7 Tips For The Beginning Sailor
There are the obvious things you need when you go sailing, sunscreen, a hat, a windbreaker, non-skid shoes, and wind. However, what do you really need…
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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…
Your First Charter Sailing Vacation
Planning your first Sailing charter vacation can be as easy as asking; Where do you want to sail? Who is going to sail with you? How much do you want …
The Ocean Quiz
Do we really know how much plastic is on our ocean? We love to sail but do we know enough about what is beneath the surface of the water that we enjoy…
Six Beach Bars You Should Visit While Cruising The Caribbean
Once the anchor is set and the boat is secure there is nothing like the sound of the dinghy getting prepared for the quick trip to the beach bar. You …
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…
Featured Instructor: Captain Paul Barnett
Perry Yacht Club Captain Paul Barnett is This Month’s Featured Instructor ASA instructor, Paul Barnett, teaches on Perry Lake in Kansas. His paramou…
Featured Instructor: Captain James Marvin
Captain Jim Marvin has been teaching in Florida for over 20 years and currently leads classes with Sailing Florida in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Featured Instructor: Captain Rick Johnson
Sailing Florida is located in St. Petersburg Florida and offers sailing instruction as well as sailing charter options. Captain Rick Johnson explain…
Featured Instructor: Captain Bob Diamond
One of the leading sailing instructors in the ASA organization, Captain Bob Diamond leads sailing trips around the world.
Featured Instructor: Captain Marc Gonsalves
Cruise Abacos Captain Marc Gonsalves is This Month’s Featured Instructor Growing up in the windward Islands didn’t just prepare Captain Mark Gonsalves of Cruise Abaco…
Featured Instructor: Tibor Van den Wildenbergh
Tibor learned to sail through the Victoria Sailing School, from its founder, Jim Cook. Since then he has been sailing and racing extensively. You can…
Featured Instructor: Captain Brenton Lockridge
Brenton Lockridge went to sailing camp at age seven. At age sixteen he was teaching sailing in Westport, CT. At 19, he was delivering boats…
Featured Instructor: Captain Kira Maixner
Captain Kira currently teaches at Modern Sailing in Sausalito where the San Francisco Bay is her playground. She has been heavily involved in building a…
ASA “Rafts Up” with DAN Boater
The American Sailing Association (ASA) has teamed up with DAN Boater, the world’s premier travel safety association, as part of its ongoing commitme…
iNavX Partnership
The American Sailing Association (ASA), America’s sail education authority, has joined forces with iNavX, innovators of the leading marine chart plo…
Introducing 5 Gyres: Sailor Scientists Fighting Plastic Pollution
Sailors in every corner of the world are taking the ocean’s plastic problem into their own hands, or rather, into their own nets. Balloons, bags,…
Dressed to Not Kill
Do you think there are enough apparel companies out there, that care about the ocean, to enable us to dress a person entirely in clothing made from re…