American Sailing Journal

Volume 38, Issue 03

March 2021

Hello ASA Friends and Family,

Spring is in the air and the sailing season is right around the corner for many of our schools. This sailing season will be one of our best ever as people return to the water and have a new- found appreciation for the freedom of the outdoors. National Women’s History Month is traditionally in March so this year we made it ASA Women Instructors Month and we highlighted some of our women instructors. ASA is home to so many talented individuals who have shared their passion for sailing with over half a million sailing students since ASA’s inception. Do you know of a sailing instructor that we should feature? Let us know.

It’s time to go sailing.

Cindy Shabes, ASA President

Jennifer Wirth

ASA’s

Featured

Instructors

Sailing Gear by and for Women

Sømand was founded by Bay Area sailors Noelle Brewin and Laura Levy, who set out to challenge the perception of what a sailor should look like and create apparel that empowers women to feel confident, be comfortable, and perform their best while sailing.

ASA Featured School

Narragansett Sailing School, Rhode Island

We suggest you only need to know five things to make a sailboat go. We can teach you those five things in an hour, and by the afternoon you are sailing the boat around the harbor knowing what you are doing. This doesn’t mean you know how to make it stop, or what the buoys mean, or which way you need to pass another boat… Those are the things we teach on day two and three of ASA 101.