We went sailing with the guys from Cool Hunting last week and they've given us a glowing review. Have a look at the pictures and the story of their awesome sail.

We'll be sailing the beautiful coasts of Croatia on two luxurious Beneteau 50's at the end of September. We'll be bringing a few lucky guests along. Its starts as $2200 for a week of the best sailing you could ever imagine. Email or call for more information.

We took our first sail to Olafur Eliasson's Waterfalls today. The sail down the Hudson was stunning and the waterfalls themselves were amazing. We'll be offering private sails to view the project throughout the summer. Click here to reserve your sail.

Take a look at this great video Amtrekker made about sailing with Atlantic Yachting.

New York Floats is a blog by one of our students about learning to sail and her plan to sail the Mediterranean for a year with her husband.

From the Amtrekker site:

Thanks to the guys over at the Atlantic Yachting Association I spent the last two days going through a course to get my Basic Keel Boating certification. It was an undeniably awesome experience and for a guy that used to live on a boat on the Pacific Ocean (and still never managed to learn to sail…let’s not dwell on that) it was such a bizarre scene to be sailing a boat between skyscrapers on the Hudson River.

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The New York Daily News has featured Atlantic Yachting as one of the 100 best things to do in New York this summer. We're very happy to be mentioned and we're right next to one of our other favorite things to do, visit Olafur Eliasson's waterfalls (and we can take you there!). Thanks Daily News !

 

This weekend we are very excited to be helping Brett Rounsaville, of Amtrekker fame, fulfill his dream of learning to sail. Brett has been travelling the country crossing the 50 things he's always wanted to do off his list and we're going to be a part of it. Take a look at his great adventure here.

We'd also love to help you fulfill your dreams of learning to sail, so take a look at our sailing lessons and come on out! 

Olafur Eliasson, a Danish-Icelandic artist, plans to create four waterfalls ranging from 90 to 120 feet in height on the New York waterfront. Read more about it here.

This is a wonderful addition to the New York waterfront and we are excited to be offering private charters to visit all of the waterfalls once they open at the end of June. Reserve your spot now.  

While Memorial Day may be the unofficial beginning of Summer, we're already well underway. We've had ton's of great charters so far, three engagements, two anniversaries, and we've gotten off to a great start with our sailing lessons on our brand new Hunter 216's. We're stepping into high gear for the rest of the summer and we're looking forward to our best season yet. Now is the perfect time to sign up for the sailing you've thinking about all winter.

We woke up at the crack of dawn today bursting with excitement.  Law & Order will be filming a scene at the 79th St. Boat Basin and will feature our lovely Benetau 42, Go Lightly. Come out and say hello, or catch us on TV in June.

Today we had our first charter of the season. The weather was great and it was amazing to be back on the water. We're looking forward to another excellent year on the Hudson. Hope to see you soon!

Just a couple of days until we start the sailng season. We're working hard to make sure everything is ready to go. Sometimes we just need to take a little break...

We are proud to announce that Atlantic Yachting has been selected as a Citysearch Top Rated Business for 2008.

Sailing season is less than a month away and we're busy gearing up for what promises to be our best year yet.  We've bought a slew of new boats, and we're about to get them all into the water.  We've got some great new instructors signed up to teach sailing, and we've launched a brand new website.  We're looking forward to seeing you out on the water real soon.

We've just finished a complete overhaul of our website and added tons of new features. We're still finishing off the AYA store and but that should be up very soon.  Please don't hesitate to give us feedback on the design or improvements you think we should make. We're always trying to do better and we appreciate your help.

Former AYA crew member Marcus de Oliveira has been accepted into the United States Coast Guard and will ship out mid March. Please join us in wishing Marcus the best of luck.

Yachting Monthly UK - An American writer is hoping to follow in the wake of Francis Joyon's record-breaking round the world voyage. But unlike Joyon, David Vann plans to make the circumnavigation in a 50ft aluminium trimaran, Tin Can, that he has built almost entirely from materials from Home Depot, a US DIY store.

Vann's first boat sank under him - an experience recounted in his book 'A Mile Down'. This time he hopes that his boat's positive flotation will save him from a similar fate.

American sailing website Latitude 38 claims that Vann likens himself to Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Everest. But, the website points out that Vann is " seemingly forgetting that Hillary made use of the best climbing gear at the time...it's as though Vann wants to join the club of those who have made it to the top of Everest, but wants to be the first to make it having sewn his own shirt, pants, socks, and having cobbled his own boots."

Vann aims to complete his circumnavigation in 4 months. With conditions in the Southern Ocean as they are, this is widely believed to be unfeasible. Latitude 38 believes that is - just about - possible , "assuming that the Coast Guard doesn't declare it a 'manifestly unsafe voyage' and prevent him from leaving."

If nothing else, this is the latest in a long line of ambitious sailing stunts: Last month a round the world race in 10-footers was announced, and in 1982 ex-SAS man Tom McLean took 7 weeks to cross the Atlantic in a 9' 9" boat. Three weeks later his record was broken by an 8" shorter craft, so McLean simply took a chainsaw to his boat, cut off 2 feet of length and completed another crossing.

We can't wait until its time to start sailing again. Its really just around the corner. In the meantime we're busy preparing for our best year yet. Right now we're redesigning our website, so check back soon for all kinds of great new features, pictures, stories, and programs. In the meantime please excuse any problems the site might have, we're on it. We'll see you on the water real soon.

Looking for that perfect Valentine's Day gift? Well look no further. A gift certificate from the Atlantic Yachting Association makes the ideal present for that special someone in your life. Whether you are looking for couples sailing lessons, a private sailboat charter, or anything else on the water in Manhattan, we're here to help. We understand that Valentine's Day is a very special holiday and you may be looking to do something a little out of the ordinary; here at the AYA we specialize in the extraordinary, so please don't hesitate to contact us with your special request. We're here to make your experience on the water what you always dreamed it could be.