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Charlotte Harbor is the second-largest estuary in Florida: big, protected, shoal-draft water where the Peace and Myakka rivers meet the Gulf. Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte ring it with active yacht clubs and sailing schools built around one of the state's best cruising grounds.
Regattas, race series, and championships hosted by clubs and schools across Punta Gorda & Charlotte Harbor.
Long-distance race down Charlotte Harbor to Useppa Island, on the club's published 2026-27 schedule.
Long-distance club race on Charlotte Harbor, on the published 2026-27 schedule.
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Tampa Bay · Punta Gorda
US Sailing-certified school out of Burnt Store Marina on Charlotte Harbor, running coastal cruising, liveaboard, and offshore courses on a fleet that includes Beneteau Oceanis monohulls and Excess catamarans.
Tampa Bay · Punta Gorda
Year-round ASA instruction out of Burnt Store Marina on Charlotte Harbor. Private lessons, small-group sessions (up to four), or family classes on a fleet of 30–45-foot cruising sailboats.
Tampa Bay · Punta Gorda
Volunteer-run nonprofit teaching sailing from Punta Gorda's Bayfront Center on Charlotte Harbor since 2015. Adult private lessons taught by US Sailing-certified instructors on a dinghy fleet, plus summer youth camps with scholarships so cost is never the gate.
Tampa Bay · Punta Gorda
Charlotte Harbor ASA school running the full pathway from Basic Keelboat through Advanced Coastal on an unsinkable Etap 32, with liveaboard 104 and 106 courses and a Mediterranean flotilla arm sailing out of Greece since 2009.
Member-driven yacht clubs and community sailing centers. See all Florida clubs →
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 · 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 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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