Which cities have the best sailing and sailing culture in the US? (restaurants, club)

[waltzpiano]

Which cities have great sailing culture, sailing infrastructure, beautiful views, sailing community, and just overall a enjoyable place to sail?

[btownboss4]

The Northeast has a sailing culture. Probably biggest in the country. Boating culture further south seems more motor based

[Guineas]

Seattle has a pretty good one. You can sail on both Puget Sound and Lake Washington. There are tons of marinas in the city proper as well as the suburbs. Lots of sailing clubs for beginners and those who don't want to own a boat also. Most sailboats can stay in the water over the winter too. The sailing season is much longer than in the Northeast. You can also sail all the way to Alaska via the Inside Passage. In terms of views I would say it's hard to beat, although Maine is nice too.


Seattle proper looking at Puget Sound, own photo


Puget Sound looking at Mount Rainier, own photo

[kyle19125]

Lake Huron MI

https://www.great-lakes-sailing.com/lake-huron.html

[Boston Shudra]

Boston has some great community sailing programs!

The big ones are Community Boating, Courageous, and Piers Park. The first, CBI, is the oldest public sailing organization in the US!

[oregonwoodsmoke]

San Diego. Lots of safe harbor, excellent weather year round. Fishing is decent enough, although not like it is further north. Lots of excellent restaurants for when you are in port. Lifestyle is casual.

It's expensive, though.

[Futuremauian]

Santa Barbara, Ca. has an active sailing community, and a yacht club that stands in the sand on the beach.

When I attended UCSB, I belonged to the yacht club, and we sailed in races 2-3 times per week.

Many fun times, including the Newport-Ensenada race. Some locals also sailed in the Transpac races.

https://www.sbyc.org/web/pages/home

[btownboss4]

I’d be pretty interested in Cleveland, feel like those traditional old money types populated Cleveland. Which is a city that at least historically has tried to imitate East Coast culture.

Seems like a sailing town.

[BigCity76]

Newport, Rhode Island

[Igor Blevin]

Newport RI has the National Sailing Museum. I assume there is a reason for that, but it could be due to the past rather than the present.

Narraganssett Bay is pretty sheltered and the weather is gorgeous all summer, so I would expect some great sailing there. Of course, Chesapeake Bay is much larger, but which City would you to assign it as a "sailing city"?

I am going with Newport for now.

The SF-Oakland Bay is a large but it is cold and windy all summer.

Puget Sound makes Seattle a pretty great sailing town, but even in summer it can rain up till noon or so every day.

Florida would seem like it would have top cities for sailing, but I don't know much about Florida and sailing.