Program Director: “What a whirlwind week with three days of the CJ Buckley Team Race Regatta out of Goddard Park, in-class series, and Pirate Day on Friday! Although the summer is slowly winding down with only two weeks left, all the students and instructors are having a great time on the water learning everything from [...]

Hi Everyone, Just a quick reminder that GBSA is closed on Monday Aug 8th in observance of Victory Day, A Rhode Island State Holiday. Our last 2 week session begins on Tuesday August 9th.    As a reminder the Beginner, Opti-Beginner and 420 Instructional  run from 9:00am until noon.   The Sailing Adventures Class runs [...]

“We made it through five weeks, but now there are only three weeks left! It has been a great summer so far with only one heat wave and two very windy days. Despite the lure of the ping pong and foosball tables, the beginner students have been very active this week learning the basic parts [...]

This past Friday, GBSA successfully completed its 1st Annual Family Race Night with over 100 students, parents, siblings, and other family members in attendance! Although conditions were light and the air temperature was stifling, the instructor run race committee was able to get off one race before sending everyone back into the docks for a [...]

We are now through the first half of the summer with 4 weeks of sailing, sun, salt and fun under our belts. Despite the hot weather, the students and instructors have been able to balance keeping cool and learning about sailing. GBSA now owns two sprinklers, 200+ water balloons, various water guns, and who knew [...]

Here are a few photos from the activities of week 3 and don’t forget a few upcoming activities; Family Race Night – This Friday July 22, come and race with your child. CJ Buckley Regatta – This event celebrates the life of CJ Buckley and is supported by GBSA and EGYC.  

Program Director – Janel Another successful week learning to sail on Greenwich Bay! We had our first morning with heavier breeze conditions this past Thursday. The  instructors did a great job keeping sailing in big breeze fun while keeping everyone safe in the more hectic conditions. The students had a chance  to personally tie-dye this summer’s [...]

Come join us Friday July 22nd for GBSA’s first Family Race Night!! This is a great chance for current GBSA students to sail with a family member and show off all the skills they’ve learned so far this summer! The program director and instructors will be running race committee and moving marks just outside the [...]

Bring some work clothes tomorrow (July 12) to GBSA for TIE DYE TUESDAY! This year’s GBSA summer tshirts will be personally tie-dyed by every sailor!  

Program Director – Janel Although we had very light breeze mornings Monday through Friday, and a brief, torrential downpour this Friday morning, the students and instructors found many creative ways to keep motivated and engaged in sailing related activities. These included drip-drip-drop, knot races, kinetics races, capsizing, person overboard recovery, on-the-water dodgeball, and of course [...]