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The Art of Teaching on the Water

Jenny Wight shares modern teaching strategies to help sailing instructors build confident, capable sailors on...

Lessons Learned

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

How to Watch the 38th America’s Cup

America’s Cup: Watch the world’s fastest sailors battle in Naples as foiling yachts push sailing...

The Future of Sailing

The Next Generation at the Helm explores youth sailing certifications, safety, and inspiring the future...

Stella Diamant, Mega Expedition Coordinator

Stella Diamant works for The Ocean Cleanup. She is currently in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch sailing on a Gunboat 66 called Extreme H2O collecting plastic pollution samples as part of the Mega Expedition that she helped put together.

ASA Quiz – Sailing Around the Plastic Pollution Issue

As sailors, we believe the oceans need help and protection. Take our quiz and learn more about oceanic plastic pollution and what ASA and The Ocean Cleanup are doing to help!

ASA Coverage of the Departure of the Mega Expedition

From the shores of Hawaii, and the shores of the mainland the Mega Expedition has begun... watch the video...

Summer School for Sailing Instructors

Sometimes Summer School can be fun, especially for those sailing instructors who attended an ASA Instructor Qualification Clinic (IQC) at R&R Charters and Sail School.

The Boat My Father Built

"The Boat My Father Built", a poem about sailing by Patrick Bushby

The ASA “Grand Tour” on Arabella

Photos of ASA members onboard "Arabella" sailing a "Grand Tour" around Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket as well as the beautiful port of Cuttyhunk.

From Alcatraz a Sailor is Born

While waiting for the ferry to Alcatraz in San Fransisco Chet Shubert was so entranced by all the sailboats on the bay that he signed up for sailing classes that following week!

What’s in a Rig? The Ketch

Ketch rigs hold a special place in many a cruising sailor’s heart. They are two masted rigs with a main mast and a (smaller) mizzenmast – they carry a jib just like a sloop.

Language of the Sea

Here’s a game – check out this guy talking about his job and see how many old-school nautical terms you spot.

ASA Joins The Ocean Cleanup To Fight Against Plastic Pollution

ASA will be providing exclusive content from the Pacific Garbage Patch as certified sailing instructor Bob Solliday joins the Mega Expedition, a research component of The Ocean Cleanup project.

Sailing Terms Quiz (IV)

We know how much you like us to test your sailing knowledge so give this quiz a shot and see if you know all of these sailing terms?

Meet Duncan Hood, ASA Instructor Evaluator

Duncan Hood is an ASA Instructor Evaluator and has played a key role at ASA since it was founded in 1983. His recent trips to China have helped start numerous sailing schools and put sailing on the map in the region.

1st Annual Balearic Flotilla

A report from Capt. Jean De Keyser who was the Flotilla Leader on a recent trip through the waters of Mallorca in the Mediterranean.

King of Sailing

In 2006 Jim King took his first ASA 101 & ASA 103 courses - he bought a boat the next weekend! Now he owns his own sailing school, North Star Sailing Charters.

Exploring the San Juan Islands

Here's a report from Captain Roger Philips who was the Flotilla Leader on a recent trip through the waters of Victoria and San Juan Islands, Washington, USA

5 Greatest Sailors of the Modern Era

Here are our picks for the top five great sailors of modern age

The Sailing Surgeon

John Martin is a guy who knows how to live life. A retired surgeon who has sailed around the world, Martin has over 48,000 nautical miles under his belt and he’s still sailing all the time.