Chicago Yacht Club was founded to encourage and promote the sport of yachting, yacht building, and to conduct sailing competitions and yachting activities. That was the intent in 1875, and it remains today.

Our membership represents a diverse grouping of professionals, business men and women, students and retirees, as different as their occupations, backgrounds or families may be, they all share one common bond…..a passion for yachting. The club’s excellent international boating reputation is a well deserved reflection and a direct result of our members’ dedication to yachting, and their formidable accomplishments in the sport.