Featured Instructor: Captain Jennifer Wirth
Captain Jennifer Wirth of Blue Water Sailing Florida Captain Jennifer Wirth’s bio reads like an extensive sailing log but one thing that catches our…
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Women and Boat Ownership
How the Boating Industry Can Grow The Boating Industry is missing out on a massive piece of the economic pie as we speak. Is it Sexism? There has been…
Featured Instructor: Captain Laurel Seaborn
Captain Laurel Seaborn of American Sailing Academy Captain Laurel Seaborn has a sailing resume that spans from growing up on a Herreshoff-design ketch…
Sailing Gear by and for Women
Introducing Sømand, technical sailing apparel designed for women A new sailing apparel brand has arrived that aims to put women at the forefront in a…
Featured Instructor: Captain DJ McCabe
Captain DJ McCabe of U-Sail Sailing School Captain DJ McCabe is not just a sailing instructor she is a sailing school owner. Captain DJ is the owner a…
Featured Instructor: Captain Sara Burke
Captain Sara Burke of Manhattan Sailing School Captain Sara Burke is a role model. As a sailing instructor at Manhattan Sailing School, she is a champ…
Captain Stacey Brooks on Sailing and Visiting Cuba with Sea Dog Sailing
Cuba Libre As the wheels hit the runway in Havana, I gasped with the strong realization that I was finally fulfilling this lifetime dream. After all m…
Making Sailing Safer For Women
How Men Can Step Up to Create a Safer Sport for Women In my first piece, What Women Want Men To Know on Boats I wrote about gender discrimination in …
What Women Want Men to Know on Boats
When women sailors are together, the number one question they ask is, how do I get on a safe boat? Skipper Jenn answers that question.
Meet Captain Steph
Captain Stephanie Mansberger Wolters is an ASA trained instructor and USCG Licensed 50 Ton Masters Captain with Sailing and Towing Endorsements. Growing up in Morgantown,…
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…
Captain Anne Alberg: Arctic Loon Slideshow
Being on the water is in Anne Alberg’s DNA. Her great-great-grandfather Anders Persson’s boat is displayed in the harbor in Boren, Sweden. Beginning with several…
Update: The Voyage of the Arctic Loon
We have been following along with the Arctic Loon and Captain Anne Alberg as they journey from Seattle to New Zealand. Her adventures have been…
Featured Instructor: Captain Jenni Hellpap
Meet Jenni from the dock! She used to sail a little, now she sails a lot! Jenni is the perfect example of anyone who ever…
Featured Instructor: Captain Lisa Batchelor Frailey
If you need a sample of what a resume should look like you would look no further than the background of Captain Lisa Batchelor Frailey.…
Meet Some Women On The Water
The American Sailing Association has launched a new campaign designed to get more women on the water. “Women on the Water” encourages more women to…
Roxy Darrow Has Gone Sailing
“I’ve always looked out over the Pacific and wondered about our ocean neighbors, the cultures, the people, the land that share the Pacific together. What…
Featured Instructor: Captain Anne Alberg
ASA is encouraging women to get out on the water and, with that, we are highlighting the adventures of our women instructors as they lead…