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.
Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association series: monthly PHRF, one-design, Etchells and Finn regattas on Biscayne Bay, hosted in rotation by the five member clubs.
Sundays, in seasonal fall/winter/spring/summer series
Club-run dinghy series racing (ILCA, Sunfish, Flying Scot) on Biscayne Bay, scheduled on the CGSC race committee calendar.
Coconut Grove Sailing Club was founded in 1946 as a community sailing club on Biscayne Bay, and it has grown into one of the largest of its kind in Florida: more than 1,100 members sharing a mooring field, a clubhouse at 2990 South Bayshore Drive, and a fleet of club boats. Unlike its private neighbors on the Grove waterfront, CGSC is a US Sailing–affiliated, open-membership club: anyone can join, and its classes and camps run open to non-members.
The club’s formal instruction runs through the CGSC Instructional Center, which teaches adults and juniors from first-time learn-to-sail through racing on keelboats and dinghies. Youth summer camps and after-school programs move kids from Optimists into club 420s and keelboats, and members race the Biscayne Bay Yacht Racing Association season series against the bay’s other clubs.
Because it owns a mooring field and a teaching fleet, CGSC is also the Grove’s most accessible on-ramp to Biscayne Bay sailing for someone who doesn’t own a boat. It is a place to learn, then keep sailing without a private-club sponsorship.
Coconut Grove Sailing Club is open to the public, and no member sponsorship is required to take part.
Joining Coconut Grove Sailing Club
Coconut Grove Sailing Club is open to the public: no member sponsorship required to take part. Class schedules, program fees, and any membership or annual-pass options are posted on its website.