Yacht club & boat rental · Annapolis
Day boats from $95 an hour, skippered sunset sails and a three-day sailing school, all from Pier 6 on Spa Creek.
Today
9:00
9:00
Pier 6
11:30
11:30
Thomas Point
7:42
7:42
Back by sunset
Available today
Halyard 26
Sailboat, skipper aboard
$160/hr
Osprey
Center console, 10 seats
$140/hr
4.9
Guest rating
14
Boats on Pier 6
3 days
Knot to solo
$95/hr
Day boat rental
1962
on Spa Creek
Who we are
Tiller started as six boats and a shed on Eastport Wharf. Sixty-four years on it is still run by the people who sail from it, and anyone can walk down Pier 6 and take a boat out for the afternoon.
Prices at the dock
The rate on the website is the rate you pay, fuel for two hours included.
Skippers who teach
Every skipper is also an instructor; ask them to hand you the tiller.
Open to everyone
Members get more hours; guests get the same boats and the same welcome.
The fleet
Day boats you drive yourself, center consoles for a crowd and sailboats with a skipper aboard.
Center console
Sailboat
What we offer
Drive yourself after a 20-minute briefing. Six to ten seats, fuel for two hours.
from $95 an hour
A skipper at the helm: sunset sails, island days and overnight trips.
from $65 a seat
First Sail in three days, then Skipper courses for crewing and chartering.
First Sail, $495
Sixty-two berths with power and water, and winter storage ashore.
from $2,400 a season
Before you cast off
Rules differ from state to state; we tell you exactly what to bring when we confirm.
01
Choose a boat, a date and a time. The dock office confirms within the hour.
2 minutes
02
For boats over 10 hp the club asks for a boater card; bring it with a photo ID.
At the desk
03
Twenty minutes on the boat with a skipper: controls, channel, safety kit.
20 minutes
04
Return to Pier 6 by the time on your booking; the $250 deposit comes back at the dock.
Deposit returned
The film
Filmed in a single October day: cast off at nine, lunch at Thomas Point, back on Pier 6 as the sun went down.
9:00 Cast off from Pier 6
11:30 Lunch at Thomas Point
7:42 Back by sunset
Sailing school
Day 1
Rig a dinghy, tie six knots, sail on a reach in the creek.
Day 2
Turn through the wind, read the gusts and come alongside.
Day 3
An hour on the water on your own, an instructor in the RIB.
$495 all three days, boat and kit included
Next courses
Oct 23 to 25
3 places
Nov 6 to 8
6 places
Membership
Most members take a day boat out once or twice a month. Here is what four hours on the water costs each way, at day-boat rates.
Keep your own boat here? Berth holders pay $310 a month, Skipper included.
$95 an hour, no membership
$380
a month
Any day boat
Book 7 days ahead
$45 a month, 2 hours included, then 10% off
$216
a month
Friday night racing
10% off charters
$120 a month, 8 hours included
Best value
$120
a month
Book 21 days ahead
Sailboats without a skipper
Four guest passes a year
Marina & berths
Sixty-two berths on two piers, April to October, with power and water on every one and winter storage ashore from $640.
62
berths
7
free now
38 ft
longest berth
Free this season, by boat length
Up to 24 ft
A2, B1
20 amp power, water
$2,400
a season
25 to 30 ft
A5, A7, B4
30 amp power, water
$3,100
a season
31 to 38 ft
A9, B6
50 amp power, water, pump-out
$4,250
a season
Reviews
4.9
From 860 members and guests on Google and Tripadvisor. Every guest signs the club logbook on the way back up Pier 6; these are three entries from this summer.
Sat, Aug 9
Gull · wind 10 kn SW
We had never driven a boat. Twenty minutes of briefing and we were past Thomas Point by eleven, with a picnic and the whole Bay to ourselves.
Tom R.
Day boat, half day
Fri, Aug 22
Sunset sail · flat calm
The best four hours of our summer, and the price on the website was the price at the dock. Skipper Dana knew every lighthouse by name.
Ana P.
Sunset sail for two
Sun, Sep 14
First Sail, day 3 · 14 kn
Three days ago I could not tie a bowline. This afternoon I took a dinghy round the creek on my own while my instructor waved from the RIB.
Mei L.
First Sail course
From the dock office
