Today is the Spring Equinox in the northern hemisphere. The length of day and night will become nearly equal all over the world. With spring on the horizon, we begin to adjust our sails and prepare for summer. Is your boat ready and have you planned your summer sailing adventures? Either way, take a look at what's happening for this year's Summer Sailstice. We're getting great responses from our Sponsors, Partners, and Prize Donors and are updating the pages daily.
So who's already signed up to Sail?
These Ambassadors are singed up and spreading the word.
Molly is a lifelong sailor and the editor of one of our favorite sailing rags Spinsheet. Molly will be representing the Chesapeake region, and recently got the mayor of Annapolis to commit to Sailstice on a Zoom meeting!
Welcome aboard to Kim Paternoster
Kim is an active sailor and cruiser who currently lives in Port Townsend, WA. Kim has been participating in Summer Sailstice for 15 years, her first year on Lake Travis in Texas aboard a Catalina 25 she owned at the time.
The list is growing and the Event Map is filling with pins. Is yours one of them? No matter where you sail, you can be a part of the Summer Sailstice global sailing community. It's simple, it's free and it's FUN! Here are some of the many events and individual plans already signed up...
On Summer Sailstice Keyport Yacht Club will host an open house.
Stop by to enjoy the beautiful view of Raritan Bay and learn about their ASA Sailing Lessons for Adults, Summer Sailing Camp for Kids, and New Boat Program!
Why Sailstice?
Because it's fun! Summer Sailstice brings sailors together all over the world to celebrate the one thing we all love, Sailing. Whether aboard a Laser, Sunfish, or Hobie, cruising the tropics, racing on the bay, or enjoying any of the sailing options, just catch the wind and go.
Sailing really is for everyone, and at Summer Sailsticeour mission is to demonstrate the fact by bringing together sailors of all levels of skill and aboard all manner of boats to celebrate the full spectrum that encompasses sailing. The map is filling up with pins all over, join the fun and put your plan in today!
"The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails." - Joshua Slocum