WHAT WE DO
Charity Golf Outing to Benefit
Wounded Veterans and Their Families
Thursday, July 9
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About Us
The US Naval Sailing Association – USNSA – is an organization of military-affiliated,
predominantly Navy members, formed to promote fleet readiness, develop professionalism, develop a competitive spirit, and impart a love of the sea and skills that may be used in recreational opportunities throughout a life time using small craft training programs. We also encourage and assist Commanding Officers in promoting boating and sailing as part of their training and recreational programs. These missions are carried out through individual members and branches established on or near military bases worldwide. More...
Projects - Making a Difference
Vets on the Bay - Providing relief for wounded warriors and thier families
Historic Preservation of the Luder Yawls - Program to restore and preserve Naval historic training vessels
NROTC & NJROTC Sailing Programs - Providing financial, technical and asset support for schools’ sailing programs
All Services Single-Handed Championship - Competitive Saiilng for service members; winner goes on to participate in the National Single-Handed Championship
Operation Enduring Wind - Upgrading small boats and sails at military installations world-wide
Thank you to our project sponsors:
BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, Southwest Airlines |
Donate
Help us fulfill the mission of Navy Sailing with your financial donation. Your contribution to the US Naval Association Foundation is tax-deductible and will go directly toward our projects to improve the life of US service members around the world. We welcome corporate sponsorships. More...
Join
Membership is open to anyone who is capable and desirous of actively participating in, or making a significant contribution to, the objectives of the Association. Family memberships are available as are branch
memberships. Branches are primarily military MWR marinas in the United States
and abroad. More...
Member Benefit: 25% discount on Captain's License courses at the Mariners School. More...
Volunteer
There are many opportunities to help with Navy Sailing Projects. One of the most gratifying is Vets on the Bay. Our volunteers say it is an honor to donate their time to wounded vets and their families. Make a difference... serve the young men and women who serve our country. Find out how...
USNSA in Action
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Vets on the Bay - Our next event
American Legion Post 7 and Vets on the Bay invite Wounded Warriors & Family Members to see the Blue Angels' flight demonstration aboard the USCGC James Rankin during USNA Commencement Week. Read more...
Vets on the Bay is a US Navy Sailing project designed to bring a day of R&R and fun on the water to wounded veterans of the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read more...
Partnership Underway with the Mariners School
 Interested in getting your commercial captain's license or other certification? We have negotiated an agreement with the Mariners School that will allow members to obtain their Captain’s License while receiving a 25% discount. Read more in the Members section. Not a member? Join now for this great benefit.
Latest Newsletter is online
The current issue is available to members only. It contains recent news about our members and member branches. Be in the know – join today!
We teach sailing and seamanship in the Navy to make competent seamen of our personnel, who will be the naval leaders of the future. We aren't interested in making yachtsmen of them. We encourage them to enter races in order to find an atmosphere which, like combat, stretches ability and endurance to the limit and allows character to emerge which can reach for that extra margin required for victory.
We send our personnel to sea to learn that most basic characteristic of a professional seaman: a deep-seated sense of humility in the face of nature and her master. Our objective is simple – to produce the best possible sailor or officer fro the fleet.
Captain John B. Bonds, USN (Ret.)
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