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Venice Yacht Club

Phone: 941-488-7708

Email: [email protected]

Address: 1330 Tarpon Center Drive Venice, Florida 34285

Website: http://www.veniceyachtclub.com

Founded in 1951, today the Venice Yacht Club enjoys an outstanding reputation in the Florida sailing and boating community of private clubs. Our Mission? “To provide an exceptional private club experience for a diverse and engaged membership across the full spectrum of family, social, dining, boating, water sports, and beach activities, while maintaining the highest standards of yacht club service to our membership with continuous commitment to improvement and innovation as well as service to our community.”

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Founded in 1951, today the Venice Yacht Club enjoys an outstanding reputation in the Florida sailing and boating community of private clubs. We aspire, with the help of our members and team, to create a premier waterfront club providing responsible boating, gracious dining and positive social experiences. The Venice Yacht Club Marina is a State of Florida recognized Clean Marina. This recently expanded private facility has 68 member slips as well as a large T-dock to accommodate visiting Florida Council of Yacht Clubs boaters. Our state-of-the-art docks are complete with connections for potable water and pump out, as well as up to 100 amp electrical service. Amenities include a security system, a fire extinguishing system, and a fuel dock. Our members enjoy discounted gas and diesel fuels and full time dockmaster services. The Club’s docks are in a protected area just inside the Venice Inlet. For more information visit www.veniceyachtclub.com

PLEASE NOTE: For dining at the Club, membership is required.

MEMBERSHIP Several membership options are available to suit differing circumstances. We look forward to providing you and your family more information on how you can become a member of our growing family. Fine and casual dining on Roberts Bay, the Venice Yacht Club consistently offers members and their guests a memorable dining experience. Whether in our elegant dining room, comfortable Pearson’s Cove or at the Tiki Bar overlooking our Marina and Roberts Bay, our Executive Chef Josh Arent, and his culinary team provide exceptional cuisine that will be enjoyed by all.

The VYC is also home to the Venice Youth Boating Association (VYBA).

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Fine and Casual dining on Roberts Bay, the Venice Yacht Club consistently offers members and their guests a memorable dining experience.  Whether in our elegant Bayside dining room, comfortable Pearson’s Cove or at the Tiki Bar overlooking our Marina and Roberts Bay, our Executive Chef Bryan Meek, and his culinary team provide exceptional cuisine that will be enjoyed by all.  

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Dinner Reservations Please note you have to be a member to make dining reservations.

Bayside Dining Room and Sunset Room: Tuesday to Saturday Lunch:  Shorts Permitted 1 Tuesday to Friday Dinner:  Shorts Permitted Saturday Dinner:  Casual 2  required, Shorts are Not Permitted Sunday: Breakfast / Brunch and Dinner:  Casual required, Shorts are Not Permitted Main Bar and Pearson's Cove: (all day) Tuesday to Sunday:  Shorts Permitted Tiki Bar: (all day) Tuesday to Sunday:  Bathing attire 3  Permitted 1  Shorts Permitted:  Gentlemen wear dressy slacks or shorts, collared shirt, turtleneck or dressy collarless shirt with sleeves (no tank tops); Ladies wear skirts, dressy slacks or dressy shorts and tops. For Gentlemen and Ladies, no tee shirts, and no flip-flops, torn or cutoff clothing or inappropriate tee shirts. Upscale denim is allowed. Gentlemen’s hats and caps are not to be worn in the Club at any time. 2  Casual:  Gentlemen wear dressy slacks, collared shirt, turtleneck or dressy collarless shirt with sleeves (no tank tops); Ladies wear skirts, dressy slacks and tops. For Gentlemen and Ladies, no jeans, no shorts, no tee shirts and no flip-flops. Upscale denim is allowed. Gentlemen’s hats and caps are not to be worn in the Club at any time. 3  Bathing Attire:  Bathing suits and bathing attire are allowed outside at the Tiki bar and in the Ready Room only. Bathing suits, bathing attire, Gentlemen’s hats or caps and tank tops are not to be worn in the Club at any time.

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The Venice Yacht Club provides the members a private social club with extraordinary services and facilities. Membership includes successful business and professional people and spans all ages. The club is member controlled. Therefore, each member has a voice in the use and care of the club facilities and services. Camaraderie abounds. Amenities are extraordinary. Activities are many. Fine dining, cordial ambiance and impeccable service are the norm.Venice Yacht Club is a member of theFlorida Council of Yacht Clubs (FCYC).

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Stories from the Venice Yacht Club

Website: www.veniceyachtclub.com

Desires, Dreams, and Visions with Perseverance and Commitment The “story” of the Venice Yacht Club (VYC) begins with its extraordinary founding members. Weary of a long drive to Sarasota to sail their boats, they wanted to establish a sailing and boating place in Venice, FL in a maritime tradition, where there would be highly valued, enduring friendships of common interests, having fun together. 

Becoming a reality beginning in February 1951, the Club is situated on Roberts Bay, contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico. Heading out from our docks into Roberts Bay, then only a few feet from the club’s docks, boaters and sailors immediately turn left into the intra-coastal waterway. Shortly thereafter, they turn left into the Venice Inlet that flows into the Gulf. This quick access to the Gulf provides the fastest, easiest access of any yacht club along the west coast of Florida. 

The club’s members enjoy boating and sailing, multiple, continuous dining opportunities, many social events, and its adherence to maritime traditions. Members also support a deep commitment to the greater Venice community’s non-profit organizations with grants to them by its member-funded Charitable Foundation and its volunteer board of directors.

Gathering regularly in a private home during 1950, the Venice sailors drafted a charter application to the Florida State Department for approval to form a yacht club in Venice. With the charter granted in February 1951 and with an agreement the founding members made to lease a new, separate dining room for club meetings and social events in the Tarpon Center Resort, a Florida fishing camp, owned by George Gibbs, the new, semi-private Club was launched and in business for its members’ enjoyment. the new semi-private club was in business. 

After electing a board of directors and officers and establishing by laws, the founding members began to enable the 3rd plank in the club’s charter that they had written: 

“To encourage the education of the young people in the community in the science of navigation, the art of sailing and small boat handling by the sponsoring of a pram squadron, and/or other sailing and power boat squadrons as are approved by the Board of Directors.” Guided by those words, members of the new club solicited funds from local merchants to purchase plywood and built small sailboats, called Prams, based on the 1947 dinghy design by Clark Mills of Clearwater, FL. Some 40 youngsters in Venice responded to newspaper ads for youth sailing. The youth sailing squadron, later named “Pram Fleet,” sailed into Roberts Bay in January 1952 with volunteer instructors, all members of the new club

  The Clubhouse Story

The next priority was to address the rapidly growing membership (from its founders to 118 charter members to 135) with membership applications streaming in the mail. The board of the Club voted to make it a private, members only Club in 1953. By 1957, outgrowing the leased space and continued growth in membership, an expansion committee was formed to search for waterfront property to construct a clubhouse and docks. Designs were drawn. But without tangible real estate or other major assets, funding with a bank loan was impossible. The members then authorized the board in 1959 to form the Venice Realty Corporation to sell debenture bonds to members to fund a land purchase and construct a clubhouse and a few docks. The new Corporation needed a state-approved charter to proceed. Receiving the charter’s approval took another year. Never before had the FL state department received a charter application that involved the sale of debentures to raise funds in a private club. After the charter was received, coupled with the successful purchase of the bonds by its members, the club broke ground for the new building in 1960 on Roberts Bay, on land purchased from Colonel Vincent Dixon, the last head of the Venice Air Force Army base, soon to be de- commissioned. Notably, the bonds were redeemed just ten years later. 

Highlights – Clubhouse & Property Improvements

• 1961 The completed clubhouse was commissioned and opened along with 12 docks 

• 1962 A swimming pool and outside veranda to the main dining room were added.  An outside snack bar was added that would later become the Tiki. 

• 1976 The outside veranda was enclosed & air conditioned, later extended in 1982, and renamed, the Bay Room. Docks were expanded later on the waterfront. 

• 1986 Additional docks were acquired on the south side of Higel Park, adjacent to the VYC’s property, including a 2-story apartment building, a swimming pool, and parking spaces. 

• 1996 The clubhouse closed for one entire year for major expansion, including a second floor. 

• 1997 The clubhouse re-opened with its new 2 nd floor bar, conference room, dining room, expanded first floor, outside restrooms, showers, and laundry for visiting boaters. It was the largest financial investment since the club’s founding. 

• 2006 Planning began for a major dock expansion project that would involve thousands of  hours and several years of perseverance by the marina committee and the board. 

• 2011 The dock expansion project was completed raising number of docks from 48 to 68. 

• 2017 A major expansion of Pearson’s Cove was completed along with the creation of the  Commodore’s Room located at the north end of the main dining room. 

▪ 2018 Renovations of first floor rest rooms and the entire 2 nd floor were completed.

Continual redecorating and significant infrastructure improvements have continued through all the years since 1961, with perseverance and oversight by the House, Marina, and Finance Committees, focused to the continuous enjoyment of the club’s members.

Founded by sailors, the Club has a long and illustrious history of the sailing prowess of its members. Boasting a long line of dedicated volunteers, Fleet Captains of Sail lead the sailing boaters, they host a monthly sailors’ dinner, and manage the “Joy Club,” a club within the club, for its members to sail the club owned sailboat. Sailing in recent years has become more important to the yacht club after sailing waned in the 1990s and early 2000s. In the past few years, these Fleet Captains have raised the level of sailing to higher visibility, given that sailing is an important legacy in the history of the club. 

In 1969 Dr. Charles Koch won the Midget Ocean Racing Club’s 50-mile run from Tampa to Sarasota. In early 1977, Morton Levine’s “Omega” was the first boat flying the yacht club’s burgee to compete in the 500-mile race from St. Petersburg to Isla de Mujeres, a barrier island near Cancun, Mexico. Later, Levine was elected Commodore of the Florida Ocean Racing Assn.

In 2015 “Fruition,” owned by Bill Gately, was in the Tampa to Isla de Mugeres race, in the second worse weather in her 38-year history of ocean racing. In 2017 by then Fleet Captain of Sail, Captain Bill entered “Fruition” in the historic St. Petersburg Yacht Club to Havana Race, the first after its 58-year suspension. 75 boats entered; only 21 finished due to weather. “Fruition” was one of those 21 with a second place finish in her class, less than 54 feet.

“Cat’s Meow,” owned by Jim Liston, was for years one of the most continuously racing sail boats docked at the club in competitive races conducted by the Venice Sailing Squadron, comprised of VYC sailing members as well as other sailors in the greater Venice community.

Adult Regattas Two of our current sailing members sponsor annually the Windjammer Regatta, a Sarasota to Venice regatta in March and in April, the Sharks Tooth Regatta. Both regattas solicit scholarship donations for the club’s sponsored youth sailing 501(c)(3) organization. In true sailing tradition, skipper’s breakfast meetings begin the day, scoring rooms are set up in the club’s “Ready Room,” and the regattas begin with great joviality until the boats are in the Gulf when the serious racing begins. At the day’s end, there are awards with great camaraderie.

Power Boating

As the yacht club grew in size, so did the number of boat owners, both sail and power. Today there are more power boats than sail boats. Power boaters, under the leadership of the members volunteering for an annual term as Fleet Captain of Power, have joined together for years, beginning in the 1960s in what were then and for years later called “rendezvous.” Today they are called “cruises” to destinations all along the west coast of Florida. In earlier years the “rendezvous” schedule included voyages to various points in the Florida Keys and up the eastern side of Florida, the Atlantic coast. In September the cruise schedule begins and ends in May. Volunteering member boaters plan each cruise for dinners aboard or on land and fun. During summers, boaters in groups, encouraged by the Fleet Captain, conduct self-designed one-day or multiple-day cruises.

Sailors and Boaters Unite

For the community In mid 1980s VYC sail and power boaters made their boats available for “Sun Downer” hosting cruises to benefit the South Sarasota County unit of the American Cancer Society.

And in the Club Weekly Fleet Captains’ Luncheon, co-sponsored by the Fleet Captains of Sail and Power, is a popular weekly event begun long ago. All members are invited. There are presentations on a variety of topics including safety and navigation by members or outside speakers. Great camaraderie occurs as boaters, sailors, kayakers, and other members hear about wondrous cruises taken by members, deep diving expeditions, sailing from Texas to Florida across the Gulf, its perils and triumphs, and multiple discussions about safety and the requirements for emergency preparedness at all times on the water and in dock.

Maritime Traditions

The legacy of our founding members for maritime traditions is honored and respected. 

Retreat Ceremonies are held frequently with all past Commodores and the current board of directors participating. Marching to the flagpole, a hush falls on all other attendees, a bugle sounds with “Call to Arms” and later “Taps,” a cannon is fired, the Fleet Chaplain’s invocation is given, the “Star Spangled Banner” is sung, and the American flag is lowered and folded.

Memorial Day celebrations begin with the Memorial Wreath Ceremony at Sea Two of our young sailors in a Whaler follow the parade of boats into the Gulf that forms a V. The Whaler enters the V, and then the Fleet Chaplain provides a prayer in memory of all club members that departed us in the previous 12 months. A sailor solemnly lays the wreath on the sea. “Taps” is played. Returning from the Gulf, boats pass the reviewing stand at the club’s dock, each receiving a blessing from the Fleet Chaplain, with names of all aboard each boat announced as they drop memorial flowers into the water.

Memorial Day Retreat Ceremony During this solemn event the names of departed members are read. Surviving spouses or family representatives receive a memento that is a contribution from the yacht club to its charitable foundation in memory of their loved one. A band entertains with appropriate music making it a beloved, solemn, patriotic, and commemorative event.

“Commodore’s Cup,” a perpetual reminder of the Club’s commitment to youth The event is co-sponsored by IOBG and VYBA. It provides a unique educational opportunity for the sailors after their day’s regatta. In honor of all past commodores, they march with them and board members to the flagpole for the Retreat Ceremony. Afterward VYBA presents the Commodore’s Cup first to the president of the Venice Chapter of the Intl. Order of the Blue Gavel who then presents it to the current yacht club Commodore. Afterward winning sailors receive awards for the day’s races. It then turns to a swim party for the sailors with food and beverages for all attendees.

Association Memberships

U S Sailing Association The club is a long-time member, important because the yacht club has continuously supported area boys and girls in coming here to learn about sailing and having fun on the water.

Florida Council of Yacht Clubs (FCYC) One of the 13 original founding members of the Florida Council of Yacht Clubs, the club has frequently hosted all of the member club’s representatives at meetings. Three past VYC commodores were elected FCYC Commodore, Eugene R. Bibbins, Robert Spaulding, and in more recent years, Audrey Rice (the first female Commodore of the VYC and of the FCYC).

International Order of the Blue Gavel (IOBG) The Venice Yacht Club chapter of the IOBG was launched in 1985 when Past Commodore Roger Isphording was elected as its first president. An active member chapter of the IOBG, currently two past commodores serve the IOBG nationally: 

▪ Joseph Dombrowski, president of District 8 of the Southeastern Region and former president of the Venice chapter, and 

▪ Bud Higginson, president of the IOBG in the United States, having served on its finance, nominating, and annual meeting review committees previously and before that, as president of District 8, after his presidency of the Venice chapter.

Community Commitment by “Giving Back” In 2010 the Venice Yacht Club Charitable Foundation was funded initially with five original, major contributors to “give back” to the greater Venice area community. With an all-volunteer board of directors, the Foundation has since 2011 provided $542,494.00 focused to: Youth Boating, Health/Education, Veterans/Active Military, Environment, & Civic Improvement.

Social Events Founded for the enjoyment of boaters and those who want to be associated with them socially, the club has a long history of parties and events that have been high on the members’ social calendars. Parties began in December 1951 when the fledgling club held a “Shipwreck Party” with members in attire as if shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Monthly Parties, often with costume themes, are planned by the Entertainment Committee.

Monthly ladies luncheons are popular, always with a special program or guest speaker.

Weekly bingo games occur on Tuesday evenings with member-hosts and callers and prizes.

“Clubs within the club,” open to all, have developed such as a computer club, a fishing club, a golfing group, a wine club, bridge groups, mahjong groups, a book club, a poker club, and others of unique interests through the years. 

Love and Cookies Luncheon: Annually members bake cookies, and in a morning they package them as gifts for Tidewell Hospice patients’ families during December holidays.

Gourmet Dinners , introduced in the mid 1990s, continue with exquisite table settings in accord with the theme of the multi-course menu of the evening with servers in white gloves offering enticing, upscale presentations of the various courses. A gourmet committee plans the dinners in long meetings with the Chef. The kitchen team, servers’ team, and the Chef deliver an evening of elegant, upscale dining, comparable to fine dining establishments anywhere.

Ladies Night Out has become an annual tradition, a fashion show, but more importantly gifts purchased by club members for unique organizations focused on needs of children. For ten years, this event contributed to Books and Pajamas for Children, a national organization.

Black Tie Events: Highly attended, annual black tie events are: Candlelight Ball in December, the Commodore’s Ball in January, and New Years Eve with music and the Chef’s special menus for the occasions. Special Events, often called “road trips,” are organized such as a recent visit to Southeastern Guide Dogs in Palmetto, theatre trips to Tampa or Ft. Myers, baseball or football games in Tampa, and horse racing at Tampa Downs.

Investing in Habitat in Humanity through the club’s charitable foundation, with both grants and club member-supplied labor, has enabled new houses for families in the Venice area. Assisting Hunger: Organized by the charitable foundation, members team together frequently to assist in unpacking food and shelving it at All Faiths Food Bank that distributes the food. Parties for members’ children are held at Easter, Halloween, and Christmas, and special events for children occur in Memorial Day, July 4 th , and Labor Day weekend celebrations.

The club continues a long tradition of excellence in the preparation and service of food and beverages for members’ enjoyment. Continual improvements in kitchen equipment through the years coupled with a highly professional kitchen team headed by our Chef meld together to provide members great enjoyment for themselves and their guests.

Providing frequent menu changes, and not one, but two menus daily Tuesday through Sunday, one for the main dining room and one for the Tiki, is challenging but a challenge well met! In addition special menus for themed monthly parties and the formal black tie occasions are delivered with service of excellence by the professional team of servers.

Professional service, excellence in food quality, menu variations, and food presentations, receive rave reviews from members, guests of members, and visiting boaters.

Focus on Youth in the community: “Right side up...on the water...and in life!”

With the founding of the “Pram Fleet” in 1952, the yacht club has continuously encouraged sailing for boys and girls in Venice with lessons and classes that have always been open to the public with no requirement for parents’ membership in the yacht club. Originally lessons were taught by volunteering sailing members.

As aging sail boat and accessory replacements became necessary, insurance costs were increasing. Club member-instructors were dwindling, and hiring qualified, paid instructors was required. Transfer of the expense and the operation was required somewhere, somehow.

The solution was that youth sailing was incorporated as a separate organization from the yacht club in 1969 as Venice Youth Boating Association, Inc., (“VYBA”) with the agreement to remain on yacht club property, be supported by the Club, but with its own board of directors. Initial directors were the 5 incorporators of the organization, all members of the yacht club. 

In 1972, the new organization was granted 501(c)(3) non-for-profit status by the IRS, enabling it to apply for grants, and to solicit and accept donations, tax deductible for donors. Operating today with expenses of approximately $200K, one full time sailing director and other part time coaches, it flourishes, with about 150 sailors in summer and 30 to 40 during the school year. In addition to occupying one dock space and adjacent land of the yacht club, the board of directors provides an annual, significant gift to VYBA as a line item on the club’s budget. The VYBA hosts its annual Venetian Cup Regatta and holds several other events annually for its sailors and their parents at the club.

Operating all year long under US Sailing, employing U S Sailing-certified coaches and instructors, its programs include a school year program, a school spring break week-long program, adventure sailing, classes for polliwogs, advanced sailing, sponsorship of a local high school sailing team, adult sailing lessons in summer, and a robust summer “learn to sail” program. It hosts a weekly adult Twilight Sailing group who sail in VYBA-owned 420s.

In its 67 years of operation, first as the Pram Fleet, then continuing as VYBA, over 5,000 Venice area boys and girls have learned to sail at the Venice Yacht Club, a remarkable achievement for a small yacht club in a small town!

Our young sailors have received multiple awards for community service in cleaning nearby islands and Higel Park and demonstrating an environmental sensitivity by eliminating all disposable plastic of any kind.

From its humble beginnings and the vision and commitment of a small group of sailors, followed by temporarily meeting for 10 years in a leased restaurant at a Florida fishing camp, today the Venice Yacht Club is a robust, thriving organization, in a beautiful clubhouse with 68 docks for members’ boats. It is a club with astute financial management and fiscal responsibility, all focused to the enjoyment of its members. Numerous committees filled with volunteering members combine to make the Venice Yacht Club a vibrant, wonderful place in Venice, a Florida-west coast paradise on Roberts Bay with fast access to the Gulf of Mexico.

The dedication to member enjoyment is paramount for the entire team at the club from the highly maintained and manicured facilities, the marvelous service at every dining venue, to its creative culinary team, from the front desk to the management...more than just a yacht club! The Club is a proud member of the FCYC, the IOBG, and U S Sailing.

The Club has an exciting focus for the Venice community through its member-sponsored charitable foundation, and it continues its support for youth development through sailing as pledged in the words of its founders. Above all, this Club’s membership honors and respects its legacy in the true spirit of its founding members: 

“A maritime tradition situated on beautiful waters, highly valuing enduring friendships of common interests and having fun together.” 

4 Boat Clubs In Venice, Florida You Should Know

Venice has an array of superior boat clubs awaiting you. The options are both tempting and limitless.

Even better, they all come with different perks for many kinds of boat lovers like you!

It all just depends on which boat club suits you and your personal sailing goals the best.

Without further ado, here are the 5 premier boat clubs in Venice, Florida, for you to take note of:

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1. Freedom Boat Club

If what you’re looking for is a true, laid-back boating club experience that doesn’t come with any commitments, this club is sure to fit the bill for you.

Freedom Boat Club is one of the most widely known and accessible boating clubs in the nation today, with over 165 locations based all over the U.S. as well as Canada.

The club was established back in 1989 and has been around for quite some time now.

Membership Fees:

You can gain complete access to the club’s boats – as well as all clubbing activities for a set period of time each year (per your membership plan) – after paying a one-time membership fee of $7,000.

The club offers a set of flexible membership plans for 12, 6, and 3 months each. The monthly fees vary, ranging from $369-$199, depending upon your plan.

Your months of choice for the 6 and 3-month plans are completely customizable and can be changed any time of the year.

There’s also a plan which gives you access to the fleet only on weekdays, at a lower monthly fee.

Friends & Family Plan:

If you’ve got a friend who’s just as invested in boating as you are, the club offers a Friends And Family Plan . This allows two couples to share the monthly fee of $520 and gives you full access to the fleet.

This plan, however, comes at a hefty one-time membership fee of $9000.

They also have promotions going around from time to time, so you should keep an eye out for them to discover discounts or additional perks.

Reservations can be made online or via telephone.

You can also show up to the club anytime as per your plans without reservations and take your pick from the available boats.

Perks & Benefits:

As a member, you have full access to the nationwide fleet, which comprises over 2,000 boats, this allows you to get sailing wherever you are – this is especially handy while you’re moving or traveling.

These boats include well respected national brands and feature inshore and offshore center consoles, deck boats, pontoons, bowriders, plus a smaller selection of sailboats and kayaks, and each boat is only three years old or newer.

Along with sporting such a vast catalog, the club also hosts social activities such as monthly dock parties and has a Buddy Program , which allows you to team up with other sailors for watersports, fishing, and boating trips.

Possibly best of all, becoming a member of the Freedom Boat Club also enables you to receive free and unlimited one-on-one training from their team of in-house United States Coast Guard licensed captains.

2. Waves Boat and Social Club

Waves Boat and Social club has been around for over 25 years and has four other branches spread across Florida.

Unlike the Freedom Boat Club, Waves is highly focused on the joy of sailing and sharing experiences with other sailors in order to create a close-knit community.

Waves has a fleet of 50 boats spread across its five branches, to which the members get unlimited access.

Of course, the downside here is the small fleet selection available, unlike the vast selection available with Freedom Boat Club.

If you have a love for trying new boats out, this one might not be for you.

Due to the private, intimate nature of the club, Waves does not have a set membership plan.

Their membership plans, as well as one-time membership fees, are totally customizable as per your boating needs so that you only pay for what you truly want.

Monthly prices range from $209-$309.

Activities & Perks:

The true joy of joining Waves comes from the wide range of social activities that the club has to offer.

Waves organize a range of social activities such as fishing charters, fishing clubs, beach parties, sight-seeing tours, sunset cruises, dolphin sight-seeing, and much more.

If you enjoy sharing your love of sailing with a group of people who are just as invested in the hobby as you are, Waves is your destination!

3. Venice Yacht Club

Perhaps the biggest highlight of the Venice Yacht Club is its elite clubhouse and amenities.

The clubhouse boasts several spacious and incredibly beautiful dining and recreational rooms. The building also offers beautiful views of Roberts Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

The exquisite Sunset Room and Bar also features a unique, lovely dusk vista you have to stop and admire.

The clubhouse hosts several brunches, feasts and balls for the members on a weekly or monthly basis.

Yearly events such as Christmas, New Year’s celebrations, Thanksgiving, and Valentine’s Day are lavishly celebrated as well.

There are also high-quality rooms available for hosting private parties, meetings, and the building can also be booked out for large-scale events such as weddings.

There are also over 15 individual community clubs for discussing activities such as sailing, reading, and kayaking.

Membership Fees & Joining:

Venice Yacht club requires that you contact them to inquire about membership fees and the overall set up to joining their club.

With that in mind, it is most likely that Venice pricing is closer to Freedom Boat Club in expenditures.

With all their amenities, though, you might consider the pricing to be worth it!

Fleet & Sailing:

The main drawback is that the club owns just 4 kayaks, available on a rental basis.

The incredibly small fleet selection can be a turn-off for many, and while the entertainment milieu is immaculate, the club is surprisingly lacking in marine activities.

What it lacks in quantity it excels in quality. The VYC strongly encourages and promotes sailing amongst youth and small children.

The Venice Yacht Club is teamed up with the Venice Youth Boating Association – a non-profit organization run by U.S. Sailing certified coaches and instructors to provide the club members, as well as their children, with quality sailing lessons.

This club is centered towards in-house club activities and forming a family within the club rather than cruising outdoors, and the adventurous kind might not feel at home here.

Memberships, much like Waves, are quite customizable here as per your boating needs.

The VYC is all about its lovely community rather than boats, and if regular social events are your cup of tea, there couldn’t be a better place for you!

4. Venice Sail & Power Squadron

The Venice Sail And Power Squadron are located exactly on the opposite end of the spectrum compared to the Venice Yacht Club.

This club is heavily centered towards the hobby of sailing and to the exclusion of activities such as parties and other social events.

The club offers extensive boating education to people from all walks of life, and also allows you to make friends who share that passion along the way.

One could define this club as a “relaxed boating school for adults”.

Membership & Perks:

Although Venice Sail and Power Squadron do not list publicly their pricing, they are most likely on par or above the average pricing of sailing and boating clubs.

Because they mostly offer lessons, and therefore they don’t host parties or offer many amenities, you can probably bet their pricing is going to be one of the lowest on this list.

However, this would require personal inquiry and contacting them to find out.

The VSPS is a subunit of the United States Power Squadron and has the standardized introductory “America’s Boating Course,” which enables the members to learn the “ABC” s of sailing.

On the completion of a course, members are awarded a Boat Safety Certification Card.

The focus on boating education is unnegotiable with the VSPS. Membership packages are discussed in terms of courses, with the pricing of each course varying in terms of complexity.

The club holds 8-hour sessions on weekdays or weekends, depending upon the course picked by you. The fleet that you will be given access to also depends upon which course you choose.

Monthly club meetings and luncheons are held for the members to gather and discuss clubbing activities, and sailing in general.

This is the serious sailor’s club.

If your interests lie in perfecting your sailing craft while sharing the experience with a supportive community of fellow sailors and learners, this one’s the club for you!

Final Thoughts

Venice’s boating clubs have something to offer to sailors with all kinds of aspirations.

All you really need to do is decide your approach towards the hobby.

Happy sailing!

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Freedom Boat Club

Waves Boat And Social Club

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Venice, FL 34285

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This place is the best, great dock master, tiki bar, staff! Stayed one night at the dock on our Cat while sailing up the west coast Meet some great friends Kirsten and John Whitehead, hope to see them again soon! The food was fresh and delicious at the Yacht Club and we will be back soon!

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Fun July 4th party! Snow cones, pool games and a large water slide. The food was good. We are outside in the shade. Salads and burgers.

I have written about the month long celebration I am enjoying for my birthday. This time, 2 of my friends offered to treat me here to dinner, and it was absolutely lovely. Food, service, atmosphere could not have been better. There was a pasta buffet, so many choices, I wish I had another stomach to fill, there was just so much good to choose from. You need to be a member, or guest of a member to attend, so I am definitely glad I was invited here. EXCELLENT CHOICE!

I LOVE THIS PLACE. Very nice employees. Fun environment. We have had a membership there for almost 2 years. Great place to eat, swim, hang out , have a get together with friends, good location .

Ate dinner outside by the Tiki bar. Selected the chef's special...blackened grouper with blackened shrimp. Entree came with rice & snap peas. Excellent. Nice setting, John is a friendly bartender. We have eaten here multiple times since first review and joined club as members. Great staff and amenities. Chef Josh provides an excellent variety of seafood dishes.

This place was packed when I stumbled onto the solid dock, sea legs trembling beneath me, feet stained brown by the Suns rays, cowl up protecting my eyes from its radiating reflection of off calm water. I was parched, stressed, and sore after 13+ hours of being tossed by a salty sea, granule filled water droplets pelting my skin all day, leaving crystalline drops on all of my clothing as I powered through with the hopes of reprieve on the horizon. The bar was full when I arrived, with a lone bar tender servicing the entire place by himself. Turns out, a wedding party had booked the main restaurant, and any spontaneous guests were being reroute do to the outside bar. It's really quite a nice little dock bar, with a good draft beer selection, along with all of the traditional liquor combinations you might want. The bartender, John, was overwhelmed, but very cool, and he made sure everyone knew what was going on. He was definitely skilled, and provided great service, especially considering the deluge of customers that had surged into his limited space. The chicken wings were crispy but moist, the nachos weren't bad, and the Greek salad was quite good! The food was tasty, the bartender John handled the situation admirably, provided good service, AND miraculously maintained a great attitude, and I was a satisfied customer! I hope he's there if you go- he was headed to Poland for a well deserved break last I checked....

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Beautiful Club that family had a private rehearsal dinner at. It is lovely, clean and very picturesque. I enjoyed the few hours I spent here and only wish I had more time to enjoy my surroundings! If I lived in the Venice area, I would... have all my family events there. It is an excellent facility. More

Friends invited us for lunch. Food and service was very good, especially the Crab Cake BLT. Do you have to be a member or can public dine at their restaurants?

Continuing with my daily celebrating of my month of July Birthday, I was invited here together with my best friend to participate in the "Pasta Buffet", which had such a great variety of pastas, sauces, shrimp, scallops, meats, vegetables...all to be added and then cooked... right in front of you. Very difficult to choose! Doug Laudenslager, who I believe is Manager there, even treated me to my beloved mussels as an appetizer, and they were so tasty. Loved the garlicky tomato sauce they came in. Of course after that, plus the warm rolls, plus the cheese and crackers, left very little room in my stomach for that wonderful pasta creation. However....I got to take some home for my nightly midnight snack...I'm thrilled. This was a wonderful birthday celebration and I thank my gracious hosts for this gift. HIGHLY RECOMMEND - More

Pleasant setting with very professional staff. Dining experience was terrific. Our group was from the Marco Island Yacht Club. We stayed on our boats, but enjoyed the hospitality of the Club and local restaurants. If you belong to FCYC, make this one of your stops.

Visited with friends who are members. The interior is beautiful and the outdoor tiki bar great. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming. Food and drinks were wonderful and well prepared. Special summer membership is a great deal. No boat - no problem. Reciprocal to other... yacht clubs. More

We have frequented the VYC over the years but the food was really delightful last night. As the previous review stated the "Pasta Night" is the bomb, so if you can finagle a member to take you...be sure it's Wednesday evening!

We met friends for drinks and dinner at this beautiful facility. Incredible views wonderful drinks and great food for our group. The service was excellent and we would gladly return.

Well maintained club with beautiful sunset views over the Gulf of Mexico via the Inlet and Venice Jetty. Wonderful service and food.

Top tier atmosphere . We would dine here more often, but unclear on POLICY. What are attendance requirements. Membership? Reciprocity Etc.

Chef Josh prepared a table side dinner for 15! Upstairs in our beautiful dinning room! We were treated to the “How to!” A great evening ! Consider joining! Great food fun social events and great fuel pricing for boats!

We had our wedding reception here. They helped us along the way with every question we had. Josh, the Chef was amazing as well. He accommodated to my "food snob" husband even. :) The view we had was just gorgeous. Of course, by time we... showed up, we didn't get to see much of the view, but our friends and family did! I would highly recommend coming here. More

I really enjoy the friendly atmosphere here, and the food is very good. The service is exceptional, but then, it IS a private club. Drinks are half price until 6:00pm!

Had an opportunity to dine here. It was very nice and good food. The service was great and ambiance was outstanding.

We were there for a fund-raiser dinner for the Venice Friendship Centers and they served one of the best dinners we've ever had at a function like this. The restaurant is beautiful and looks out on the harbor. The bar couldn't be nicer with the... same view. The main course was excellent, but it's the chocolate lava cake that made the biggest hit! Seriously, think back to any big dinner you've ever attended. There were about 150 people there that night and the food came out on time, hot and was delicious! It's definitely an amazing location for an event like this! More

The dining room was busy, and a large party was being held in the upstairs room. Service was a little slow, which was unusual. However, my meal was delicious, and the atmosphere is always wonderful. the views, the boats, the bar and overall experience does... not disappoint. And it is a Yacht Club after all! More

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Venice Yacht Club is a member of the Florida Council of Yacht Clubs (FCYC).

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4425 Yacht Club Drive, Venice Florida 34293

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P.O. Box 1599, Venice, Florida 34284

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Message from the Chairperson: Updated January 2024 Dear Venice Yacht Club Members

2023 was an amazing year for the VYCCF, we are thankful for the generosity of club members, their families, and friends. With your help we donated $126,000 to 26 worthy nonprofit organizations, including two that were new to the foundation. They are Laurel Civic Association, and Adventures for All. Both organizations offer a broad range of services, helping children with challenges, and supporting families. We focus our giving in support of Children and Youth services, Mental and Physical Health, Education and Literacy, Hunger, Homelessness, Veterans, and the Environment. Our 2023 fundraising events included the Annual Bike Ride for a Better Community, Jazz Under the Stars, and a Blues Night. The 6th annual bike ride was a spectacular success, and thanks to the hard work of co-event chairs Dave Slaman and Steve Bielecki we raised over $91,000 for that event alone! Since our inception, as a donor advised fund in 2010, we have donated over $1,200,000 to more than 75 different organizations. Our mission is to “mobilize the collective goodwill of our community, to improve the lives of our neighbors, including those who are most vulnerable”. 2023 was our first full year as a 501 (C) (3) non-profit organization, I am thankful for the hard-working VYCCF board and committee members who helped bring about those substantial changes. I am also very thankful to the VYC board members and club staff for helping make everything we do so successful! Our first event in 2024 will be the VYCCF Wine Auction on January 10. This wide selection of special wine was donated by a generous member following the passing of her spouse, who was a wine collector. Then comes the 7th Annual Ride/Walk for a better Community on Sunday February 18th We look forward to seeing you there. Sincerely, Sylvia Hollister – 2024 Chair

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Together we are Charting a course for a better community

Dear Fellow Club Members: 2023 exceeded all of our expectations! Our Club’s Charitable Foundation received more than 200 donations from yacht club members, their friends and families, and we thank you all for your generosity! Your kind gifts allowed us to provide support and needed services to 26 different organizations in the Sarasota area. The 2024 grant cycle has begun, and we have already started to receive grant requests from many area nonprofits. We look forward to a successful 2024, starting with the special wine auction in January, followed by the February 18 Ride and Walk for a better community! What a great beginning to the year! This month we are highlighting NAMI, another wonderful organization VYCCF supports—with YOUR help! NAMI (The National Alliance for Mental Illness) of Sarasota and Manatee counties offers support to families and those individuals affected with mental illnesses. Millions of people are affected by mental illness and this number grows exponentially when one factors in families, friends and caregivers of those suffering. It is estimated that 1 in 5 adults experience problems with mental illness each year, with 1 in 20 having a serious mental health crisis. In the young population, it is hardly any better with 1 in 6 experiencing a mental health disorder yearly. By the age of 14, 50% of all lifetime mental illness begins and by age 24, 75% are manifesting symptoms. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for those 10-14. And the numbers within the veteran populations are staggering. NAMI was established in the late 1970s around a kitchen table in Madison, WI, and is now one of the nation’s leading voices advocating on mental health. Today, NAMI boasts 600 local Affiliates and 48 State Organizations who work in communities to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need. Here in Sarasota and Manatee Counties, NAMI helps more than 10,000 residents annually suffering from mental illness and their families. This help might take the form of support groups, finding specific resources, helping with legal and medical resources and any aspect of life which is being negatively impacted by the individual’s mental health. “Mental illness is like a cancer of the mind,” says Barbara Isaacson, VYCCF’s Ambassador to NAMI, “and I am honored to be a part of this wonderful organization.” ~ Barbara Isaacson , Venice Yacht Club’s Ambassador to NAMI

Please follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/VeniceYachctClubCharitableFoundation/ updated: December 2023 Currents

Dear Fellow Club Members: Thanks to all for your support of our Club’s Charitable Foundation by coming out to the October blues night--it was a smashing success! Mike Imbasciani and his BluezRockerz is gaining a huge following here in Southwest Florida and it’s expanding! We are grateful he carved out time for this special performance. Your support enables our Foundation to continue contributing to so many worthy groups working hard to improve the lives of our fellow citizens here in the Venice area. This month we will profile Good Samaritan’s Pharmacy & Health Services:    Known informally as Good Samaritan’s RX, this organization was founded in 2008 in nearby Nokomis. The mission: to provide free prescription medication (as well as over-the-counter meds) to uninsured area residents. Good Samaritan actually provides a full circle of care beginning with in-office medical evaluations, to on-site prescription refills. The group also helps clients apply for free long-term help to acquire brand-name medications through manufacturer-patient assistance programs. Through their partnership with Sarasota Memorial Hospital, advanced diagnostic testing is available at no charge. Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists all donate their time to this cause. They now have a volunteer physiatrist seeing patients, which has been very popular.    This is a gem in our midst--helping approximately 600 people throughout Sarasota County and is a great example of a community-based organization. ~ Cheryl Cook, VYCCF’s Ambassador to Good Samaritan’s Pharmacy and Health Services, Inc. In other Charitable Foundation news: our fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2023. We made total donations in the amount of $130,000 during 2023. We now look forward to kicking off the 2024 grant cycle. Thanks to everyone who made 2023 so successful! Hope to see you on November 2, for our donor appreciation night. Sunset room, 5.30, when we have a chance to say thank you, buy you a drink, and offer appetizers! There will also be three grant check presentations. Appreciatively, Barbi Richardson

Please follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/VeniceYachctClubCharitableFoundation/ updated: November 2023 Currents

The Venice Yacht Club and Marina sets on the shores of Roberts Bay and makes an ideal location for water lovers and boaters alike. Our private marina, in close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, is an enviable amenity. The connection to the water is a way of life for our members. We have the facilities, reciprocity and programs to accommodate your love of boating and provide plenty of opportunities for relaxation, social interaction and dining on the water.

We have 72 slips ranging from 25’ lift slips to a 120’ T-dock. We provide a safe harbor for all and a full-service Marina team that oversees your every need. With 100’ fuel dock, we provide our members access to bring friends by boat for lunch or dinner.

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The Marina maintains a fleet of 3 single Kayaks, 1 tandem kayak, and 2 Stand Up Paddleboards which members and transients can schedule and rent through our Dockmaster's office. Our new floating dock gives you the perfect access to easily launch your vessel of choice. Paddlers have seen all kinds of marine wildlife while exploring Robert's Bay and Dona Bay including Manatees, Dolphins, the occasional Turtle and even Stingrays!  Take fishing equipment with you and search for Snook or Sheepshead and relax after at the Tiki Bar.  For your safety we ask that paddlers not venture further than 1.5 miles from VYC and do not venture outside the jetty.  

The VYC Marina is a State of Florida recognized Clean Marina. This recently expanded facility has 69 member slips as well as a large T-dock to accommodate visiting FCYC boaters. Our state-of-the-art docks are complete with connections for potable water and pump out, as well as up to 100-amp electrical service. Amenities include a security system, a fire extinguishing system, and a fuel dock. Our members enjoy discounted gas and diesel fuels and full time dockmaster services. The Club’s docks are in a protected area just inside the Venice Inlet.

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VYC Clean Marina

VENICE – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), together with the Clean Boating Partnership, today recognized Venice Yacht Club as the 210th member of the Florida Clean Marina Program and the 5th in Sarasota County. The program, which recognizes marinas and boatyards for their commitment to the protection of Florida’s natural resources, now boasts 216 Clean Marinas, 31 Clean Boatyards and 10 Clean Marine Retailers statewide.

The Clean Boating Partnership is a consortium of industry leaders who contribute time and input to the Clean Marina, Clean Boatyard, Clean Marine Retailer and Clean Boater programs which DEP administers to protect Florida’s waterways. The partnership includes DEP, Marine Industries Association of Florida, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, University of Florida Sea Grant Program, United States Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary.

With more than one million registered motorized vessels in Florida, environmental education within marine industries is the first step toward safeguarding the state’s natural resources. By providing green education and alternatives the Florida Clean Marina Program helps ensure a sustainable future for the environment and a billion dollar marine industry. For more information about the Florida Clean Marina Program, visit www.dep.state.fl.us/cleanmarina.

Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection February, 2010

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