Article by Carina Becker in WindCheck Magazine here Experience is often seen as won of the keys to a successful sailor, one who knows the venue best or has sailed the boat the longest. The Young American Junior Big Boat Team had all odds stacked against them, little experience, no boat and teenagers ... read more »

Sailors started arriving at American Yacht Club on Friday evening for the Area B Qualifiers scheduled for Saturday and Sunday July 16 and 17. The top 2 sailors in the Laser Radial Class and top 2 teams in the 420, would qualify to sail at the Mission Bay Yacht Club in San Diego at the Championship in August. ... read more »

This week Noroton Yacht Club (July 27-28) and Port Washington Yacht Club (July 29) are each be hosting Team Race regattas! Both clubs are hosting Optimist teams. Port Washington will also run team races for O'pen BIC's, and will have an optional two hour clinic in the morning . PWYC also has club boats ... read more »

Throughout the summer, Oakcliff Sailing Center offers a series of clinics called the Acorn Program. Oakcliff’s philosophy is to develop every aspect of the sailor from technical knowledge and sailing skills to personal fitness and nutrition. The High-Performance Acorn Program lasted two weeks, from July ... read more »

There are still plenty of opportunities to qualify for JSA Champs in the various boat classes.  Ask your junior sailing office to register you! Opti qualifiers 7/21 Opti Day at Larchmont Area B/C 7/22 Opti Area A at Douglaston 7/23 Opti Area B at American 7/27 Opti Area C with Green Fleet at ... read more »

The McIntyre Team Race for the JSA was once again hosted by SUNY Maritime in the Bronx, NY. Thank you to the entire SUNY Maritime staff for hosting this event again and lending their facilities to the twelve teams in attendance. With up to seven members on each team accompanied by their coaches we had just ... read more »

On Monday, July 18th Larchmont will be hosting their 90th Junior Race Week. This year, Larchmont is partnering with Sailors for the Sea, a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist regatta hosts in planning sustainable events. JSA of LIS continues to encourage regatta hosts to utilize this resource. ... read more »

Junior sailing signals the start of a fun-filled summer, with lots of activity. Typically it’s dinner then straight to bed after a day on the water and with friends. Sailors going into 420s, Lasers or Pixels start the summer with big plans to run everyday and get into shape…these plans fade within the first ... read more »

As you get older in junior sailing, slowly but surely your summer will become more traveling and less time at the program. While most programs do not technically have a “racing team” the racing class sort of becomes one. Whether it be through traveling for weeks at a time or intense practices on the water, ... read more »

Shelter Island Yacht Club hosted the 2016 SIYC Open Optimist Invitational Regatta on July 6.  Shelter Island is a JSA Area A qualifier event and the first large Optimist regatta of the season for the Eastern Long Island Sound area.  This year SIYC, along with regatta co-Chairs Mary Beran and Jonathan Arnold, ... read more »