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Boating Smarter: Why Boating Safety Education Matters

Before you untie the dock lines, make sure you're ready. Here's why boating safety education...

Best Places to Sail in the Fall

Explore unforgettable autumn sailing destinations with warm weather, fewer crowds, and incredible adventures worldwide.

Lessons Learned

A lifelong love of water grows into boating confidence, adventure, and purpose, leading to teaching...

Dolphins, Whales, and Birds, Oh My!

Close Encounters with Wildlife While Cruising Discover unforgettable stories of dolphins, whales, birds, and magical...

Roxy Darrow Has Gone Sailing

Green Boating with Sailors for the Sea

No sailor’s education is complete without an understanding of our impact on the oceans. It’s my honor to introduce you to the single best resource for ocean-friendly sailing there is: Sailors for the Sea.

Featured Instructor: Captain Anne Alberg

ASA “Rafts Up” with DAN Boater

The American Sailing Association (ASA) has teamed up with DAN Boater, the world’s premier travel safety association, as part of its ongoing commitment to enhancing boater safety. As a result of the alliance, ASA members can now purchase annual DAN Boater family memberships for $50, a 50% savings off the normal cost, and all ASA members will receive complimentary copies of DAN Boater’s digital travel health and safety guides.

Let’s GO Sailing

iNavX Partnership

The American Sailing Association (ASA), America’s sail education authority, has joined forces with iNavX, innovators of the leading marine chart plotting app, to help its more than half a million members around the world learn more about leading-edge navigation. By teaming up with iNavX, ASA is able to provide boaters everywhere with state-of-the-art electronic navigation tools to successfully enjoy their time on the water.

ASA Croatia Flotilla, Split To Dubrovnik

Beach Cleanups 101

Sailors don’t rely on robots and engines to clean up the ocean. We make the biggest collective impact by cleaning up our own communities ourselves. Here’s what you need to know to get started with beach cleanups.

Women On The Water – The Crew On The Arctic Loon

Inside Sailing – Tracy Edwards, Skipper of Maiden

We had the pleasure of interviewing ocean racer Tracy Edwards in anticipation of a fantastic new sailing documentary called Maiden that tells the story of Tracy and her all-female crew racing around the world in the Whitbread Round the World Race back in the late 80s, early 90s. It’s an action-packed film that is as much about sailing as it is about the evolution of a society’s attitudes and mores towards women.

Featured Instructor: Captain Stacey Brooks

Cruising the Hawaiian Islands

Women On The Water – The Journey of the Arctic Loon

Watch the International 12 Metre World Championship from the Megayacht Arabella

Featured Instructor: Captain Joe Mastrangelo

Lady Liberty Regatta in New York Harbor

Choosing a Charter Boat Company

Featured Instructor: Captain Joan Gilmore