Regattas, race series, and championships hosted by clubs and schools across Jacksonville.
The Rudder Club of Jacksonville · Details at rudderclub.com ↗
Distance race on the St. Johns River from the club's dock at Orange Park, finishing into a cheeseburger party ashore.
The Florida Yacht Club · Details at theclubspot.com ↗
J/24 and Lightning one-design racing on the St. Johns River off the club's Ortega waterfront.
The Rudder Club of Jacksonville · Details at rudderclub.com ↗
One-design weekend on the St. Johns River, also the Flying Scot Florida District 4 regatta, hosted by the club's resident fleet.
The Rudder Club of Jacksonville · Details at rudderclub.com ↗
The handicap half of the club's Gator Bowl, sailed a week after the one-design weekend and scored into the Fall PHRF River series.
The Rudder Club of Jacksonville · Details at rudderclub.com ↗
The long river race down the St. Johns from Palatka, finishing at the Rudder Club dock, sailed with the Tall Ships Race.
US Masters Championship (Sunfish)
The Florida Yacht Club · Details at sunfishclass.org ↗
National Sunfish masters title, sailed on the St. Johns River and a qualifier for the ISCA world championship.
Live wind and sky, spot by spot, straight from the National Weather Service. Each card opens the full point forecast. NWS Jacksonville marine forecast →
Learn to sail, ASA and US Sailing certification courses, and private lessons. ASA courses in Jacksonville are taught by Windward Sailing School. All Florida ASA schools → See all Florida schools →
Member-driven yacht clubs and community sailing centers. See all Florida clubs →
Featured Private Northeast · Jacksonville · est. 1876
Chartered April 1876 by seventeen members under New York businessman William B. Astor Jr.'s lead; first commodore took the helm at the Market Street Swiss-chalet clubhouse in 1877. One of the longest continuously operating yacht clubs in the country.
Private Northeast · Fernandina Beach
Amelia Island's sailing club on the Northeast Florida coast. Racing, cruising, and beginner lessons for every skill level on the waters around Fernandina Beach, with no boat required to join.
Private Northeast · Orange Park
Member-owned sailing club on the St. Johns River at Orange Park: the First Coast's dedicated sailing club rather than a social one, home to the finish of the Mug Race, an active Flying Scot fleet, adult learn-to-sail, and a junior program.
Bareboat, crewed, daysail, and membership charters: sail without owning. See all Florida charter companies →
Crewed Northeast · Fernandina Beach
Private cruises on a Lagoon 410 catamaran from Amelia Island Marina, past Fort Clinch and the wild horses of Cumberland Island. Three-hour sunset sails and longer sightseeing runs, plus overnights to St. Marys and Jekyll, and to St. Simons and St. Augustine on request.
Crewed Northeast · Jacksonville
Private sails on the St. Johns River from Ortega in Jacksonville aboard Now and Zen, a 42-foot catamaran, six guests at most and every charter yours alone. Sunset and day sails, and multi-day trips north to Cumberland and Jekyll or south to St. Augustine.
Daysail Northeast · Fernandina Beach
Daysail and private charter on Amelia Island, Florida's northernmost barrier island. Two-hour to half-day sails on a 40-foot J/40 sloop out of Fernandina Beach, with Nassau Sound and the Amelia River both reachable in a session. Not sailing as of September 2026, per its own site.
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