Falling in Love with Sailing, 101 Steps at a Time
As the COVID -19 restrictions have begun to slowly be lifted sailing schools have been able to start their summer sailing seasons. ASA had Caribbean…
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Sailing With Sailing Virgins
ASA Sailing School Profile: A Closer Look at ASA Sailing School, Sailing Virgins. If you spend any time in the British Virgin Islands you’ll see…
Featured School: The Maryland School of Sailing & Seamanship
Aboard S/V ENCHANTMENT Island Packet 40 enroute from Bermuda to Norfolk, VA… At precisely twelve midnight local time I shackled my safety harness onto…
Learning To Sail In New York City
Can New York City Be Your Summer Sailing Destination? When I turned my back on the Statue of Liberty, the view of New York City…
Let’s GO Sailing
You have completed your ASA 101 training and you are thinking of taking more courses, perhaps ASA 103, Basic Coastal Cruising or ASA 104, Bareboat…
Shopping for a Sailing School
Join Lauren as she continues on her journey to learn to sail. Follow her as she gets her feet wet as a beginner, gains experience,…
Tips From The Teach
We all have questions and it seems like a boat is a perfect place to be perplexed by a lack of knowledge even if you are a salty veteran of the sea. N…
ASA 101 Exam Day
Join Lauren on her adventure as she embarks on a journey to learn to sail with Santa Barbara Sailing Center. Follow her as she gets…
Sailing in the Clouds with Santa Barbara Sailing
Join Lauren on her adventure as she embarks on a journey to learn to sail with Santa Barbara Sailing. Follow her as she gets her…
She’s a Lifer
"The aspect of teaching sailing that I like best is being able to introduce students to a new outdoor activity" - Kim Walther
Sheriff of the Sea!
The best part of teaching sailing is watching the faces of students when they take the helm and see they can harness the wind and make the boat go!
Life Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone
Judy was a nervous sailor but gained enough confidence & expertise to pass on her knowledge to others who want to sail but are a bit intimidated by it…
It’s a Wonderful Life!
Jim Stewart & his wife Jane retired from the “real world” in 2001 and he started teaching sailing as a livelihood in 2004. Apparently he's quite g…
King of Sailing
In 2006 Jim King took his first ASA 101 & ASA 103 courses - he bought a boat the next weekend! Now he owns his own sailing school, North Star Sailing …
The Sailing Surgeon
John Martin is a guy who knows how to live life. A retired surgeon who has sailed around the world, Martin has over 48,000 nautical miles under his be…
Blown Away by Sailing
Drew Skelton, owner of Blown Away Sailing in Maryland, found his way into sailing through the Boy Scouts of America program and has been a waterman ev…
Sailing by the Lee
Since he was a kid, Lee Pearce has been around the water and boats, but he didn’t discover sailing until he was around 30-years old, living in Flori…
A Racing Teacher Now a Teaching Racer
Peter Branning got into sailing at a summer program in Coconut Grove, Florida in 1958 and has been an avid sailor ever since.