Matthew Gallagher

Review of Chicago Yacht Club

The Chicago Yacht Club is a private club which hos...

The Chicago Yacht Club is a private club which hosts dozens of local, national and international sail boat races each year. It's members volunteer thousands of hours of time to support the sport of sailboat racing. It operates two facilities - the main one at Monroe Street and Lake Shore Drive which is a year-round dining facility for its members, and a seasonal sailing center at Belmont Harbor. Members of the Chicago Yacht Club race sailboats around the world.

The Chicago Yacht Club hosts as it's premier event the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac each July, where over 300 boats and 2500 sailors compete in a race to Mackinac Island, MI over three days. The Mac is widely considered one of the most prestigious sailboat races in the world.