American Sailing Association Articles

Go Sail Flathead Lake offers American Sailing certifications in Montana at the gateway to Glacier National Park. Students can earn ASA 101, 103, and 104 on the school’s fleet of comfortable and fun monohulls ranging from 22 to 33 feet. Read More >

Aventura Sailing Academy is located within Aventura Sailing Club in Dana Point, California. Known for its beautiful harbor and ideal sailing conditions, the club offers sailing experiences for both beginners and seasoned sailors.  They have been teaching sailing since 1976 and are one of the top American Sailing schools. Read More >

American Sailing School, Blue Pacific Yachting have added new learn to sail classes to their already lengthy collection of sailing courses.  Their 6 day/5 night “0 to Hero” liveaboard class is conducted on their new 2023 Excess 11 catamaran or their very popular 2019 Jeanneau 440. Students complete our ASA 101, 103, 104, and 114 classes in 6 days. The Read More >

On Saturday, June 24, 2023, American Sailing is again a Gold Level Sponsor of the 23rd annual Summer Sailstice, the biggest sail event of the year where everybody everywhere sails at the same time! Founded back in Feb 2001 by John Arndt, Publisher of Latitude 38, Summer Sailstice is the annual global celebration of sailing held on the weekend nearest Read More >

Each year, Hands Across The Sea and American Sailing team up to raise money to help literacy projects in the Caribbean. To date, ASA members have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars that have supplied over half a million books to over 167,000 children in the Eastern Caribbean.   American Sailing is proud to support The Hands Across The Sea Sweepstakes Read More >

The year raced by and we barely had time to stop and take some time to reread our content.  These are the top stories from our ASA content creators as well as some stories that we just loved. 2022 will bring new adventures with sailing charters around the world and expanded learning opportunities.  For now, take a look at some Read More >

2021 came and went and we have had quite the year. At the American Sailing Association, 2021 was a banner year where we worked through the barriers and obstacles of a pandemic.  Our schools and affiliates found a new way to do business and relied on the sailing lifestyle to drive the narrative of their year.   Sailing is stronger than Read More >

The American Sailing Association is the largest sailing education organization in the world. Sure, there are over 400 schools and 7000+ instructors. Yes, ASA is part of a community of sailors who are advocates for the health of our world’s oceans.  Over 500,000 people have learned to sail with ASA, but why should YOU be a member?  Four Reasons Why Read More >

Following in the wake of the death of Frank Butler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Catalina Yachts, in Nov 2020 at age 92, boat designer and three-time Olympian Bruce Kirby, best known globally as the designer of the Laser 14 Olympic sailing dinghy, passed away at his home in Connecticut on 19 Jul 2021, also at age 92. In Read More >