A Perfect Event for St. Augustine and You
Once again the First Coast Sailing Association and its associated yacht clubs are proud to bring to St. Augustine the premiere sailing event of the spring season. It’s an eight-day celebration of all types of sailing set in America’s oldest seaport city. In 2025 we’ll continue that great combination of competition and entertainment with Spectator Events, Parties, Live Music and Awards Ceremonies. As always, St Augustine Race Week offers Challenging Offshore Yacht Racing, Exciting Inshore Yacht Racing and Inspiring Bayfront Youth Sailboat Racing for sailors from 12 – 92 arriving from up and down the Atlantic coast. Sailers will race their yachts on the Ocean in the River and on the Bay! WARM OCEAN, FRIENDLY PEOPLE, HOT COMPETITION events for Sailors, Spectators and Party People on the Water and on the Land for a full week in St Augustine, Florida. This year, Parties & Live Music Events in the SARW Events Tent are OPEN to the public. It’s the world-famous St Augustine Race Week, March 22nd – 29th 2025.
Race Week 2025 includes all the features everyone loves including the best live local bands, great food, delicious rum drinks and convivial socializing with all your sailing friends. This year’s Parties will be held in the SARW Events Tent Downtown at the St Augustine Municipal Marina
and are OPEN to the public. Private Ceremonies and Events will be held at the St Augustine Yacht Club. 2025 SARW shirts, hats, sail bags and other paraphernalia will be available for sale at each of the Awards Ceremonies. And, like our 2024 event, hundreds of spectators will see the delightful spectacle of youngsters racing right off the Bayfront in their 420’s. The 2025 SARW includes two classes of 420: 420 Main & Jib as well as C420 Trap & Spin!
Something for Every Boat. You don’t have to own an ocean-going boat to participate. Slightly smaller yachts and even trailerable sailing boats are invited to race in the popular Inshore Series in the Tolomato River just North of the Vilano Bridge. The Offshore Series is for serious racers who like lots of traditional round-the-buoys, upwind-downwind racing. The Tactical Challenge Series presents a set of coordinates to be reached by any route sailors choose.
Kids – The Best Thing About Our Regatta: In the summer of 2024 proceeds from St. Augustine Race Week enabled us to send nearly 40 underprivleged kids to various summer sailing camps around the area free of charge! That’s what we’re all about – giving less fortunate children a great summer experience and training the next generation of sailors. We’re looking forward to increasing that amount in 2025 and giving even more kids their first experience at the helm of a real sailboat. The 2025 SARW 420 Youth Sailing Regatta sails in the Matanzas Bay on its own special weekend, March 22nd & 23rd 2025.
JDM Youth Sailing Scholarship Fund
All excess funds generated by SARW sponsorships and entry fees go to support our John Daniel Meehan Youth Sailing Scholarship Program. Each summer we send kids aged 8-18 to summer sailing camps in the Northeast Florida area where they learn the basics of sailing and water safety while also having loads of fun. In the summer of 2024 proceeds from St. Augustine Race Week enabled us to send nearly 40 underprivleged kids to various summer sailing camps around the area. All at no charge!
Our partners in this program are St. Augustine Yacht Club, North Florida Cruising Club, Epping Forest Yacht Club, Florida Yacht Club, Halifax River Yacht Club, Halifax Youth Sailing, The Rudder Club of Jacksonville, Queens Harbour Yacht Club, St Augustine Sailing, St Augustine Sailing Sisters, and Smyrna Yacht Club. We look forward to another fun year in 2025.
