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Clearwater Community Sailing Center

Clearwater Community Sailing Center

Clearwater Beach, FL
4.5 out of 5 rating, 24 reviews
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    Casey I. Sent on 04/13/2022
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    Great Experience

    They made everything easy! Everything was great and communication was easy.
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    Jonna Sent on 09/01/2018
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    The venue was great and the venue event coordinator was very responsive and kind. We utilized an outside vendor for the chairs and pipe/drape transformed the venue.
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    Lucy Sent on 11/11/2014
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    This was the perfect venue for my wedding everybody had a wonderful time. It was beautiful.
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    Alisha Sent on 03/24/2014
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    Beautiful place and has amazing view of the ocean in a 360 view. Got amazing compliments about the venue :-)
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    Amayvis Sent on 03/05/2014
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    Originally we planned a beach wedding, but it was supposed to rain. The Clearwater Community Sailing Center worked with us on very short notice and was very affordable. We only had our ceremony there, but it was perfect and the view was amazing!! We had the ceremony in the Veranda area so we got to enjoy the view of the bay and get all the beach pics we wanted without worrying about the rain!
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    Shauna Sent on 11/26/2013
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    We had our wedding ceremony and reception at the Clearwater Community Sailing Center. The staff was very helpful and the space was just perfect for our event. We were able to enjoy the nice weather without having to worry about rain! We had a great time and would definitely recommend this venue to other couples!
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    Lauren Sent on 11/17/2013
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    This venue is perfect for smaller weddings. We had about 75 guests and we all had plenty of room to dance and enjoy the incredible views this place offers. We got married on the deck, had dinner in the interior room and then danced on the deck which had been cleared of the chairs.
    They recently made some upgrades which we found helpful (added blinds) and all of the employees were very friendly and helpful!
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    Ashley Sent on 11/12/2013
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    I loved having our wedding here! Not only was it very affordable, it was beautiful as well! The pictures on their website just don't do it enough justice! I suggest visiting in person to see just how big and beautiful the space is! Everyone there was so friendly, and did all that they could to help. They also provide tables and chairs, which makes things a whole lot easier!
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    Cayla Sent on 05/11/2011
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    This place was aweasome, My dream to life in this place, I always wanted to get married on the beach. I got married on sand key beach. This place does not serve as a place for weddings, so it is very affordable. The people are great to work with, from my thousand phone calls, you can bring in your own liquor and I absolutely agree, it looks amazing at night with uplighting on the column, our dj had uplighting and threw in extra upligthting, def recommended DJ on the move! Great place to even have a different themed wedding the veranda is breath taking with no decorations!
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    Krystal Sent on 02/27/2011
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    We couldn't have picked a better place! We had the ceremony on Sand Key Beach and the reception here at the Sailing Center. It was very affordable and they were very flexible! They let us in early to decorate since there wasn't another event, and they allow outside catering/alcohol. The venue is pretty much a blank slate which is perfect for those diy brides. It was a great size for our 100 guests and we had a great time. There is an inside room which we used for eating and the outside deck was for dancing. I recommend renting some uplighting but everything else is awesome! The staff was super nice too.
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    Cynthia Sent on 05/19/2010
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    was awesome and very relaible. was able to work around my shedule. they had reasonable prices and knows what they are doing. i would recomend their service to anyone that is getting married or just looking for a place to have a business party to be done. they are just wonderful to work with!! the view is beautiful overlooking the gulf and it was very easy to setup and the tables and chairs where placed the way we had asked for our wedding after the ceremony was held at sand key park.
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    When my family got there to setup everything was the way promised. Beautiful place & great employees
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    Danielle Sent on 04/21/2009
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    I had my reception here. We all came over from across the street (Sand Key Beach) after we finished the ceremony. It was a great site for a smaller reception. There was a dance floor and an outdoor balcony overlooking the Gulf. It was beautiful! I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to have a smaller beach wedding. The cost was very reasonable, as well!
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    Grace Sent on 07/27/2010
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    The Clearwater Community Sailing Center has a dreamy view of the harbor, making it an exceptional place for a reception or ceremony! We chose to book it for our reception alone, and since our wedding was in the morning, there was so much natural light in the upstairs room and on the veranda! It looked like million bucks. The inside of the room isn't impressive upon first viewing, but trust me, you can decorate the heck out of the room and it will transform it into something quite beautiful! They were very flexible with us when we decorated or asked their assistance- they even agreed to let us come in the night before to decorate since the wedding was so early the next day! Another great thing about the location is that it's just down the road from Island Estates Publix, where we got our cake AND food from! Right across from the beach for those gorgeous photo ops as well!! It wasn't very expensive as reception venues go, but it was a wonderful reception because of the gorgeous location!
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    Lisa Sent on 01/31/2019
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    Beautiful Reception Space

    We were very pleased by our experience working with the Clearwater Community Sailing Center. The space was beautiful, the set-up was exactly what we asked for, and I especially appreciated Erin's flexibility with the timing for deliveries and pick-ups of the items we ordered for the space.
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    Meg Sent on 03/20/2018
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    This is a hidden gem in the Tampa Bay area. When I was looking for affordable, waterfront venues, the Clearwater Sailing Center rarely came up in my searches. I honestly can't even remember how I stumbled across it, but I'm so glad I did. Events are held upstairs in an open room with beautiful hardwood floors and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the intracoastal. The windows can be covered in the case of cold or rain and there is also another indoor room for additional space.

    The Sailing Center is in a fantastic location: we had our wedding guests stay at the Marriott Suites on Sand Key, which is within walking distance. We held the ceremony across the street at Sand Key Beach Park. The walk between the Center and beach is a bit far, so we rented the Jolley Trolley to transport guests.

    The staff at the Clearwater Sailing Center were very easy to work with and quite helpful, especially considering this is an added job responsibility to their day-to-day of running the sailing center programs.

    My only nit-picky thing is that the bathrooms aren't anything fancy (it's a community sailing center, after all), but it was a small trade-off for the overall value, location, and blank slate that the Clearwater Sailing Center provided.

    If you're looking for an affordable venue in a great location that provides a blank slate for your creative vision, this is the one to pick!
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    Rachel B. Sent on 05/14/2012
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    The Clearwater Sailing Center is a budget friendly venue!! Tables and chairs are included in your rental fee and the staff there sets them up according to you specifications. This was the perfect place for our casual nautical themed wedding and reception!
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    We had a sunset ceremony at Sand Key Park then an evening cocktail hour with music on the outside Verandah and then dinner and dancing inside in the Carlise Room. The view over the water is beautiful. We had a weekday wedding which made the venue very affordable, however be prepared to decorate (a lot). The Carlise room itself is very plain and unremarkable without the water view that you would have during the day. Uplighting or other outside vendor lighting is a necessity as the lights are bright florescents with no ability to dim them.

    The staff was great. I arrived at the venue after they had the tables and dance floor set up and wanted changes made at the last minute. They were very good about making the changes and they let the person setting up the cake in early to set up the cake. We prepared our own food for the cocktail hour and were able to bring in our own alcohol and then just hired a bartender and additional staff from the company that catered the dinner to assist which was great. I would absolutely recommend this venue.
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    Nicky Sent on 03/16/2010
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    Beautiful site for a reception if you enjoy being on the water.
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    Russell Sent on 12/11/2012
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    The Sailing Center is a perfect location,especially since we were married on Sand Key Beach. The place could use a good cleaning and some upkeep. Some of the clear curtains that we had to pull down(windy) didn't come down completely causing a draft. The price was good but they could use a higher level of service by having a mini-coordinator to call and help.
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    I had my wedding reception there and it was perfect. It was windy so we had to put the shades down but it still turned out great! It did take a few days to get emails back from them, I ended up calling them instead.
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    Maya Sent on 10/15/2012
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    Pluses and minuses with this venue. Our wedding was absolutely beautiful and the venue looked amazing. My comments are directed at the staff for this venue. They are nice but not the most responsive and communicative and didn't really proactively volunteer information. We were coordinating this wedding from afar so this impacted us more than others maybe.

    So, here is the balance. We saved quite a bit of money by holding at the Sailing Center BUT we spent some of that savings on a day of coordinator. This is a must with this venue. It is absolutely gorgeous BUT please get a coordinator and/or you must be hands on and involved. At the end of the day, we loved it and our wedding reception rocked!
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    I picked the Clearwater Community Sailing Center as my reception venue due to the fact for the value and excellent location. However this venue turned out to be a complete nightmare. Staff is not friendly and lack communication skills. This venue made planning my wedding way more difficult then it should have been. Save yourself the trouble and pay a little bit extra to go elsewhere.
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    The people at the Clearwater Sailing Center are absolutely awful.

    We booked them for our rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding. We were required to book 6 hours for our event at a minimum with a steep price of ~$1500. We were forced to purchase extra hours at ~$225/hr. for setup time.

    Our event was scheduled from 5-11pm and tables were setup at 10am, however we were not allowed in the venue to setup table clothes and center pieces without purchasing extra hours even though there was no prior event.

    Once the event started, the A/C was not functioning properly. (Florida in July). When this was brought to the attention of the Center people their attitude was that it was not their problem. Upon further inspection they realized only 1 of the 4 units were working. Still they did not think it was appropriate to fix and blamed our party for breaking it.

    I was also told that I was too young to be talking to older people and expressing my displeasure with A/C not working (29 y/o male). They offered no assistance and no reparation for their facility not working along with an attitude of it's not their responsibility.
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