the Dunedin Marina, with Captain Harry at the helm. Half days on St. Joseph Sound, full days to Anclote Key or Three Rooker Bar, sunset and dolphin cruises, and overnight to week-long charters for up to four.
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