• Click the button above to see the list of dates that the sailing center will be closed for events during the year

Hours of Access

  • Weekly Wednesday – Sunday
  • November 2nd, 2025 – March 7th, 2026 – 10am – 4:30pm (Last boat out by 3:30pm)
  • March 8th, 2026 – November 1st, 2026 – 10am – 5:30pm (Last boat out by 4:30pm)

Membership Rules

  • Sign in with a dockhand prior to rigging a boat
  • Guest fee – $5 guest fee per guest on boat (unless you have a family membership, then immediate family members are free)
  • While sailing monitor Ch. 16 on VHF call to be picked up on Ch. 73
  • Grounding fee (only if boat runs aground while sailing) – $100 (payable upon arrival back on the dock)
  • Lost VHF fee – cost of $130 will be charged for a lost VHF, you can also buy a new one to replace the lost one
  • Inclement Weather – Boats will not be allowed off the dock during a small craft advisory, lightning in the surrounding area or wind speed above 20 knots
  • Late pick up fee – $50 if you call after 4:30pm during standard time or 5:30pm during daylight savings time to be picked up by the dockhand on duty

To maintain the boats, please clean up any trash from the boat before leaving the dock.

Sailing Association

1. Fill out and complete the appropriate liability release form i.e. Youth or Adult.

2. Schedule a competency test by calling or emailing Kelly Arrindell, 843.216.8450 [email protected]

3. Once you pass the On The Water Competency Test, you must pay your dues on our online marketplace.

Membership Full Year /Half Year

Community- $720/ $455

CofC Faculty/ Staff/Alumni- $635/ $415

Current CofC Student- $365/ $280

Family Membership- Add $100/ Add $60 (No guest fee for family and multiple skippers may be on the account)

Monthly- $260

There is a fee of $5 per guest per sail for members that wish to bring along non-members (No guest fee for family with the Family Membership) and there is a $100.00 grounding fee. Active military and seniors (over 65) qualify for a 10% discount on all membership types; contact Kelly Arrindell for discount code before completing online checkout via marketplace. (Note, please schedule a Check Sail prior to paying for your membership.)

SKIPPER I
Allows you access to our j22 ‘Club Sails’ (3/4 size sails)
Must pass competencies test , which include demonstrating the following skills:
-Rigging a J22 (Club Sails)
-Identify proper safety equipment required for sailing.
-Points of Sail with proper sail trim
-Tacking
-How to get in and out of Irons
-Gybing (controlled)
-Heading up and falling off
-De-powering under sail.
-Identify the Channel
-Right of Way Rules
– Man-over board recovery (Preferably ‘Figure 8 Recovery‘)
-Demonstrate proper VHF use

SKIPPER II
Allows you access to our j22 ‘Full Size Sails’
Must pass competencies test , which include demonstrating the following skills:
-Rigging the Full Sails
-Depowering the boats by using the proper sail controls

SKIPPER III
Allows you access to our j22 ‘Spinnaker’
Must pass competencies test , which include demonstrating the following skills:

-Rigging the Spinnaker
-Demonstrate hoisting the Spinnaker
-Gybing the Spinnaker
-Dousing the Spinnaker
-Packing the kite

Normal Hours of Operation:
Wednesday – Sunday, 10 am – 6 pm with last boat leaving the dock by 4:30pm and arriving by 5:30pm (summer)

Wednesday – Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm with last boat leaving the dock by 3:30pm and arriving by 4:30pm (winter)

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