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2024 National Women’s Sailing Association Conference will be held June 8 in New Orleans

With American Sailing as one of its valued sponsors, the 2024 National Women’s Sailing Association Conference will take place in New Orleans on June 8th. Join us for a day of workshops, including the acclaimed Take the Helm® track. Learn from experienced female instructors and captains, hone your skills, and celebrate women in sailing.

Featured School: Go Sail Flathead Lake

Go Sail Flathead Lake offers American Sailing certifications in Montana at the gateway to Glacier National Park. Students can earn ASA 101, 103, and 104 on the school's fleet of comfortable and fun monohulls ranging from 22 to 33 feet.

Featured School: Aventura Sailing Academy

Aventura Sailing Academy is located within Aventura Sailing Club in Dana Point, California. Known for its beautiful harbor and ideal sailing conditions, the club offers sailing experiences for both beginners and seasoned sailors. They have been teaching sailing since 1976 and are one of the top American Sailing schools.

Sail Catalina with Blue Pacific Yachting

American Sailing School, Blue Pacific Yachting have added new learn to sail classes to their already lengthy collection of sailing courses. Their 6 day/5 night "0 to Hero" liveaboard class is conducted on their new 2023 Excess 11 catamaran or their very popular 2019 Jeanneau 440. Students complete our ASA 101, 103, 104, and 114 classes in 6 days. The first two days are in Marina del Rey, and then on day #3, they take off for Catalina Island for the remaining 4 days.

Summer Sailstice June 24, 2023 🔉

On Saturday, June 24, 2023, American Sailing is again a Gold Level Sponsor of the 23rd annual Summer Sailstice, the biggest sail event of the year where everybody everywhere sails at the same time! Founded back in Feb 2001 by John Arndt, Publisher of Latitude 38, Summer Sailstice is the annual global celebration of sailing held on the weekend nearest

The Winners of the 2021 Hands Across The Sea Sweepstakes

Each year, Hands Across The Sea and American Sailing team up to raise money to help literacy projects in the Caribbean. To date, ASA members have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars that have supplied over half a million books to over 167,000 children in the Eastern Caribbean. American Sailing is proud to support The Hands Across The Sea Sweepstakes

American Sailing Favorite Stories of 2021

The year raced by and we barely had time to stop and take some time to reread our content. These are the top stories from our ASA content creators as well as some stories that we just loved. 2022 will bring new adventures with sailing charters around the world and expanded learning opportunities. For now, take a look at some

American Sailing in 2021: The Year in Review

2021 came and went and we have had quite the year. At the American Sailing Association, 2021 was a banner year where we worked through the barriers and obstacles of a pandemic. Our schools and affiliates found a new way to do business and relied on the sailing lifestyle to drive the narrative of their year. Sailing is stronger than

4 Reasons Why You Should Be A Member of American Sailing

The American Sailing Association is the largest sailing education organization in the world. Sure, there are over 400 schools and 7000+ instructors. Yes, ASA is part of a community of sailors who are advocates for the health of our world’s oceans. Over 500,000 people have learned to sail with ASA, but why should YOU be a member? Four Reasons Why

ASA Remembers Laser Designer Bruce Kirby

Following in the wake of the death of Frank Butler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Catalina Yachts, in Nov 2020 at age 92, boat designer and three-time Olympian Bruce Kirby, best known globally as the designer of the Laser 14 Olympic sailing dinghy, passed away at his home in Connecticut on 19 Jul 2021, also at age 92. In

When it Comes to Your Sailing Education, You’re the Boss!

One of the most important parts of beginning your sailing education is finding the right sailing school. Every individual has different strengths, weaknesses, needs, and ideal learning methods. Likewise, every sailing school has different instructors, courses, boats, and teaching methods. Even a school’s location can affect your sailing education. For example, learning to sail in San Francisco Bay’s heavy winds

ASA launches new Digital Membership Card

As the world becomes increasingly accessible via our hand held devices, ASA has moved to give its members access to their certification information via a Digital Membership Card.

Spring Safety

As the days get longer and the weather gets nicer, droves of new boaters are flocking to local chandleries to obtain the “required safety essentials” for boating. Many boat stores have handy visual charts showing the minimum legally required safety equipment based on your vessel’s length. However, the Coast Guard’s legal minimum is just that–a minimum–and should be regarded as

Diversity in Sailing

The American Sailing Association is helping college sailing organization TIDE: The Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity task force, deliver a message on their campaign to increase diversity in sailing.

Sailing Destination: Italy’s Amalfi Coast

It’s a hard job, but somebody’s got to do it. I’ve just returned from a week of cruising on the Amalfi Coast, a region of southern Italy known for its stunning views of the Tyrrhenian Sea, delicious seafood and the local speciality liquer–Limoncello. Though my trip was in late March, the tourist (and sailing) season doesn’t really get cranked up

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 sailing. Now we go to the truly scary part: Harassment and Assault. As I discussed before, sexism and assault are ultimately issues that society needs to correct. Most men I

ASA Remembers Catalina Yachts Found Frank Butler

The sailing world has lost an icon. Frank Willis Butler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Catalina Yachts, passed away on 15 Nov 2020 at age 92 in Westlake Village, CA. Frank founded Catalina Yachts in North Hollywood, CA, in 1969. Now headquartered in Largo, FL, but with offices still in Woodland Hills, CA, Catalina Yachts has grown to become

Time For The America’s Cup