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103 Textbook in the Works We are currently in the throes of designing the next new ASA textbook--an accompaniment to the ASA 103 Basic Coastal Cruising course. Last week, the team flew out to Bristol,...

September's Photo of the Month This month's theme was "Lessons in Action." We received all sorts of photos, from textbook man overboard drills to non-textbook lessons "from the school of hard knocks." Greg...

Sailing Made Easy, Even Easier! Many of you have now gotten your paws on our hot new edition of the 101 textbook, Sailing Made Easy. To supplement the text, ASA has produced a series of video shorts that...

Driving on your cell phone Cell phones and driving don't mix--and that goes for driving a boat too. Recently USCG crew members were involved in two boating accidents due to the skipper's use of a cell...

Oil be d#$ned, sailors sail on! Emerald Coast Yachts is located in Pensacola Florida, one of the coastal communities closest to the Gulf oil spill. But what started out as a horrible summer turned out to...

Last Minute Deals for Member's Event! ASA Members in the Florida Area, this one's for you! Just released: Last minute deals during the Members' Event in Clearwater Beach, Florida. It's only 3 weeks away (Sept...

Sailing Selflessly I met Lee Winters through Twitter (@SailingForSOS). He is circumnavigating solo (the old-fashioned, sane, take-your-time way)--and he's doing it to raise awareness for the...

Ocean Vs. Plastic Whereas the Great Ocean can lick three layers of antifouling paint right of the bottom of your boat and deteriorate your huge zinc plates within a matter of months, her mighty...

Thousands of Words of Wilderness Trying to capture July's Gulf Islands flotilla with one-dimensional words would be futile. The wild beauty and solitude of the Canadian cruising ground is best represented...

Flotilla Fever Three weeks from today I'll be touching my toes in the Adriatic, commencing ASA's first-ever Croatia flotilla! Jimmy Tanaka, an ASA Instructor, just returned from his own...