SailTime Group signs deal with Boatbound
SailTime announced an industry-first partnership with the nation’s fastest growing peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace, Boatbound.
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ASA’s New Horizons – Sailing in the Rocky Mountains
We asked Shannon Jakoby, the Marina Manager for Dillon Marina’s Sailing School in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, what it’s like to sail in the R…
American Sailing Journal – Summer 2015
Download the Summer Edition of the American Sailing Journal for great tips and stories from the world of sailing.
Catamaran Design Competition
Help us design a new and exciting special edition of Hobie’s successful WAVE catamaran to get people excited in learning to sail...
Cookin’ on the Boat!
Looking for some new recipes that you can actually make in your boat’s galley? Good food, but not gourmet?
Presidents and the Impossible Dream
Shake-A-Leg is currently working with the Impossible Dream organization that is built around a custom made 60' catamaran designed for disabled sailors…
Picking Up Trash Makes You a Better Sailor!
Here at the American Sailing Association, the waters of our earth are obviously on the top of our priority list and we want to do our part to make thi…
We Like The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race!
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a bi-annual adventure where ordinary people with little/no “sailing resumes” vie for a spot on a boat th…
Ready to charter? Take our charter quiz and find out!
Here’s a charter quiz created from ASA’s Bareboat Cruising Made Easy text book to see if you are close to being ready for a charter experience.
12 Things To Pack On Your Next Charter / Flotilla
Packing light is the key to enjoying your sailing vacation. Most people end up wearing only half of the clothes they bring! Here are 12 things you sho…
ASA’s Top 6 Female Sailors
Sailing is mostly a male dominated arena but that doesn’t mean there aren’t amazing female sailors. More and more we’re seeing women sailors who…
What’s in a Rig? The Yawl
Like, the ketch a yawl is equipped with two masts, a main and a mizzen, but ordinarily on a yawl, the mast is smaller and set behind the rudder post. …
A Sailing Diamond
Bob Diamond has been teaching beginning-sailors the ropes for a good long time and has been an instructor at Spinnaker Sailing in Redwood City, Califo…
ASA was in San Francisco for the conclusion of the Mega Expedition…
ASA was in San Francisco for the conclusion of the Mega Expedition... watch the video and find out how The Ocean Cleanup hope to fix the plastic pollu…
ASA’s New Horizons – Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan
We asked Rod Call from Great Lakes Sailing Company in Michigan about sailing in the gorgeous waters of the north.
Become A Sailing Instructor this Fall
Are you a sailor that feels the need to share your knowledge & love of sailing with others? Take the challenge and attend an ASA Instructor Qualif…
ASAs Exclusive Report from the Pacific Garbage Patch
ASA interviews Stella Diamant, The Mega Expedition Coordinator, via satellite phone from the middle of the Pacific Garbage Patch!
Stella Diamant, Mega Expedition Coordinator
Stella Diamant works for The Ocean Cleanup. She is currently in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch sailing on a Gunboat 66 called Extreme H…