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The Sailing La Vagabonde / Dream Yacht Charter / ASA Sailing Challenge Winner is…

“On a whim, I played this game during my lunch break,” John Cannaday said when he was notified about winning the Sailing La Vagabonde Sailing Challenge Sweepstakes. “I have had my friends use the Sailing Challenge App to learn the points of sail. I never expected to win”

ASA and Youtube sailing celebs Sailing La Vagabonde launched a sweepstakes to challenge armchair sailors to a race against time on the ASA’s Sailing Challenge app. While just under 5000 sailors attempted the challenge on the sailing app only 1625 had qualifying times to be entered into the sweepstakes. Overall, the sailing Challenge app has been downloaded over 98,000 times.

John, who obtained his ASA 101 certification at Victoria Sailing School in Colorado is hoping to take his Dream Yacht Charter sailing vacation in the Caribbean and he will take advantage of their skippered charter option to have a captain on board for a few days to give him and his friends some insight into the sailing grounds where they will charter.

“Had I know how much I would love sailing I would have taken sailing lessons much earlier in life,” John mentioned how he came to sailing a bit later in life. He currently enjoys sailing on the lakes and reservoirs of Colorado. He always wanted to sail but put it off and he is glad that he finally took his certification courses. Now he will be on a sailing vacation courtesy of Dream Yacht Charter.

Since taking ASA 101 John has purchased a boat and is in the process of getting her ready for the water. You can follow along on his journey via his YouTube Channel, The Sailing Murse. John is a nurse in Colorado.

Try the Sailing Challenge App

The Sailing Challenge App is a cutting edge tool designed to help the sailor improve their skills. Learn about Points of Sail, Apparent Wind, Trimming, Right of Way and more from the palm of your hand. If you enjoy buzzing around in a catamaran the new Catamaran Challenge app introduces a new way to sail and race on the app. The app contains options for different boats, dolphins and awards. Be careful, if you thought sailing was addicting you will find that this app is habit-inducing.

Dream Yacht Charter

Dream Yacht Charter Sponsored The Sailing Challenge App Sweepstakes

DYC is a preferred partner of ASA and an ASA affiliated sailing charter company.

Active ASA members and recent graduates receive a 5% discount plus other applicable discounts on their first charter vacation in any of our 64+ destinations worldwide. Choose between bareboatby the cabinskipperedcrewedsabbatical and power cat charters. To request a quote, please complete the form on their website.


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