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Carolina Yacht Club

32°46'452'n | 79°55'458"w, 38°58'25.8831"n | 076°29'8.325"w.

Founded in 1883, the Carolina Yacht Club is a historic sailing and social club in Charleston, South Carolina. A small group of young sailing enthusiasts established the club to share their passion for yachting and racing. After being officially incorporated in 1888, the club moved into its current waterfront location on the Cooper River in 1907.

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Located inside the Charleston City Marina, the Charleston Yacht Club offers stunning views of the Ashley River.

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• 10 - 60-inch Round Tables
• 12 - 6-foot Rectangular Banquet Tables
• 12 - High Top Cocktail Tables
• 1 - 48-inch Round Cake Table
• 125 White Padded Folding Chairs
• White Linens
• We set up and breakdown according to your specifications
• You bring in all your beverages you want to serve your guests and take all leftovers home
• No corkage fees!
• Rental is for 4 hour event plus one hour of clean up afterwards for a total of 5 hours
• Additional hours available for purchase at $500 per hour
• Additional half hours available for purchase at $300 per half hour
• Microphones and coolers available with refundable deposit
• Bartenders available upon request for a small fee

Our rates are set by the day of the week. We also offer special discount rates for active military service members. Call 843.722.4968 or email [email protected] for more information or to schedule a site visit or a virtual tour.

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• Average response time 4.8 out of 5 rating 4.8
• Professionalism 4.8 out of 5 rating 4.8
• Value 4.7 out of 5 rating 4.7
• Flexibility 4.6 out of 5 rating 4.6

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27 Lockwood Dr

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Yes, it is members only so you cannot just walk in UNLESS you were with a member as I was along with some other working folks. There are two separate buildings now, with one of them facing the harbor. The room that we were in easily accommodated the six of us. The many old and newer photos and paintings of ships, both yachts, and ocean-going boats give you a great vibe. Enough about the buildings but the food as always has never failed in the 30+ years that I have, now and again, been invited in. Today was a lighter day for me, with only a chef's salad with thick and delicious fried oysters. Others had a starter of she-crab soup, for which I kicked myself as I remember how outstanding that is, along with a side splash of sherry. Ah, well. Next time when I again return to the elegance, outstanding servers, and absolutely delicious food.

In Charleston for a groundbreaking for the new Auberge hotel being built at Kiawah River. Had a good private dinner the night before at the Yacht Club.

I have been here many many times as an invited guest. Both "Back Bar" and Main Dining. Back bar is a Charleston legend. Great lunch spread. Wonderful fellowship. Rich history. Main dining is first class club service. Great menu. Beautiful views. Lovely venue.

I have kept from reviewing since I am there all the time but their new Wednesday night meal deal is awesome. Chef Mitch has shaken things up. And kept the prices very manageable. I love the ordering system. Little card you fill out yourself which is very easy to follow. I had the Chicken sandwich with chips. Very tasty and chips came with. Ever since Chef Mitch has come to our club I love the direction it is going. Keep it up!

Cuba shirts are in. Leaving Wednesday!!!

Great venue with beautiful sunset views over the water! The new remodel is beautiful, the staff is very nice and easy to work with, and the setting is picturesque! I have been to formal dinners in the Flag room and oyster roasts on the deck with a deck bar, both are great places to gather with friends for a fun event!

What a great place to hold a wedding or a wedding reception! Officiated a wedding here on the 18th and the staff was wonderful. The set up was done quickly without complaining and basically they were invisible. The reception room was set up so we could dance. The staff made good use of the space. The only thing I could think of that was a negative was the parking situation. But they do share the lot with other groups so cant blame them for that.

ChYC has always been great. Grew up going here. Great views and great staff. Pool table is always busy so get in line! The patio is the place to be on a nice summer night. Great place to watch a sunset or watch a storm roll in down the Ashley river.

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West Coast Clubs Travel East to the New York Yacht Club Resolute Cup

A recent press release from the New York Yacht Club highlighted Bay Area racer Daniel Thielman and his crew from the Corinthian Yacht Club as a new invitee to compete in the annual New York Yacht Club Resolute Cup. This year, 28 teams have been invited to this all-amateur sailing event, including seven from the West Coast: California Yacht Club, Corinthian YC of San Francisco, Newport Harbor Yacht Club, San Diego Yacht Club, Seattle Yacht Club, St. Francis Yacht Club, and San Francisco Yacht Club.

Beyond Thielman’s active campaigning of his Melges 32 Kuai on the Bay, he’s also been active nationally, winning multiple championships in the Melges 20 class, where he’s also the defending world champion. He recently returned to the Corinthian Yacht Club of San Francisco with the IC37 National Championship title won during New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport, RI, sailed July 17–20. This September, however, will mark the first time that his club has fielded a team in the Resolute Cup, motivated by Thielman’s desire to qualify for the prestigious Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, which will next take place in September 2025.

“Members of our Corinthian Yacht Club purchased an IC37 back in 2023 to prepare for the Invitational Cup,” said Thielman. “After a year of preparation, we’ve assembled a team that is ready to make a qualifying bid.”

Thielman will be sailing with trimmers Jen Canestra and Auric Horneman, who have been his constant and trusted teammates for over 10 years of racing Melges boats together, and Nick Voss.

“We currently race in the Melges 20, Melges 14, and IC37 one-design fleets around the country, and PHRF race our Melges 32 on San Francisco Bay,” Thielman says. “We hope that adding Nick as a tactician for the Resolute Cup, with his many years of junior, college and adult team racing experience, will give us the edge we need to be competitive.”

Since 2010, the Resolute Cup has served as a Corinthian championship for US yacht clubs and the only guaranteed pathway for an American club to earn a berth in the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, Corinthian (amateur) sailing’s most prestigious international competition. The seventh edition of the biennial competition — the event was not sailed in 2020 — is scheduled for September 9 to 14 at the New York Yacht Club, Harbour Court, in Newport, RI. The 2024 Resolute Cup will utilize the Club’s fleet of Sonars, with provided sails, equalized rig tune and on-the-water umpiring ensuring sailing’s ultimate level playing field. The 2024 New York Yacht Club Regatta Association regatta calendar is supported by Helly Hansen, Hammetts Hotel, Safe Harbor Marinas and Peters & May.

While Thielman has shown remarkable ability across multiple one-design classes, the Sonar, a displacement boat with a symmetric spinnaker, is a bit of a departure from what he and his team normally sail.

“Every boat we own, and every fleet we compete in, has asymmetric kites,” he says. “We have gotten in limited practices on J/22s to prepare, but with our aggressive championship race schedule in other fleets, we are mostly going to be winging it with a symmetric kite. I would not be surprised if we have a slow start, with results that steadily improve throughout the week.”

The complete list of competing teams is here: American Yacht Club, Rye, NY; Austin (Texas) Yacht Club; Bay Waveland Yacht Club, Bay St. Louis, MS; Bayview Yacht Club, Detroit, MI.; California Yacht Club, Marina del Rey, CA; Carolina Yacht Club, Charleston, SC; Charleston Yacht Club, Charleston, SC; Chicago (IL) Yacht Club; Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; Corinthian Yacht Club of San Francisco, Tiburon, CA; Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA; Edgewater Yacht Club, Cleveland, Ohio; Fort Worth (Texas) Yacht Club; Lakewood Yacht Club, Seabrook, Texas; Larchmont (NY.) Yacht Club; Little Traverse Yacht Club, Harbor Springs, MI; Mystic River Mudheads Sailing Association, West Mystic, CT; New York (NY) Yacht Club; Newport Harbor Yacht Club, Newport Beach, CA.; Pensacola (FL) Yacht Club; San Diego (CA) Yacht Club; Seattle (WA) Yacht Club; Shelter Island Yacht Club, Shelter Island Heights, NY; Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, LA; St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, CA; Stamford (CT) Yacht Club; Storm Trysail Club (Larchmont, NY); San Francisco Yacht Club, Belvedere, CA.

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The Charleston Yacht Club was founded in 1934 to foster interest in water sports. The nine original members gathered at Adger’s Wharf, located at the foot of Tradd Street in the City of Charleston. In 1936, the Yacht Club was given land by the Halsey family. Today this location is near a tidal pool across the boulevard from the present George M. Lockwood Marina. The original building consisted of a dilapidated mule barn, but through the efforts of the members, it was made suitable for a yacht club. In 1961, the City Marina was moved to its present location, the Navy’s mine sweeper fueling facility. The Charleston Yacht Club was housed in a building on the main dock of the Marina. The membership soon outgrew the building and in 1985, construction began on the present facilities located on the City of Charleston property at the George M. Lockwood Municipal Marina.

The Club has continued to maintain its strong commitment to all boating activities. The Yacht Club has sponsored a Junior Sailing Program for 25 years and for many summers instructed over 100 young sailors, many of whom are leaders in the sailing community today. From this program emerged the Charleston Junior Yacht Club, whose membership consists of local youths active in all forms of boating. The Yacht Club sponsors many U.S. Sailing Association quarter and semifinal championship regattas and the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Associations Inshore and Offshore Championships. It has also hosted several national championships including the Mallory National Championship, Y-Flyer Nationals and Sunfish North Americans. The Charleston Yacht Club is a member of the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association and U. S. Sailing Association.