Regattas, race series, and championships hosted by clubs and schools across St. Petersburg.
Boca Ciega Learn to Race Sunfish Clinic and Regatta
Boca Ciega Yacht Club · Details at sunfishclass.org ↗
Open ISCA clinic and regatta run by the club's Sunfish Fleet 756 from the Gulfport small-boat launch, with practice racing and drills on Friday and Saturday and the regatta on Sunday.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at yachtscoring.com ↗
Roughly 60-mile random-leg race for spinnaker, racer/cruiser, cruiser, double-handed and multihull classes; an SPYC Boat of the Year and Ocean Racing Series event.
J/70 Mixed-Plus US National Championship
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at j70class.com ↗
National championship for J/70 mixed-crew (Mixed Plus) teams, hosted by SPYC on Tampa Bay.
High School Keelboat Nationals
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
National championship for high-school keelboat sailing, raced in J/70s on Tampa Bay.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at yachtscoring.com ↗
Two-day January regatta on Tampa Bay hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
Team-race regatta for senior helms, part of SPYC's winter one-design calendar.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
Selection trials for Lightning-class Pan American Games berths, hosted by SPYC on Tampa Bay.
John Jennings Memorial Regatta
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
One-day memorial regatta on Tampa Bay honoring the longtime SPYC sailor and race official.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
Two-day February regatta on Tampa Bay hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club.
L30 Double Handed North American Championship
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
Double-handed North American championship for the L30 class on Tampa Bay.
Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series (Melges 24 Midwinters)
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
National one-design and offshore circuit stop hosted by SPYC; doubles as the Melges 24 Midwinter Championship.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
Midwinter championship of the ILCA (Laser) class East circuit, hosted by SPYC on Tampa Bay.
USSCA Florida Regional Championship I
Boca Ciega Yacht Club · Details at sunfishclass.org ↗
First of the two Sunfish Florida regional championships and a qualifier for the ISCA Worlds, hosted on Boca Ciega Bay by the Boca Ciega Yacht Club Foundation.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
One-day regatta sailed out of SPYC's Pass-a-Grille station on Boca Ciega Bay.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
One-day regatta sailed out of SPYC's Pass-a-Grille station, the day after the Pennington Cup.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
Lightning-class winter championship on Tampa Bay in the run-up to the class world championship.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
World championship of the Lightning class, hosted by SPYC on Tampa Bay.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
Two-day spring race weekend on Tampa Bay hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club.
The Ocean Race: St. Petersburg Stopover
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at spyc.org ↗
The round-the-world Ocean Race calls at St. Petersburg, per SPYC's 2026–27 regatta schedule.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club · Details at yachtscoring.com ↗
Offshore race from the St. Petersburg Pier across the Gulf to Pensacola Bay, co-hosted with Pensacola Yacht Club; the cruiser class starts a day early.
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Learn to sail, ASA and US Sailing certification courses, and private lessons. ASA courses in St. Petersburg are taught by Intelligent Sailing and SmarterSail. All Florida ASA schools → See all Florida schools →
Beyond the Blue Sailing Adventures and Time and Tide Sailing School, also listed below, certify through NauticEd.
Offshore Sailing School teaches from the Vinoy Marina downtown as well as from Sarasota, on the NauticEd pathway and on 40 to 48 foot boats. The St. Petersburg Sailing Center at Demens Landing, the city's program run with the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, teaches adult learn-to-sail on Ideal 18s and sits with the clubs below.
Tampa Bay · St. Petersburg
Small instructor-led NauticEd school headquartered in St. Petersburg, teaching on the student's own boat or wherever a traveling engagement takes it. Certify through Bareboat Charter Master and the SLC license, then apply it on the school's week-long international flotillas.
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.
Member-driven yacht clubs and community sailing centers. See all Florida clubs →
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.
Bareboat, crewed, daysail, and membership charters: sail without owning. See all Florida charter companies →
Crewed Tampa Bay · St. Petersburg
Captained sails on Tampa Bay from the Harborage Marina, run by a couple who cruised the Caribbean aboard the boat that is now the fleet's flagship. Three boats, a Morgan 44, a Catalina 355 and a Leopard 45 catamaran, out for one to four hours with six aboard.
Crewed Tampa Bay · St. Petersburg
Sweet Escape is a 2023 Bali 4.2 catamaran running private all-inclusive charters for up to six on Tampa Bay out of St. Petersburg. Captain and first mate, paddleboards, kayaks, snorkelling gear and refreshments come with every booking. Sunset, swim and full-day sails.
Daysail Tampa Bay · St. Petersburg
Between boats. Hawkeye, the 47-foot sailboat behind these two-hour sunset sails from downtown St. Petersburg, was sold in June 2026, and the sails are on hold until the company finds another vessel.
Crewed Tampa Bay · Gulfport
Private sails for up to six on Boca Ciega Bay and Tampa Bay from the Gulfport waterfront aboard Cay Michele, a 1981 Hardin Voyager 45 staysail ketch, hull 92 of the 130 built. Sunset sails, barrier-island runs with a dinghy ashore, and sandbar afternoons, every trip yours alone.
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