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Featured Private Miami / Southeast · Coconut Grove · est. 1887
Founded 1887 by Commodore Ralph Middleton Munroe, and one of the oldest yacht clubs in the Southeastern United States. Current Coconut Grove clubhouse dates to 1932; an early lessee of the Cape Florida lighthouse from 1888 to 1893.
Featured Community Miami / Southeast · Coconut Grove · est. 1946
US Sailing-affiliated community club founded 1946 on Biscayne Bay, with 1,100+ members and a mooring field, sailing classes, and youth camps that run open to non-members. The CGSC Instructional Center is the formal school arm.
Featured Private Miami / Southeast · Coconut Grove · est. 1955
Coconut Grove club on Biscayne Bay with direct access to the Gulf Stream, ICW, Keys, and Bahamas. Hosts the Bacardi Cup, Etchells North Americans, and the Orange Bowl Regatta.
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 Private Northeast · Daytona Beach · est. 1896
Incorporated 1896 and believed to be the oldest East Coast yacht club still operating on its original site. Downtown Daytona Beach private club on the Halifax River with a strong reciprocal tradition across the Florida Council of Yacht Clubs.
Featured Private Inland & ICW · Eustis · est. 1953
Racing and sailing club with 60+ days of one-design racing each year on Lake Eustis, among the busiest race calendars in Central Florida. Active MC Scow, Flying Scot, Wayfarer, and Laser fleets. Partners with Lake Eustis Youth Sailing Foundation for adult and junior instruction.
Featured Private Panhandle · Pensacola · est. 1908
Originally organized 1908 as the Pensacola Yacht and Motor Boat Club; chartered 1910. Charter member of the Gulf Yachting Association and a US Sailing affiliate. Deep junior fleet with Optimists, 470s, Lasers, and catamarans.
Featured Community Miami / Southeast · Coconut Grove · est. 1990
Founded 1990 by Harry Horgan in a 1932 seaplane hangar on Biscayne Bay. Year-round adaptive sailing, kayaking, and paddle-boarding for sailors of all abilities, anchored by partnerships with the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
Featured Private Northeast · St. Augustine · est. 1874
Florida's oldest yacht club, formed 1874 on Salt Run beneath the St. Augustine Lighthouse. PHRF cruising and performance racing on the Tolomato River, open to any skipper regardless of club, plus a youth Sailing Center that has taught 3,600+ local kids since 2012.
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.
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 Panhandle · Crawfordville · est. 1969
Big Bend sailing club off Shell Point, organized in 1969 by sailboat racers. Cruising and buoy racing on Apalachee Bay, the annual Stephen C. Smith Memorial Regatta, and youth sailing through Apalachee Bay Community Sailing.
Private Panhandle · Panama City Beach · est. 1986
Private nonprofit yacht club chartered 1986 along the Gulf Coast in the Bay Point community at the Marriott Resort, Panama City Beach. ~200 members; calendar weighted toward cruising and social events rather than active racing.
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 · 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 · 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.
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 · 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 · 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 · 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 Miami / Southeast · Fort Lauderdale · est. 1947
Fort Lauderdale private club chartered in 1947 alongside the Coral Ridge development. Active racing through the CRYC Watersports Foundation and a marina off the Intracoastal at the head of the Coral Ridge Country Club neighborhood.
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 Inland & ICW · Indian Harbour Beach · est. 1907
Founded 1907, one of the older yacht clubs on Florida's east coast. Sits at the mouth of the Banana River adjacent to the Intracoastal; relocated to its current Indian Harbour Beach campus in 1960.
Community Panhandle · Fort Walton Beach · est. 1992
US Sailing certified Community Sailing Center, a 501(c)(3) founded 1992, running youth camps, race teams, and four high-school sailing programs on Choctawhatchee Bay out of Fort Walton Yacht Club. Open to the public, program-fee based, with scholarships.
Reciprocal Inland & ICW · Fort Pierce · est. 1980
Power, sail, and social club organized 1980, on the Indian River Lagoon at Seaway Drive in downtown Fort Pierce. Monthly offshore PHRF races plus spring, fall, and all-ladies regattas; any YCA-club member is welcomed, with transient berths next door at the city marina.
Private Panhandle · Fort Walton Beach · est. 1951
Founded 1951 on the western shore of Choctawhatchee Bay. FCYC member club with a working volunteer culture and a calendar that mixes social events, family activities, and Gulf-side sailing.
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 · 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.
Community Miami / Southeast · Fort Lauderdale · est. 1957
One of Broward County's oldest sailing clubs, founded 1957 and run entirely by volunteers. Ocean and lake racing under a PHRF-based handicap, cruising, and adult and youth sailing lessons at Sailors Point in Hollywood.
Community Inland & ICW · Daytona Beach
Volusia County sailing club on the west bank of the Halifax River, the community-side counterpart to HRYC. Long-running junior program through the Halifax Area Youth Sailing Foundation, plus US Sailing Basic Keelboat instruction for adults.
Private Miami / Southeast · Palm City
Gated-community yacht and country club on the South Fork of the St. Lucie River. FCYC member club with a marina alongside golf, tennis, and full club amenities. Country-club-anchored, with a working yacht-club component.
Private Miami / Southeast · Pompano Beach · est. 1971
Fort Lauderdale–area sailing club out of the Hillsboro Inlet: handicap racing followed by a casual party, some twenty cruises a year to South Florida anchorages, and a long-standing youth sailing program for ages 8 to 18.
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 Miami / Southeast · Key Biscayne · est. 1955
Founded February 3, 1955 by Key Biscayne residents looking for a friendly, cooperative club centered on Biscayne Bay boating. FCYC member with a small, tight-knit roster relative to the Coconut Grove giants across the bay.
Community The Keys · Key West
Nonprofit community sailing center at Garrison Bight in Key West: affordable learn-to-sail, youth summer programs, and member sailing on a fleet of small boats in the protected basin, going strong for half a century.
Private The Keys · Key West · est. 1938
Southernmost private yacht club in the United States, founded 1938 in a former bridge tender's house on Garrison Bight. 68 wet slips, full dining room, ramp, and ship's store.
Private Inland & ICW · DeLand · est. 1944
Chartered November 1944 as a non-profit on the St. Johns River near DeLand. Inland Florida's older lake-and-river club, with a working marina and a member-driven cruising calendar up and down the St. Johns.
Private Miami / Southeast · Fort Lauderdale · est. 1938
Family-oriented private club founded 1938, just off the Intracoastal in Fort Lauderdale. Active sailing program with junior and high-school fleets through the LYC Sailing Foundation.
Private The Keys · Marathon · est. 1951
Middle Keys private club founded 1951 on the Gulf side of Marathon. FCYC member with full reciprocity across Florida's private yacht clubs. Slips, dining, and pump-out for visiting reciprocal members.
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.
Private Inland & ICW · Melbourne
Indian River sailing club in Melbourne with a busy one-design and handicap racing calendar, an active Flying Scot fleet, and one of the Space Coast's strongest youth sailing programs.
Private Miami / Southeast · Miami · est. 1927
Founded 1927 on Watson Island, on Biscayne Bay between downtown Miami and South Beach. Hosts the Miami to Key Largo Race, run for the 70th time in 2025, with proceeds to its Youth Sailing Foundation; youth, windsurfing, and adult sailing programs run from the club grounds.
Private Inland & ICW · Mount Dora · est. 1913
Founded 1913 on the shore of Lake Dora and, by its own account, Florida's oldest inland yacht club. The annual sailing regatta has run since 1954; the 73rd edition in March 2026 drew Optis, ILCAs, 420s, Sunfish, Flying Scots, and Portsmouth-rated cruisers.
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 Miami / Southeast · West Palm Beach · est. 1966
Sailing club in a 1920s waterfront house on the Lake Worth Lagoon, between Rybovich and Peanut Island. Wet Wednesday dinghy races March through October, Sunday Flying Scot racing, youth and adult instruction, and a paid Visiting Yachtsmen program with dinghy dock and moorings.
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 Panhandle · Pensacola Beach · est. 1980
Sailing club at the entrance to Pensacola Beach, upstairs at 655 Pensacola Beach Blvd overlooking Little Sabine Bay; first commodore elected 1980. Gulf Yachting Association and US Sailing member; boat ownership is not required to join.
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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 Inland & ICW · Cape Canaveral · est. 1978
Space Coast private club founded in 1978 as the Cocoa Beach Yacht Club, on the Banana River. Now operating from a Cape Canaveral clubhouse on the Florida East Coast Deep Water Marina, alongside Port Canaveral itself.
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.
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 Inland & ICW · New Smyrna Beach · est. 1928
Volusia County club on the Intracoastal in New Smyrna Beach, formed 1928 by 36 charter member families. Heritage of cruising and regattas dating informally to the 1880s.
Private Panhandle · Panama City
Panama City's private sailing club on St. Andrews Bay, also known as the Panama City Yacht & Sailing Club. The historic clubhouse was lost to a 2023 fire; rebuilding is underway, with bay racing continuing throughout.
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 · 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.
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 Inland & ICW · Vero Beach
Member-owned yacht and country club inside the Moorings community in Vero Beach. Two campuses (the Harbour Drive marina and the inland golf course at Old Dixie Highway) share an FCYC seat originally seeded by the late-1950s Cuban-sugar acquisition that became the development.
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.
Community Inland & ICW · Winter Park · est. 2008
All-volunteer dinghy club sailing a twelve-boat fleet of Hunter 140s, JY 15s, and Hobie Waves from Lake Baldwin Park in Winter Park. Open membership, monthly racing, and a community learn-to-sail program run with the city.
Private Inland & ICW · Titusville · est. 1976
Small-boat sailing club on the Indian River Lagoon at Sand Point Park in Titusville: seasonal club racing, an annual regatta and Sail a Small Boat Day, and classes open to members and non-members.
Community The Keys · Key Largo · est. 1973
Nonprofit community club on Buttonwood Sound in Key Largo, founded 1973. Year-round race calendar, youth programs, and a regular regatta venue for Florida District 7 Flying Scot events.
Community Miami / Southeast · Coconut Grove
Official US Sailing training center on Biscayne Bay at Dinner Key in Coconut Grove, an Olympic-class and international-fleet racing venue that also runs learn-to-sail, race training, and instructor certification.
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 Inland & ICW · Vero Beach · est. 1926
Founded 1926 on the Indian River Lagoon at Vero Beach. FCYC member with a waterfront clubhouse and marina just inside the ICW from the Sebastian Inlet.
Private Inland & ICW · The Villages · est. 2005
Resident sailing club of The Villages, founded 2005, trailering member-owned boats to Lakes Harris and Weir for sails that usually end at a picnic or a dockside lunch. Membership is limited to Villages residents and registered renters.
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