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Category: Sailing Fun

The 2025 Lenny Shabes Sailing Festival is in the Books

If you ever wondered what a vacation looks like when sailors, sunshine, and a whole lot of rum come together—this was it. The Lenny Shabes Sailing F…
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Zeke June 27, 2025

Sink or Sail?

ASA Director of Education Jenny McCain shares her story of learning to sail in an opti at summer camp as a youth.
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American Sailing March 18, 2025

Boats, Sailing, and Good Books

One of the great pleasures in the life of a sailor is the ability to sit in a quiet cove on the deck of your boat, alone with your thoughts and a good…
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Zeke November 6, 2023

40 Sailing Phrases to Know

Sailors have a way of speaking, and the sport has its own language. Some sailing phrases are common in everyday language, while others are only really…
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American Sailing June 27, 2023
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The Ocean Race Sails Into Newport with a Warning About the Health of the Seas

The Ocean Race stopped over in Newport, Rhode Island in mid-May 2023 with a message about the health of the seas and an exciting outlook toward the fu…
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American Sailing June 8, 2023
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7 Global Sailing Races to Follow

An overview of seven of the big races, regattas, and race series that occur regularly around the world. These are iconic events, both old and new, tha…
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Zeke May 19, 2023

2023 New Year’s Resolutions for Sailors

The countdown begins to breaking your other New Year's resolutions, but these sailing promises will be kept. 2023 is the year that you will reach your…
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Zeke January 1, 2023
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The Sailing Terms You Didn’t Know That You Didn’t Know

Is sailing a foreign language to you? Sailors have a set of terms that help communicate instructions to crew and generally describe the operation of t…
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Zeke November 15, 2022
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Can Overboard! 🔉

Scenario: You crack open a cold one after a long day of sailing. Your buddy Jim finishes his first beer (rather quickly) and tosses the can overboard.…
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American Sailing September 6, 2022
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Five Sailing Superstitions to Retire and One That Should Be Kept

Sailing superstitions go back to the dawn of modern civilization - we take a look at some of them and decide whether or not there is any truth to them…
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American Sailing July 27, 2022
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Reefing is Important

We’re talking about reefing - a foreign concept for some, a tried and failed practice for others - either way it's an important skill for real sailo…
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American Sailing April 8, 2022
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10 Phrases You Never Knew Came From Sailing

Sailing was the hinge of western civilization for hundreds of years, as result sailors’ slang & terminology are rooted in the English lexicon and st…
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American Sailing February 25, 2022
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Who Do You Sail With?

ASA school Spinnaker Sailing in San Francisco shared this photo of Romain and Lucio taking ASA 101 Basic Keelboat Sailing as a father and son team. A…
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Zeke January 22, 2022
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What Is Your Favorite Boat Music?

If I want a guaranteed eye roll from my wife while sailing, I can turn the volume up on the radio and play Sammy Hagar’s “Sailing” and sing at …
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Zeke October 7, 2021
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Join Us In Celebrating Coastal Cleanup Day

In the 1980s, a small group of volunteers in Texas rallied their community together to take a day to clean up their coastal area. They organized a tea…
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American Sailing September 13, 2021
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Plastic Items You Can Stop Bringing Onboard Today

Maybe our last article about plastic in the ocean scared you a bit, but now that you know what’s going on, it’s time to get motivated. The good ne…
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Lauren April 16, 2021
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Inspiration in the Form of Images

As we all stand pat and do our part to be responsible we want to give you some inspiration.  This will pass and we will…

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Zeke March 30, 2020
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2020 New Year’s Resolutions for Sailors

Happy New Year! You know what that means, this is the year that you will be productive and resolve to do everything you have ever…

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Zeke January 1, 2020
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