Chicago’s Premier
Yacht Yard and Marina!
- 24-HOUR ACCESS TO YOUR BOAT
- AMPLE WORK SPACE BETWEEN BOATS
- CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSION
Two miles south of downtown Chicago, on the Chicago River, Canal Street Marina & Yacht Yard is a full service facility offering indoor and outdoor storage, summer dockage and a wide range of services. Canal Street Marina & Yacht Yard is quickly and safely accessed via a protected four-mile river passage through scenic downtown Chicago – a landmark tour punctuated by history and renowned architecture.
Minutes from Interstates 94 and 55, Canal Street Marina & Yacht Yard is within walking distance of China Town to the south and the Pilsen community/Chicago Arts District to the west, for a wide variety of nearby shopping and dining.
Customer Reviews
I run a sailing school and have several boats at this marina. I have kept my boats at many marina’s throughout Chicago and by far this one is the best, friendly, efficient. It would be nice to have a ship’s store but other than that, it has everything a sailor could want.
LOVE this place. Don’t let the outward appearance fool you. This is where sailboats want to be.
I’ve stored mast up and mast down at this yard for several years. It is exactly what I wanted in a yard. Close to the Loop, closer than that other place down the river (where I stayed one year and absolutely hated). The guys at Canal St. are great and Eric is fantastic and very reliable. You can bring any mechanic or other trades person to work on your boat (unlike some other yards) but they have good painters and mechanics. You have 24/7 access (unlike some other yards). I’ve never heard of any problems with security and I sleep easy knowing it’s in a good safe spot.
Oh, and the trip up the river… Honestly, the bridge raising trip to the lake is making you reconsider??? Seriously?? You’re a Chicagoan damnit (or at least a midwesterner), act like one. That journey is one of the most quintessentially Chicago outings you can ever have. Learn to make a party of it… an event… an experience. You’ll look forward to them after the first one is under your belt. Sure beats the hell out of sailing down to the south side for storage.
Great people here. Eric, Jackie and the whole crew. I could not ask for a better yard. They were even able to store my boat inside as well.
I could not be happier with this operation.
Mark, Eric and Jackie are great.
The key in choosing a boatyard comes down to two things:
1. Do the people handling your boat know what they are doing?
2. Do you like the people who work there and do they treat you fairly?
At Canal Street the answer to both is a strong yes…
Price, location, amenities, etc… that’s all important, but relatively easy to deduce on your own. The key question is what happens once you are in a boatyard. I’ve looked into a lot of boatyards and I like what I have found at Canal.
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312.225.1400
