Sailing Schools from Coast to Coast and Around the World
On this blog recently we’ve covered what sailing school is like, why you would want to take sailing lessons, and the history of ASA. Now,…
Category: Schools
What is Sailing School Like?
It’s one thing to decide you want to learn to sail. But when it comes time to actually do it, what are you getting yourself…
2011 Outstanding Schools
Black Rock Sailing School, MA Blue Moon Sailing, PR California Sailing Cooperative, CA Cape Fear Sailing Academy, NC Florida Keys Sailing Academy, FL Florida Sailing…
Voyaging with Velella: Home Is Where the Boat Is
This is the final installment in the “Voyaging with Velella” series by ASA writer-at-large Meghan Harvey. Meghan, her husband Prescott, and their cat Nessie have…
One Year After Oil Spill, Conflicting Views on the State of the Gulf
It’s been just over a year since the world watched in horror as millions of gallons of oil bloomed in the Gulf of Mexico, the…
Seminar for Cruising Couples in Miami
Single-handers and other brave (but lonely) seafarers tend to get most of the press, but let’s face it, it’s a lot more fun to sail…
Highlights from Strictly Sail Chicago 2011
They were building snow sculptures outside of Chicago’s Navy Pier last weekend, but the real action was inside where the 16th Annual Strictly Sail Chicago…
Sailing Alone Around the World
In sailing, as in other sporting arenas, we love to marvel at the abilities of the true greats, even as we recognize that you don’t…
Come Visit Us at Upcoming Boat Shows!
ASA regularly makes the rounds of the nation’s premier boat shows. Recently you may have encountered us in Annapolis or St. Petersburg, where we’ve had…
2010 Outstanding Schools
Affordable Sailing School, BVI Barnegat Bay Sailing School, NJ Black Rock Sailing School, MA Cape Fear Sailing Academy, NC East Carolina Sailing School, NC II…
Weathering Earl in the British Virgin Islands
Many of you have been lucky enough to learn to sail, cruise or charter in the British Virgin Islands. Here is an update from Pat…
103 Textbook in the Works
We are currently in the throes of designing the next new ASA textbook–an accompaniment to the ASA 103 Basic Coastal Cruising course. Last week, the…
September’s Photo of the Month
This month’s theme was “Lessons in Action.” We received all sorts of photos, from textbook man overboard drills to non-textbook lessons “from the school of…
Oil be d#$ned, sailors sail on!
Emerald Coast Yachts is located in Pensacola Florida, one of the coastal communities closest to the Gulf oil spill. But what started out as a…
Sailing Selflessly
I met Lee Winters through Twitter (@SOSChildrenUSA). He is circumnavigating solo (the old-fashioned, sane, take-your-time way)–and he’s doing it to raise awareness for the nonprofit…
Sailing Through Cancer
On a beautiful freshwater lake in Maine, James Rey has spent the summer trimming the sails of his new O’Day 25. He spends almost every…
A Global Flotilla
I wasn’t aboard for this June’s San Juan Islands flotilla, but seeing the photos folks brought home, I wish I had been! The San Juans…
Adventurous Mom “Sails Away”
I’m compelled to share this heartwarming guest post by Anne Fulton-Cavett, about her baptism by the sea with Sunshine Coast Adventures in the Florida Keys:…