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7 Lessons Experienced Sailors Learn the Hard Way

7 Cruising Lessons Experienced Sailors Learn the Hard Way shares practical wisdom for safer, smarter,...

SAILBOAT HEELED OVER IN THE WIND

What Type of Sailor Are You?

Are you a cruiser, a racer, an adventurer, or a liveaboard? Sailing has room for...

American Sailing Names David Taylor Chief Executive Officer

A thirty-year business builder and ASA-certified sailor takes the helm of the world’s most respected...

fenders hanging over the side of a sailboat

Stow Your Fenders!

Your fenders did their job. Let them rest. Forgetting to stow your fenders while underway...

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.

The Schooner “Woodwind”

We catch up with Jen, Captain of the schooner "Woodwind", who is in charge of taking people out sailing on the Chesapeake during the Annapolis Boat Show

Welcome To The Annapolis Boat Show

Meet Captain Bob Solliday, your host for the Annapolis Boat Show... watch ASAs LIVE coverage...

Live from the Annapolis Boat Show

The American Sailing Association will be big-and-bold and live-and-direct at this year’s Annapolis Boat Show.

Win a Beneteau ASA First 22!

The United States Sailboat Show and Beneteau have teamed up to give away a brand new Beneteau ASA First 22 Sailboat!

What’s in a Rig? The Gaff Rig

A gaff rig employs a spar on the top of the sail and typically other sails can be set in conjunction with that mainsail with the gaff.

SailTime Group signs deal with Boatbound

SailTime announced an industry-first partnership with the nation’s fastest growing peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace, Boatbound.

ASA’s New Horizons – Sailing in the Rocky Mountains

We asked Shannon Jakoby, the Marina Manager for Dillon Marina’s Sailing School in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, what it’s like to sail in the Rockies?

American Sailing Journal – Summer 2015

Download the Summer Edition of the American Sailing Journal for great tips and stories from the world of sailing.

Catamaran Design Competition

Help us design a new and exciting special edition of Hobie’s successful WAVE catamaran to get people excited in learning to sail...

Cookin’ on the Boat!

Looking for some new recipes that you can actually make in your boat’s galley? Good food, but not gourmet?

Presidents and the Impossible Dream

Shake-A-Leg is currently working with the Impossible Dream organization that is built around a custom made 60' catamaran designed for disabled sailors.

Picking Up Trash Makes You a Better Sailor!

Here at the American Sailing Association, the waters of our earth are obviously on the top of our priority list and we want to do our part to make things a little bit better.

We Like The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race!

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a bi-annual adventure where ordinary people with little/no “sailing resumes” vie for a spot on a boat that will race around the globe...