Sailing Camps

Charleston, Charleston County

★★★★★ 5.0 (7)

Charleston Community Sailing Inc.

Nonprofit youth sailing summer camps, ages 8-18, in Charleston.

Harwich, Barnstable County

★★★★★ 5.0 (7)

Pleasant Bay Community Boating

Nonprofit Cape Cod youth sailing classes, ages 6–17, on Flying Scots, Sunfish, 420s and Optis.

Ages 6–17

★★★★½ 4.9 (18)

Beachwood, Ocean County

Beachwood Yacht Club

Adventure sailing camp on the Toms River for ages 8-16, bookable from one to eight weeks.

Ages 8–16

Belle Isle, Orange County

★★★★½ 4.9 (17)

Central Florida Boating Association

Nonprofit free youth sailing and powerboating courses (ages 14+) near Orlando.

Hatteras Sailing Organization

US Sailing youth sailing camps for ages 8-18 on Hatteras Island; half-day sessions.

Washington, District of Columbia

★★★★½ 4.5 (4)

DC Sail

Youth sailing summer camps (ages 7–17) on the Potomac, STEM-based (DC Sail)

Ages 7–17 · Waterfront · Financial aid

Whitehall, Muskegon County

★★★★½ 4.9 (16)

White Lake Yacht Club

Junior sailing school in Whitehall, ages 6+, sailing Optis, Sunfish, and 420s on White Lake.

Ages 6+

★★★★½ 4.9 (15)

Oxnard, Ventura County

Channel Islands Boating Center

Full-day watersports camp in Channel Islands Harbor; pick sailing, kayaking or SUP, ages 8-15.

Ages 8–15

Greenwich, Western Connecticut Planning Region

★★★★★ 5.0 (6)

Tod's Point Sailing School

Junior sailing school in Old Greenwich for ages 9–16; progressive two-week courses.

Ages 8–16

Southwest Harbor, Hancock County

★★★★★ 5.0 (6)

MDI Community Sailing Center

Nonprofit nine-week junior sailing camp on Mount Desert Island, ages 6 and up.

Ages 6+

Wakefield, Washington County

YMCA Camp Fuller

Coed YMCA overnight camp on Point Judith Pond, ages 7-16, 2-week sessions.

Ages 7–16 · Waterfront · Financial aid

Graford, Palo Pinto County

Camp Grady Spruce YMCA

YMCA co-ed overnight camp on Possum Kingdom Lake, ages 7-16, with water skiing and horses

Ages 7–16

Clinton, Hunterdon County

Hunterdon Sailing Club

Volunteer-run reservoir sailing club teaching learn-to-sail to youth from age 11, boats provided.

Ages 11+

Ages 7–17 · Financial aid

Newport, Newport County

Sail To Prevail

Adaptive sailing day camp for physically disabled children ages 7-17, scholarships available.

Essex, Essex County

Essex Bay Sailing Club Inc

Essex River estuary sailing for ages 8+, four- or eight-week sessions from beginner to racing.

Ages 8+

Southport, Lincoln County

Southport Yacht Club

Yacht club junior sailing program in Southport, ages 7-18, open to non-members.

Crooked Lake Sailors

Nonprofit Crooked Lake youth sailing camp, ages 8–18, five-day sessions with scholarships.

Marquette, Marquette County

★★★★½ 4.9 (10)

Marquette Yacht Club

Junior yacht club youth sailing camp, ages 8–17, weekly half-day sessions with scholarships.

Renton Sailing Center

Nonprofit Lake Washington sailing courses; half-day dinghy classes for ages 8-12 and 12-adult.

★★★★½ 4.5 (15)

Ithaca, Tompkins County

Merrill Family Sailing Center

Week-long day camp at Cornell's Cayuga Lake sailing center, ages 8-17, ending in a regatta.

★★★★½ 4.5 (17)

Long Beach, Ocean County

Brant Beach Yacht Club

Members-only LBI junior sailing program for ages 7-18, from Optimists up to Club 420 racing.

Ages 7–18

★★★★½ 4.8 (150)

Bay Head, Ocean County

Bay Head Yacht Club

Private club with a 130-sailor junior program, starting at age seven in Optimists.

Ages 7+

Mooresville, Iredell County

★★★★½ 4.8 (128)

Lake Norman Yacht Club

Yacht club summer sail camp and junior program for ages 8-18 on Lake Norman.

Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County

★★★★½ 4.8 (112)

Crescent Sail Yacht Club

Junior sailing on Lake St. Clair, Grosse Pointe; Opti ages 8-13 and 420 ages 10-18.

Portland, Multnomah County

★★★★½ 4.8 (104)

Willamette Sailing Club

Portland club with week-long youth summer sailing camps (ages 5-18) on the Willamette.

Ages 5–18

★★★★½ 4.8 (96)

North East, Cecil County

Sandy Hill Camp & Retreat Center

ACA-accredited overnight camp for ages 8-16 on the Chesapeake Bay in North East, MD.

Ages 8–16

Plymouth, Plymouth County

★★★★½ 4.8 (91)

Plymouth Yacht Club

Junior sailing on Plymouth Harbor: prams for ages 7–8 up to destination sailing for teens 13–16.

Ages 7–16

Apollo Beach, Hillsborough County

★★★★½ 4.8 (78)

Tampa Sailing Squadron

Youth summer sailing camp (ages 7-17, 9-3) in Apollo Beach

Ages 7–17

Annapolis, Anne Arundel County

★★★★½ 4.8 (77)

Severn Sailing Association

Junior sailing program for ages 5-18 in Annapolis, classes and race teams.

Ages 5–18

Ages 7–16 · Waterfront · Financial aid

★★★★½ 4.8 (77)

Duxbury, Plymouth County

Duxbury Bay Maritime School

Nonprofit Duxbury Bay maritime programs, ages 6+, plus ACCESSAIL adaptive sailing for all abilities.

Camp Arrowhead

Episcopal overnight & day camp on Rehoboth Bay, grades 2-11, 1-2 week sessions

★★★★½ 4.8 (70)

Carlyle, Clinton County

Carlyle Sailing Association

Five-day overnight junior sailing camp on Carlyle Lake, ages 10-16, boats and tent camping included.

Ages 6–16

Barnstable, Barnstable County

★★★★½ 4.8 (69)

Sail Cape Cod

Nonprofit Hyannis youth sailing classes, ages 6+; operations suspended for 2026, returning 2027.

Ages 6+

Pompano Beach, Broward County

Hillsboro Inlet Sailing Club

Youth sailing program (ages 8-18) with safety training in Pompano Beach

Naples, Collier County

Naples Community Sailing Center

Nonprofit youth summer sailing camp (ages 7+) in Naples, June-July

Ages 7–15

Saint Michaels, Talbot County

MRYC Junior Sail

St. Michaels youth sailing camp, ages 6-17, full-day sessions on the Miles River

Ages 6–17

Green Lake, Green Lake County

Green Lake Sailing School

Youth sailing classes on Green Lake, WI (ages 8+; parent-child from 5)

Bourne, Barnstable County

Buzzard's Sailing School Inc

Nonprofit community sailing school, ages 7–18, learn-to-sail through racing on Buzzards Bay.

Ages 7–18

Hull, Plymouth County

Hull Yacht Club

Members' eight-week junior sailing, ages 8–16, plus one-week Learn to Sail mornings for ages 7+.

Ages 7–16

New York, New York County

★★★★½ 4.8 (67)

Hudson River Community Sailing

Week-long Hudson River sailing and STEM camp, ages 9-17, at Pier 66 with need-based scholarships.

Ages 9–17

★★★★½ 4.8 (65)

Key Largo, Monroe County

Upper Keys Sailing Club

Member sailing club hosting youth summer sailing camp (ages 6-18) in Key Largo

Ages 6–18

★★★★½ 4.8 (63)

Peoria, Maricopa County

Tiller And Kites

Lake Pleasant sailing school with youth and high-school sailing programs.

New London, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region

★★★★½ 4.8 (58)

Thames Yacht Club

Summer youth sailing program in New London for ages 7–16.

Mt Baker Rowing & Sailing Center

Seattle Parks sailing and multi-sport camps on Lake Washington, ages 8-17, half- and full-day.

Slidell, St. Tammany Parish

★★★★½ 4.5 (32)

Tammany Yacht Club

Tammany Yacht Club junior sail camp in Slidell for ages 7–15, certified instructors.

Ages 7–15

St. Augustine, St. Johns County

★★★★½ 4.9 (7)

SAYC Sailing Center

Full-day weekly youth sailing camp in St. Augustine, ages 5-17, scholarships available.

★★★★½ 4.9 (7)

Hudson, St. Croix County

Camp St. Croix - RCU Discovery Center

YMCA coed residential camp, ages 7–17, on the St. Croix in Hudson.

Ages 7–17

Ballston Spa, Saratoga County

★★★★½ 4.9 (7)

Saratoga Lake Sailing Club

Full-day junior sailing on Saratoga Lake, ages 9-18; Learning to Sail runs in two-week sessions.

Ages 9–18

★★★★½ 4.8 (44)

Evanston, Cook County

Northwestern Sailing Center

Half-day sailing and windsurfing camps on Lake Michigan in Evanston, ages 5-15.

Ages 5–15