The Annual General Meeting for the JSA of LIS will be held on Wednesday evening October 18, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, at Larchmont YC. The notice and agenda is now available at http://bit.ly/JSA2017AGM This meeting is an opportunity for the leaders of the JSA member junior programs to discuss summer 2017 and plan ... read more »

US Powerboating and the JSA of LIS are planning a three-day Powerboat Instructor certification course to be offered during early November in the western Long Island Sound region. The exact dates and location for the course will depend on the availability of people who are interested in this training ... read more »

Annually the JSA of LIS awards several special trophies that celebrate people who are strong role models among the sailors and instructors at JSA member junior sailing programs. The JSA special awards are the Brooke Gonzalez, Susie Trotman and Mitchell Weeks trophies. Please submit your club’s nominations ... read more »

2017 Request for Nominations of JSA of LIS Board Members Dear JSA of LIS Member Programs: The JSA Nominating Committee is actively soliciting candidates to serve on the JSA Board of Directors. Board members are elected from the ranks of JSA Family and Supporting Members in good standing on the date of ... read more »

Three weeks ago, former JSA of LIS sailor Ed Lebens, finished 2nd at Oakcliff Sailing’s Grade 4 Match Race Clinegatta (more info on the event here). We had the opportunity to discuss with Ed how he got into match racing as well as his future ambitions. Here is what he had to say:   “I grew up ... read more »

Last week we had the chance to catch up with Marek Zaleski, member of Noroton Yacht Club and Olympic hopeful in the Laser Class. Fresh off the Laser US National Championship in California, Marek provided us with some insight on the regatta that he won with a near perfect scoreline, as well as on his path as ... read more »

Larchmont, N.Y. July 21, 2017 -- Storm Trysail’s 21st Larchmont Junior Safety at Sea Seminar set a new standard for their seminars.  Total attendance of juniors and their instructors totaled approximately 215.  Twenty boats ranging from a J/92 Thin Man to the Sydney 43 Christopher Dragon and Nielsen ... read more »

All of us at US Sailing – our staff, Board of Directors, and volunteers – are deeply saddened to learn that a young sailing student tragically died as a result of a powerboat accident on Long Island Sound on Tuesday, July 18. This is a time for grieving and our deepest condolences go out to the sailor’s ... read more »

This notice was emailed on July 19 to the JSA member junior sailing programs, and is being shared here with the JSA of LIS community. To JSA Junior Program Leaders and Club Chairs, The JSA community is saddened to learn about the death of a junior sailor in a powerboat accident at the Centerport Yacht ... read more »

Photo credits: Will Ricketson / US Sailing On June 24-28, the Corpus Christi Yacht Club hosted the 2017 US Youth Championships. The event assembled more than 175 American sailors divided into 6 different classes ranging from the Olympic single handed dinghy, the Laser, to the faster and newer multihull, ... read more »