Tips for Diving Into the Sailing Season
As you embark on the sailing season, it is always a good idea to be well-prepared. Here are some early-season tips to get you off to a great start wit…
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How to Graduate from Cruiser to Racer — Steps to Start Racing Sailboats 🔉
So often in the sailing world, we’re presented with a question that takes binary form — “are you a cruiser or a racer?” Sure, people tend to h…
Plastic-Free Provisioning
Over the years American Sailing has promoted our Plastic Pollution Purge campaign. We have asked our fellow sailors to “bring back more plastic than…
How To Sail a Boat
You want to learn how to sail a boat and ASA has taught over 500,000 thousand sailors how to toss the lines and set off on a sailing adventure.
Bareboat Charter Checklist
It was not that long ago that I boarded my first ever bareboat charter. The excitement with which we approached the catamaran is something I still fee…
Treat Yourself – The Sailing Stuff You Need to Start the Season
Oh lordy – the birds are chirpin’, the snow’s melted and that boat is ready to gallop around for another spring and summer (at least). Here’s …
Twelve Steps To Becoming A Sailor
While scrolling through Facebook I was introduced to the Women’s Sailing Association of Santa Monica Bay (WSA) sailing group. This post appeared and…
Should ASA Instructors (and Skippers in General) Be Good Swimmers?
Should You Know How to Swim to Learn to Sail? For sailors who grew up perpetually wet from ages 5 to 25, having fun righting capsized dinghies, less f…
Tips From The Text: The Lookout Rule
“Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper lookout by sight and hearing as well as by all means available appropriate in the prevailing…