A few weeks ago we asked you to send in your sailing photos for our Fair Winds feature. The response was overwhelming — so many we haven’t even gotten to review them all! In one beautiful weekend we saw hundreds of you living the sailing life, so we’re featuring the top 12 today from what we’ve seen so far! We look forward to seeing these photos continue to come in, and featuring even more of what’s already been sent in over the next several months.
Congrats to these winners — we’ll be reaching out to send you Fair Winds hats!
This image was taken on Flathead Lake, Montana. We were waiting for the evening thermals to start our Friday evening races. I loved how the purple color was reflecting off the mountains onto the water as the sun was getting lower in the horizon and I snapped a photo with my cell phone camera before the race started. We participate in the race program at our yacht club, North Flathead Yacht Club (NFYC) The photo was taken from our boat, a J24. The boat in the image is a Catalina 27.
Submitted by Stephanie Stigman
American Sailing in Jamaica Don’t dream your life – Live your Dream
Submitted by William Corbett
The photo was taken on 9/11 on Lake Wallenpaupack in Pennsylvania. The boats are Oday 26’s and a Catalina 27 and members of the Paupack Sailing Club who regularly fly the flags on holidays to the delight of the local boaters.
Submitted by Darryl Bell
Aurora Borealis across the bow. Submitted by Rob Keith, American Sailing Instructor, Canada
This is me on a passage from Madeira to Vigo Spain on a Rubicon Adventures 60 foot clipper this February. We had just endured 48 hours in force 7 and the sky started to clear enough to get some sights.
Submitted by Monte Barnhart
Reflections under the stars. Submitted by Jessica Shine
Enjoying the helm. Submitted by Jackson Hu.
SV Journey, a 1991 Pearson 31-2, with Bailey the Boat Dog on sunset watch 9/11/24 at Shipwright Harbor Marina, Deale, MD. Submitted by Cynthia Miller
This photo was taken during my first sailing course that I recently took in Spain. We had pretty spectacular weather until one morning, we woke up to 40 knot winds blowing everything off our boat and sending everything flying within the cabin. We managed to survive the storm and were rewarded with some of these breathtaking clouds as the storm rolled beyond us during the sunset. We were sailing a 38 foot sailboat.
Submitted by Cal Kevorkian
1984 Kaisers Gale Force Luperon,DR Submitted by Bob Baldwin
On a carve on the Hudson River Submitted by Yaeko Masuchi
Annual Youth Sailing Regatta (Ed Harper Memorial Regatta), Optis Class Submitted by Deborah Alt, Southport, NC
WIN A FAIR WINDS HAT $35 VALUE CALLING ALL SAILOR PHOTOGRAPHERS!
Submit a photo for Fair Winds, a celebration of sailing through photos. The reason we do what we do here at American Sailing is for the love of the sport.
If you have an image you think captures the soul of sailing, we want to share it. Send in a high quality, in-focus image and tell us the story! What kind of boat, where were you, what was the weather?
If your photo is chosen you’ll receive a FREE FAIR WINDS HAT and photo credit for raising the spirits of your fellow sailors!
Corfu, Greece Flotilla - May 2025 Join Fair Winds Sailing Greece and sail the north Ionian Sea, one of the most popular and beautiful sailing destinations worldwide. Enjoy the incomparable beauty of the Greek islands, the unique deep blue color of our sea and the amazing Greek food.
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