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Sailing in Pensacola

Pensacola Bay and Santa Rosa Sound hold the clearest, most protected sailing water in the Panhandle, with an established yacht club, catamaran rentals off the beach, and big sandbars made for anchoring out.

Upcoming sailing events in Pensacola

Regattas, race series, and championships hosted by clubs and schools across Pensacola.

  1. Opti Week

    Pensacola Yacht Club

    Optimist dinghy youth regatta on Pensacola Bay over the GYA summer circuit's Labor Day week.

  2. Pensacola Beach Multihull Race & Cruise Week

    Pensacola Beach Yacht Club

    Inaugural multihull race and cruise week on Pensacola Bay, co-hosted by PBYC and Windcraft Multihulls.

  3. Fish Class World Championship

    Pensacola Yacht Club

    World championship for the classic Fish one-design class, hosted on Pensacola Bay.

  4. Bushwhacker Cup

    Pensacola Yacht Club

    Melges 24 class regatta on Pensacola Bay, a stop on the U.S. class racing calendar.

  5. ISCA Midwinters Series (Sunfish)

    Pensacola Yacht Club

    Weeklong Sunfish class midwinters series on Pensacola Bay, a World Championship qualifier.

  6. Flying Scot Midwinter Championship

    Pensacola Yacht Club

    National Flying Scot Sailing Association Midwinters, hosted by PYC on Pensacola Bay.

Local weather in Pensacola

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) →

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