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The Parent’s Guide to Youth Sailing.
A resource hub designed to help parents support young sailors with clarity and confidence. From understanding boat classes to navigating regatta registration, we provide straightforward, reliable information for every stage of the journey.
Latest Articles
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Six Ways Onto the Sunfish Worlds Roster
September 13, 2026
Writing the ILCA post left me rattled, one spot per gender, no alternates, nothing to fall back on. Sunfish doesn't work anything like that. There are 30 separate ways onto the US roster this year, from six different kinds of events.
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The First Time Someone Protested My Kid
September 10, 2026
A teammate protested my kid at one of our first regattas. We had never heard the word used that way. We assumed it meant something had gone wrong between them. It didn't mean that at all.
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How Sailors Become Coaches
September 6, 2026
Coast Guard certs? Something else? That was the honest limit of what I knew about becoming a sailing coach. Turns out it's two separate credential tracks stacked on top of each other, plus a soul-searching question you're supposed to ask yourself first.
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