11 Tips For Bareboat Cruising
Night sailing is a bit of a different animal so we’ve cobbled together seven tips to keep in mind as you sail off into the wild black yonder.
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…
The Process of Buying Sails, and How to Protect Your Investment
Buying New Sails For Your Sailboat While there are plenty of types of sails out there ranging from golliwompers, fishermen, and in the old days, bloop…
Danger Areas on a Boat
When you take ASA 101 Basic Keelboat Sailing, your instructor will reinforce many safety lessons in the curriculum. You will become so well versed in …
7 Spots To See With Cruise Abaco
If you are looking for the ideal beach getaway with a combination of sailing and sightseeing, Abaco might be what you are looking for. ASA school Cru…
7 Exotic Locations To Learn To Sail
It would seem that a sailor is always seeking the exotic in an adventure. While sailing can be the entire focus of a vacation, often learning to sail …
Featured Instructor: Captain Genevieve Evans
Captain Genevieve Evans is the owner of two sailings schools Go Sail Flathead Lake in Montana and Go Sail Virgin Islands in the US Virgin Islands. She…
The Winners of the 2021 Hands Across The Sea Sweepstakes
Each year, Hands Across The Sea and American Sailing team up to raise money to help literacy projects in the Caribbean. To date, ASA members have rais…
Sailing Schools in the British Virgin Islands
Learn to Sail in the British Virgin Islands You’ll leap off the bow and feel the warm water. It is not as refreshing as you would like because the w…
American Sailing Favorite Stories of 2021
The year raced by and we barely had time to stop and take some time to reread our content. These are the top stories from our ASA content creators as…
Bareboat Charter: St. Martin Itinerary Tips
St. Martin, Anguilla and St. Barth Sailors have long been known to frequent St. Martin for the endless beaches and combination of French and Dutch cul…
American Sailing in 2021: The Year in Review
2021 came and went and we have had quite the year. At the American Sailing Association, 2021 was a banner year where we worked through the barriers an…
4 Reasons Why You Should Be A Member of American Sailing
The American Sailing Association is the largest sailing education organization in the world. Sure, there are over 400 schools and 7000+ instructors. Y…
ASA 106 Advanced Coastal Cruising: What You’ll Learn
The concept of sailing is widely known and understood. In simplest forms, it is wind in a sail and a boat moving through the water. The art of cruisi…
Sailing Inspiration: Puget Sound Sailing Institute
ASA Kudos to Mike Rice of Puget Sound Sailing Institute New ASA sailor Angela Baune has spent most of her 57 years in landlocked cities, and in 2017 s…
The Solo Sailing Vacation
Let me quickly explain, this is not about sailing single-handed across a large body of water. This is about venturing out alone and sailing with new p…
What Type of Boat Is This Quiz
We hear it all the time, “that’s a beautiful boat” but what do they really mean? Does anyone even know that all sailboats are not equal? Take th…
Featured Instructor: Captain Bill Moreland
Captain Bill Moreland at Modern Sailing School is This Month’s Featured Instructor Captain Bill Moreland at Modern Sailing School is a 40 year veter…