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Best Places to Sail in the Fall

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

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Racing Rules Applied: Why Even Experienced Sailors Still Get the Racing Rules Wrong

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

Lessons Learned

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

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It’s Not a Fashion Statement, It’s a Lifestyle

A teen survived 1+ hour alone in open water after a capsizing—because she wore her...

New Year, New Ocean

American Sailing Association in 2018: The Year in Review

Plastic-Free for the Holidays

Ports We Love: Lahaina, Maui

Sailing Challenge App “Hits the Big Screen”

The American Sailing Association (ASA), America’s premier sail education authority, announced today that its top-rated sailing app, Sailing Challenge, is now available on the large screens of laptops and desktop computers. Previously available only on the mobile platforms of iOS and Android, the best selling sailing app serves double duty as a teaching tool and an entertaining game and can now be launched on a laptop or a desktop computer.

Ocean Hope: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Cleanup Has Begun!

The Ocean Cleanup project, headed by 24-year-old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat, has spent the last 5 years designing a U-shaped floating trawl to scour the sea for floating bits of plastic. The 600-meter long floater and attached skirt are designed to work passively with natural elements like currents and wind to follow the plastic’s path and trap it. The skirt creates a downward flow where fish and other wildlife can safely pass underneath it.

Hands Across The Sea Sweepstakes Winners

Tips From The Teach: The Boom Vang

ASA Raises More Than $41k For Hands Across The Sea

What Do These Sailor Tattoos Mean Quiz

Ports We Love: Anse de Colombier, St. Barth

Ask Lauren: How Does a Hurricane Affect Water Quality?

Introducing Lauren Coiro, Marine Conservationist

5 Things to Consider When Buying Your First Sailboat

8 Things I Learned in ASA 101

Tips From The Teach

We all have questions and it seems like a boat is a perfect place to be perplexed by a lack of knowledge even if you are a salty veteran of the sea. Not to worry, our resident expert, Elbert "Ash" Ashbaugh, can help answer your questions and help you spend more time sailing and less time thinking about those pressing issues that are keeping you up at night.

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