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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40 Sailing Terms: How to Talk Like a Sailor
In 1983, the American Sailing Association was founded by Lenny Shabes. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of sailors have become certified in the A…
Where Are We Going: Understanding Points of Sail
The direction of the wind dictates the direction a sailboat can sail. Understanding the points of sail is vital to understanding how sailors orient th…
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…
What is Seamanship?
How is seamanship defined? It is pretty much everything that happens on a vessel.
What Does That Mean on a Boat?
Confusing Boat Vocabulary Inevitably you will have a non-sailor on your boat and you’ll ask them for something or you will refer to something else a…
Sailing Terms Quiz (IV)
We know how much you like us to test your sailing knowledge so give this quiz a shot and see if you know all of these sailing terms?
Sailing Terms Quiz (III)
How about another awesome ASA quiz, where you get compliments or a wisecrack. The last two have been about terminology and we've had feedback saying t…
Sailing Terms Quiz (II)
Another quick little online sailing terms quiz from our Sailing Made Easy book.
Sailing Terms Quiz
Okay, here's a quick little quiz of sailing terms born from our Sailing Made Easy textbook.