MASSA News

After a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, High School Sailing is back with 19 regattas held over this past weekend.  Many were qualifying regattas for the upcoming Baker Team Racing Championship, which are slated to be held May 22-23 at Ransom Everglades School in Miami, Florida

The 2020 season had been cancelled crushing the dreams of seniors headed into their final regattas before heading off to college, but 2021 finds ISSA able to schedule both the Baker and the Mallory and over 250 schools have registered for the 2021 spring season.  Seniors as well as all sailors are ecstatic to be back on the water!

The Mallory Dinghy Championship will be held at The Foundry in Cleveland, Ohio over June 5-6 and all Districts have qualifying regattas scheduled in May to determine their representatives.

The Cressy Singlehanded Championship was unable to be held over the 2020-2021 season, but many Districts have opted to hold their own Singlehanded Championship during the spring season.

The ISSA Board has held monthly meetings to stay abreast of the effects of the pandemic on HS Sailing and to discuss COVID protocols for each district as well as travel possibilities for teams to attend the two scheduled championships. Safety has been the top priority for sailors, coaches and volunteers.