2016 JSA 420/Laser Championships Regatta Recap Pequot Yacht Club (Southport, CT) was the host of this year’s JSA 420/Laser Championships on August 12th and 13th. This end of season event brings together the top sailors from JSA of LIS Programs around the Sound to compete for championship trophies in the ... read more »

Sailing is a unique sport because more often than not, you can't really see your child learning it. Sure, at soccer or hockey camp a parent doesn't stay throughout the day to watch, however most have a pretty good idea of what might be happening. Sailing is different because so many junior sailing parents do ... read more »

Annually the JSA 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 »

Every success story begins with failure. I began my sailing career in Optis, and for years I saw hardware in other peoples hands at regattas, but never my own. For three summers I’d attend these events and always walk away empty handed while the same kids seemed to place all the time. I was thirteen, ... read more »

Long Island Sound has been a powerhouse for I420 sailing for almost a decade now. Most recently, local sailors put on a clinic at the U.S. Youth Championship hosted by Coronado Yacht Club, making up 7 of the top 10 in the I420 fleet. The U.S. Youth Championship is considered by many to be the top national ... read more »

Noroton Yacht Club in Darien, CT, hosted the 2016 Pixel Class Championships on Monday, August 8, 2016. Noroton was selected to host Pixel Champs on the strength of the club’s Pixel Sailors results last year. Noroton is the home club of Bruce Kirby, designer of the Pixel. His designs range from the ... read more »

Noroton Yacht Club is hosting both 2016 Pixel Champs and the Pixel Alternate Regatta on Monday, August 8th. They’d like to create the best Pixel Regatta of the year, with many boats participating. Pixel Champs is open to all qualified skippers on the list at the JSA website. In addition, Pixel skippers ... read more »

The Manhasset Bay Yacht Club was lucky enough to host 17 Pixels and 11 O’pen BiCS at the 2016 JSA Pixel/BiC Race Week event on July 28th and 29th. As a JSA qualifier for the Pixel Class, the event promised strong competition – if the wind cooperated. Kimberly Kuester headed the team of volunteers that worked ... read more »

With the Olympics under a week away, it feels like something is still missing. Olympic sailing has seen major coverage over the past two years, but not for the sailing itself. Coverage surrounds the conditions of Guanabara Bay where the sailing events will be held. Short snippets of the US Sailing Team are ... read more »

JSA centers around community, our mission is to support junior sailors in the lifelong love for the sport. We’re always happy to see and report on member clubs hosting events for any group of sailors whether it be for juniors or seasoned veterans. The WaterFront Center and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club ... read more »