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Instructor Development Week 2025

Instructor Development Week 2025: LTD instructors gather in Grenada for a week of sailing, learning,...

Electronics for Show

Electronics for Show, Mathematics to Know explores why real offshore confidence begins with seamanship and...

Steerless Night

A Steer-less Night

A Steer-Less Night recounts a harrowing offshore passage as a Tayana 48 loses steering and...

A sailing instructor and his students

Educating, Influencing and Inspiring

Sailing instructors do more than teach—they build confidence, shape mindset, and inspire lifelong journeys on...

What’s in a Rig? Cat Rig

A cat rig sailboat has a single mast situated well forward, near the bow, which carries a large single sail and has no standing rigging.

Five classic (and affordable) fiberglass mid-sized cruising boats

There are so many cruising boats and so many opinions, however, these boats are definitely very popular for good reason and worth singling out for their virtues.

Cool Gizmos for Sailors : The Rope Shackle

The rope shackle is lightweight, flexible, and can be made any length - perfect in a pinch or situations where a hard metal shackle could do more harm than good.

Caribbean Getaway Sweepstakes: Meet the Winners!

The ASA is proud to support the efforts of Hands Across the Sea, and help Tom and Harriet Linsey in their effort to bring literacy to the Eastern Caribbean . It is a worthy cause; keep up the great work!

Hong Kong Sunseeker Regatta

We love hearing from our members and instructors when they have adventures in exotic places... such as the Hong Kong Sunseeker Regatta!

Jared Leto interviews Boyan Slat (Beyond The Horizon Web Series)

In this episode of "Beyond The Horizon" Jared Leto interviews 21-year-old Boyan Slat, an entrepreneur who is developing technologies to extract, prevent and intercept plastic pollution in the world’s oceans

Vacation Basin

We take a walk through "Vacation Basin" at the Annapolis Boat Show and talk to a few charter companies that offer plenty of options when it comes to choosing where in the world you'd like to take your sailing vacation!

Gig Harbor Boat Works

We talk to Dave Robertson, owner of Gig Harbor Boat Works, about their boats at the Annapolis Boat Show - they are all modern reproductions of traditional working boats.

The America’s Cup

We take a rare opportunity to look at the actual America's Cup and talk with Tucker Thompson, the voice of the America's Cup, about the history of the cup and upcoming races in Bermuda.

CW Hood 32

We talk to Chris Hood, founder of CW Hood Yachts, about the CW Hood 32 on display at the Annapolis Boat Show - a beautiful, comfortable day sailor with the finest pedigree.

Fun Dinghies at the Annapolis Boat Show

The Annapolis Boat Show isn't all about the big monohulls and catamarans. There are plenty of smaller boat on display.

ASA Luncheon at the US Naval Academy…

On Friday, during the Annapolis Boat Show, ASA hosted an exclusive luncheon at the US Naval Academy.

Interview with president of Beneteau America

We talked to Laurent Fabre, president of Beneteau America, about the Annapolis Boat Show, the success of the ASA First 22, and some of their new boats.

Harken and Jeanneau Debut Revolutionary Assisted Sail Trim

We catch up with David from Harken and learn more about this amazing new Assisted Sail Trim system that aims to make short handed cruising much easier.

Lincoln White, an ASA Outstanding Instructor, and the C&C 30

Lincoln White, ASA Instructor of the Year, is at the Annapolis Boat Show exhibiting the very exciting, very fast, C&C 30...

Interview with SailTime

ASA has partnered with Beneteau America and Sailtime to host First Sail Workshops. Find out more from Kristen at SailTime in our short interview...

Interview with Peter Johnstone Founder of Gunboat

Learn more about these innovative high performance carbon fiber cruising catamarans including the foiling G4 from Gunboat.

Best Boats Nominee – Corsair Pulse

We talk to Steve from Corsair about the Pulse which a SAIL Magazines Best Boats Nominee 2016.