Sailing Associations and Organisations

Sailing associations and national or international organisations of sailors are great sources of information about sailing, yachting and boating in your local area or in an international context. The following collection of links will point you towards websites of associations that might be of use to you. There's another page dedicated to owner associations that target enthusiasts for particular types of sailboats.

Many of them know a great deal about international regulations, races and current affairs in the world of regattas and competitive sailing. Others will offer you access to a large pool of experienced members, which many beginners will find helpful. If you know of any links you would like to see included, please don't hesitate to drop me a line!
 

Sailing, Boating and Yacht Associations

http://www.ayrs.org/
Amateur Yacht Research Society

http://www.cps-ecp.ca/
Canada Power and Sail Squadrons

http://www.sailing.ca/
Canadian Yachting Association

http://www.purjehtija.fi/
Finish Sailing Association - Suomen Purjehtijaliitto ry Finlands Seglarförbund rf

http://www.fky.org/
Freundeskreis Klassische Yachten - German old ship association

http://www.velaalterzo.it/
The Italian Associazione Vela al Terzo di Venezia

http://www.mastermariners.org/
Master Mariners Benevolent Association

http://www.pelagicsailingclub.org/
The Pelagic Sailing Club

http://www.cruising.org.uk/
The Cruising Association

http://www.worldcruising.com/
World Cruising Club

http://www.polarissail.org/
Polaris Sailing Society

http://drya.org/
Detroit Regional Yacht-Racing Association

http://www.websteven.de/fskb/
Fahrtensegelkreis Biggesee, Germany

http://www.sailing.org/
International Sailing Federation

http://www.manca.org.uk/
Manchester Cruising Association

http://www.sailing.org.hk/
Hong Kong Yachting Association

http://toto.is/sil/english.htm
Icelandic Sailing Association

http://www.lbssa.org/
Long Beach Singles Sailing Association

http://homepages.rya-online.net/whisca/
West Highlands and Islands Sailing Club

http://www.oceancruisingclub.org/
Ocean Cruising Club

http://www.wpca2000.co.uk/
Weymouth and Portland Cruising Association

http://www.ussailing.org/
United States Sailing Association

http://www.rya.org.uk/
Royal Yachting Association

http://www.nwvyc.org.uk/
Northwest Venturers Yacht Club

http://www.gaysailing.org.uk/
The Gay Sailing and Cruising Association UK

http://www.svensksegling.se/
Sailing Association of Sweden

http://www.capehorners.org/
International Association of Cape Horners - for those that have rounded Cape Horn under sail

http://www.clyde.org/
Clyde Cruising Club

http://www.tsca.net/
The Traditional Small Craft Association

http://www.usps.org/
The United States Power Squadrons

http://www.thesailingclub.org/
The Sailing Club

http://www.ssca.org/
Seven Seas Cruising Association

http://www.sfbaysss.org/
Single-handed Sailing Society

http://nws.cgaux.org/index.html
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

http://www.navysailing.org/
United States Naval Sailing Association

http://www.asyc.co.uk/
Association of Scottish Yacht Charters

http://www.asto.org.uk/
Association of Sea Training Organisations

 

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