Racing - Women's Sailing Association of Santa Monica Bay

HomeClinics

Learn new skills, refresh existing skills, and refine specialized skills.

WSA SMB clinics feature a combination of shoreside seminars and on the water sessions. We’ve developed techniques that make the best use of your time. These on the water programs are great fun, and as a bonus, you’ll be a better sailor.

Basic Seamanship Clinics

Competence in seamanship is important for every sailor, no matter their experience. Basic seamanship encompasses a broad mix of skills. We'll cover basics of rigging a yacht, sail trim, weather, navigation, and safety.. all the skills necessary to be a safe, confident, happy and proficient sailor.

Racing Clinics

Racing a sailboat is a complicated affair. Successful racing requires strategic planning, tactics, an understanding of the rules, and skilled crew. Starts can be chaotic. Upwind Strategy requires that you how to predict and then take advantage of changing winds and wind shifts. Downwind requires knowledge of reaching and running strategy and tactics. This includes strategies for in various wind, wind shift, and current scenarios

Cruising Clinics

Cruising is sailing and much more - navigation, night sailing, tides and currents, wind shifts, engine care, heads, dinghies, all these present challenges. Safety, knots, anchoring & docking, surprise squalls and storms, reefing, heaving-to..all of these topics are important to know when cruising.

How to sign up for a WSA-SMB clinic:

Visit the Events Calendar on the website to see what is coming up, and to read about the specifics of the event. Through the calendar, you can register for the clinic you are interested in. Scheduled WSA SMB Clinics for 2025:

March 15 - Introduction to Sailing
July 19 - Racing Clinic

https://womensailing.org/

NWSA Sailing Conference is for Women of all skill levels!

Knowledge, skills and fun is what NWSA will deliver June 6–8, 2025 at the National Women's Sailing Association Conference presented by American Sailing on Tampa Bay, in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Join the fun at the beautiful waterfront campus of University of South Florida, in downtown St. Pete at our annual conference. This great sailing destination will host the NWSA action-packed, fun-filled conference for women sailors.

Sign up for announcements and stay informed about registration dates and deals. Register early to get sought-after learning experiences with limited availability. Early registration opens March 1!

https://womensailing.org