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2025 Father’s Day Gift Guide for Sailors

Father’s Day is coming up, and if the dad in your life knows how to rig a reef, eyeball the wind, or crack a cold one after setting anchor, skip the usual socks and gadgets. Get him something that makes sense for the sailor he is—gear he’ll actually use, appreciate, and brag about on the dock.

How to Be a Great Sailing Crew in 3 Steps

Steve Hunt, professional sailor and high school sailing coach, distills decades of experience into three essential characteristics that define a great crew: mindset, skill, and communication.

So You’ve Taken a Sailing Course… Now What?

You passed a sailing course. Now what? Explore some real-world, practical ways to stay on the water, build your skills, and become a confident sailor – no matter where you’re starting from.

Storm-Ready: Choosing a Safe Spot for Your Boat

Since 2003, I’ve studied hurricane damage patterns up close. One truth has become clear: where you put your boat is just as important as how you secure it. You can do everything right with your lines and gear, but if the location is exposed to storm forces, it might not matter.

A Few of My Favorite Things: Sailing Books

What makes a great sailing book? Authenticity, passion, vivid imagery, and character development come to life in these four sailing books.

American Sailing and SeaPeople Join Forces to Enhance Sailing Education World-Wide

American Sailing and SeaPeople partner to offer unparalleled sailing educational tools and digital logbook capabilities to sailors worldwide.

The Six Senses of Sailing

Enhance your sailing skills by engaging all six senses—sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste, and intuition—to navigate, troubleshoot, and fully experience life on the water.

Let’s Talk About the Ocean

Sailors are in a unique position to make a meaningful difference. We are the eyes and ears of the ocean. We see what others can’t. We witness the changes—floating plastic bottles, discarded fishing nets, and dying coral reefs. But we can also be the solution.

Deaf Sailors Navigating New Waters: Overcoming Challenges in Sailing Education

For deaf sailors, the thrill of taking to the water is paired with unique challenges. Learning to sail can be demanding for anyone, but for those who are deaf, the experience requires adjustments, patience, and often customized teaching methods. While instructors and students must work around these barriers, many deaf sailors successfully navigate the learning process and thrive.

Women in Sailing – Captain Laurel Seaborn

This Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting Laurel Seaborn—sailor, maritime historian, and director of a new Women’s Sailing Program at Athens Sailing School. From growing up on a sailboat to crewing historic tall ships and studying seafaring women of the past, Laurel brings a wealth of experience and passion to empowering women on the water. Her all-women classes focus on confidence, community, and hands-on training in the Aegean Sea.

The Legendary S/V Bubbles Return with ASA-Certified Virgin Island Sailing School

S/V Bubbles, the legendary sailboat from Chasing Bubbles, is back! Now restored, she offers ASA-certified courses with the Virgin Island Sailing School. Learn to sail in the Caribbean while supporting youth programs that empower at-risk kids.

SailGP Brings High-Octane Racing to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York

Sailing isn’t just about following official rules—it’s also about respecting the unwritten ones. From anchoring etiquette to VHF communication and marina manners, here’s how to sail with courtesy and seamanship.

Cooking at Sea: How to Manage the Motion of the Ocean

Explore the essential skills to manage cooking in motion, keeping things efficient, safe, and delicious with Gio and Julie Cappelli.

Sink or Sail?

ASA Director of Education Jenny McCain shares her story of learning to sail in an opti at summer camp as a youth.

VHF Confidence: Five Pro Tips

Improve your VHF radio communication skills with these five pro tips for sailors. Learn how to use working channels, scan important frequencies, hail vessels effectively, make securité calls, and avoid common mistakes for safer and clearer communication on the water.

What is a Refit?

Planning a boat refit for long-term cruising? Learn the top 5 priorities every cruiser should focus on, from hull integrity to rigging, sails, electrical systems, and self-steering. Ensure your boat is safe, reliable, and ready for the open sea.

Celebrating the Sailors of American Sailing in Twelve Fair Winds Photos

Celebrating the sailors of American Sailing in twelve Fair Winds Photos. Send in your photo to be featured and win a Fair Winds hat.

Chasing the Dream to Circumnavigate

What does it take to sail around the world? For many cruisers, the dream of circumnavigating is where it all began. Whether they find bliss under countless stars far from land or anchored in gin clear Bahamian water waiting for the green flash at sunset, the allure of sailing the world got them there. What’s the next step to chase the ambitious goal to sail around the world?