Whether you're planning an offshore race or just looking to build or refresh your sailing skills, our US Sailing Sanctioned Safety at Sea Seminars can be an important step. These courses include an online orientation and a full day of hands on and seminar presentations. Climb into a life raft, fire flares, throw lines, and more. Now offered several times per year. These satisfy US Sailing and World Sailing requirements and satisfy offshore race requirements.  For a further description and course list, see this link.

Cruising couple Garry and Leslie Schneider have for several years been administering CCA's Safety at Sea seminars. Offered to Newport Bermuda racers and the general sailing public, the classes have benefitted many racers in meeting their race requirements and executing safer passages.  This evening (June 14), Garry and Leslie were honored prior to the start of the Newport Bermuda race by CCA Commodore Brad WIllauer for their work.

Garry and Leslie are handing the responsibility for these courses over to Mark Lenci, and they expect to put their teachings into practice as they...

Congratulations to all our new members elected on March 19th. Click on a name for more information:
 

At the general membership meeting, the following were elected

OFFICERS

• Commodore:   W. Bradford Willauer
• Vice Commodore:  J.W. Robert Medland
• Secretary:   Christopher L. Otorowski
• Treasurer:   Peter L. Chandler
• Historian:   John F. Towle

GOVERNORS

Terms expiring 2021:'

• Wilson Fitt (BDO)
• Peter A. Darbee (SAF)
• Charles S. Willauer (BOS)

Terms expiring 2019:

• James M. Morgan (SOC)
• G. Waddy...

How many of us have had our sports viewing by that line superimposed on the screen? Well, thank Stan.  He's being honored for that development by the Hall of Fame: 

Stan Honey: Sports Broadcast Graphic Enhancements
A pioneer in the field of sports television graphics, Stan Honey has transformed the viewing experience of millions of sports fans. Honey and his team created the Virtual Yellow 1st & Ten® line— which has been hailed as one of the most important developments in the history of sports broadcast technology. Work conducted by Honey and his team led...

Another great CCA event is in the books and on the web.  Sometimes the water over which we glide so gracefully is frozen!

https://pix.cruisingclub.org/18gam

Teamwork and Preparedness Emphasized in 

Cruising Club of America’s Safety for Cruising Couples Seminars

NEWPORT, R.I. (January 4, 2018) – With the season for making resolutions in full force, we know it would be hard to find a sailor who hasn’t included “spend more time on the water” on their 2018 to-do list. Among the 1300-strong membership of the all-volunteer Cruising Club of America (CCA), the number one resolution is to help those like-minded boaters make 2018 their safest year on the water. As an...