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 »

In early 2015, the International Sailing Federation announced that they were searching for a new youth multihull class to replace the Sirena SL16 for the ISAF Youth World Championships. Nacra Sailing, a Dutch performance sailing company, submitted two bids for the class—the previously existing Nacra 16 and ... read more »

On Thursday July 7th sailors from around JSA of LIS came to Sea Cliff Yacht Club for the Western Districts qualifier. With poor weather predicted for the day, the race committee planned for only three races in each class. All boats were rigged and ready for a 10:50 harbor start where it was a quick tow ... read more »

Cellphone use while on the water has become a hot topic in junior sailing over the past few years. Many programs are still conflicted and have very different approaches to the issue. The main concern in this argument lies in the right place; it’s about safety. Safety for sailing instructors poses a very ... read more »

A #TBT article by Clemmie Everett, who won the Sportsmanship Award at the 1999 Leiter Trophy and the 2008 Adams Cup, shares this reminder that how we play the game impacts the health of the game. Rings true to us in JSA we're out here to build a community and this isn't only in sailing, the friends we ... read more »

Tips to for getting recruited to sail in college Link at bottom to Jay Keyhoe's Do's and Don'ts of getting recruited to college. Long term: Find a boat you feel comfortable with, coaches aren’t looking for a specific class. It doesn’t matter if you’re in a 420, laser, pixel or 29er. Don’t feel ... read more »

Cate Mollerus of Larchmont Yacht Club is currently leading 29er Nationals being held in Newport, RI. Mollerus and Chris Williford, her skipper out of Fort Lauderdale, FL have put on a clinic out there winning 5 of 7 races sailed so far. Racing concludes today at 15:00, good luck and we'll be checking the ... read more »

American Yacht Club is hosting this year’s US Sailing Area B Qualifier for the single and double handed classes, July 16-17th.  The singlehanded boat sailed in this event is the Laser Radial, and the doublehanded boat is the Club 420.  The top two finishers in each class will qualify to compete in US ... read more »

The Commodore Law Trophy Regatta is the first JSA of LIS regatta of the summer sailing season, held on Monday and Tuesday in the first week of summer sailing for many junior programs. Final results are available here. It is open to sailors who qualified for JSA Champs in the previous year or were ... read more »