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Mastering The Swell Bridle: One Of The Best Kept Secrets For A Rolly Anchorage

Learn how to tackle the challenge of rolly anchorages with this comprehensive guide. Understand the causes, employ a swell bridle effectively, and ensure a peaceful night's rest aboard your vessel amidst unpredictable seas.

Navigating Your First Charter: Essential Tips from ASA 104 Bareboat Cruising Course

When you complete ASA 104 Bareboat Cruising course, you will possess a wealth of knowledge about sailing, and you will have amassed a good deal of experience. Along with your ASA certification, you will be welcomed as a member of any crew, and you will feel more comfortable any time you are on a sailboat — or any boat.

Sailing Cyprus with Bluewave Tashoots

Sailing in the Mediterranean is a natural progression for many sailors who charter in the Caribbean. The exotic location rich with sun and culture makes the “the Med” a popular destination among sailors and travelers alike. In addition, Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean are alive with attractions to make any sailor salivate at the thought of visiting for a weeklong

Member Event: American Sailing Croatia Charter

Join American Sailing in Croatia as we explore the country in a multi-day sail filled with rich culture, delicious wine, and picturesque ports.

Five Essential Bareboat Charter Skills

Here are 5 essential skills to master before you leave the dock for your first bareboat charter sailing vacation.

Stuff Your Stocking With A Sailing Vacation

I am wearing a sweater indoors, and I have wool socks on. I live in California and I cannot imagine what anyone in the northeast does during the winter. I can still sail if I choose to, and even with my options open, I need a sailing vacation! So, this year I will treat my family to a stocking full

Places to See, Things To Do and the Beach Bars That Must Be Visited in the BVI

The British Virgin Islands are a famously popular spot for bareboat charters in the Caribbean. In fact, more ASA students choose the BVI as their destination of choice than any other charter destination. After you have obtained your ASA 104 certification and you want to head to the British Virgin Islands for a bareboat charter, how are you going to

Seven Destinations For Your Charter Sailing Vacation

So you are thinking about a bareboat charter vacation. Maybe you are thinking about a crewed charter sailing vacation. Either way, you probably are thinking about the British Virgin Islands as we find that an overwhelming majority of ASA graduates list the BVI as their charter destination of choice. However, let’s look past the BVI as a destination and focus

Getting Ready for ASA 104

Captain Cam Seamus from Harbor Sailboats in San Diego California shared a few tips about the journey to taking ASA 104 Bareboat Cruising Made Easy and eventually going on your first Bareboat Charter Sailing Vacation. So, you’ve realized that it’s time to pursue your dream to bareboat charter – chartering boats without a licensed captain. Fortunately, the American Sailing Association

Preparing For Your First Sailing Vacation Charter

The idea of chartering a boat for a sailing vacation is on your mind so why not just take the plunge and plan that trip? Well, you have a few questions, right? We have compiled some resources to help you make the decision to charter a boat for a sailing vacation much easier. Take a look, take a class, plan

What Is Your Role on a Boat?

Your ASA sailing education will prepare you to be a skipper on a sailing vessel and with that comes the responsibility of keeping your crew safe and ensuring the safety of the vessel you are sailing. You will also have a crew and responsibilities are spread among those on the boat with you. What type of sailor are you and

Where Are We Sailing Today?

The goal at American Sailing has always been and will continue to be, to educate and prepare sailors to learn to sail confidently and safely. Our primary purpose is to promote the sailing lifestyle. Through that, we encourage our sailors to get out and utilize their sailing education by sailing. Our American Sailing Member Events are designed to get sailors

BVI’s Legendary North Sound Rises Again

By Bob Curley Writer, Editor and Sailor, Bob Curley, is a Rhode Island Expert who contributes to American Sailing on sailing New England and the Caribbean. When Hurricane Irma scored a direct hit on the British Virgin Islands in September 2017, it’s no exaggeration to say that the results were apocalyptic. Making landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, the eye

Where and How To Bareboat Charter

We dropped anchor in about 30 feet of water beside an island that had the ruins of an old prison. Some kids were climbing to the top of an outcrop and leaping into the clear water. I couldn’t see where they came from as we were the only boat in sight and the island is too small for any residences.

Visiting Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Cuttyhunk on the ASA Grand Tour of New England

Writer, Editor and Sailor, Bob Curley, is a Rhode Island Expert who contributes to American Sailing on sailing New England and the Caribbean. The ASA Grand Tour of New England aboard the sailing yacht Arabella is highlighted by stops at three of the historic jewels of the Massachusetts coastal waters: Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Cuttyhunk Island. The first two are

Beyond Newport; Sailing and Sightseeing in Rhode Island

Writer, Editor and Sailor, Bob Curley, is a Rhode Island Expert who contributes to American Sailing on sailing New England and the Caribbean. Newport is a not just a fantastic home port for your at-sea adventure aboard the sailing yacht Arabella: it’s also perfectly positioned for exploring the rest of the Ocean State. Located on the southern tip of Aquidneck

Planning a Sailing Vacation: Differences between a Bareboat Charter, Captained Charter, and Flotilla

There comes a moment when you are sprawled out on a beautiful beach and you look out at the ocean and see a sailboat and you wish you had opted for some time on the water. That doesn’t happen to you? Ok, we’re actually talking to those of you who see the sailboat and want to go sailing. Why not

5 Things You Should Know About Sailing Vacations

Considering a sailing vacation is often just a far off fantasy for plenty but once you obtain the confidence through your sailing education it feels like a charter boat is that much closer to becoming a reality. Have you obtained ASA 101, ASA 103, and ASA 104? Are you confident in your ability to head out and bareboat charter?