Calling All Awesome Bay Area Youth Sailing Programs

Last weekend, 180 boats participated in the St. Francis Yacht Club Fall Dinghy Regatta. Most of the participants were youth sailors out of the Bay Area’s youth programs. On the same weekend, Call of the Sea hosted its fundraising gala to support youth training on tall ships. They’re just a small slice of the numerous youth sailing programs in Northern California.

Every year we list as many of the youth sailing programs as we can find in our annual Northern California Sailing Calendar and YRA Master Schedule and on the Youth Sailing page on our website.

We’re asking youth-sailing program managers to send updated information for your 2025 programs so we can include your latest and greatest in the 2025 calendar. If you don’t know all the dates, at least make sure the program’s contact information, location and all the rest are correct. Please send information to [email protected] as soon as possible.

We have already heard from Alameda Community Sailing Center, Call of the Sea, Half Moon Bay Yacht Club and Shoreline Lake Youth Sailing. We look forward to hearing from more.

We know Bay Area youth programs range from adventure camps to tall ships to competitive racing. There are programs in Monterey Bay, the South Bay, Central Bay and all the way up to Stockton. Kids can learn skills from boat building, repair and maintenance to seamanship and racing expertise. You never know what type of sailing a kid will gravitate toward, but we know they’ll be glad they had the opportunity when they were young. Who knows where sailing will take them?

Don’t miss being included in our 2025 Sailing Calendar. Send your updated information to [email protected].

You can also advertise your youth sailing program in the calendar pages or the pages of Latitude 38 magazine.

For rates and information on advertising your youth program (nonprofit rates apply) or business in the 2025 calendar, email [email protected].