One hundred years of promoting sailing
Published on July 22nd, 2024
The Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound (JSA of LIS) will be celebrating its 100th birthday with a reunion party and alumni regatta on July 27, 2024 at Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, NY. For former juniors 21 years and older, junior sailing parents, instructors, and program volunteers, a dinner and regatta are planned for alumni sailing in Ideal 18 keelboats.
“Beyond appreciating our 100-year journey and celebrating this great milestone, all of us associated with the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound continue to work hard to create opportunities for our young people,” noted Timothy Clark, JSA of LIS Chair. “We look to make sailing a little more fun with the goal to build a life-long love for this great sport.”
In April 1924, representatives from Huguenot, Larchmont, Pequot, and Stamford yacht clubs gathered to form the Junior Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound. In the 1990s the name changed to the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound.
Today, the JSA of LIS has 44 member programs that serve over 2,300 junior sailors. Over an eight-week period each summer, junior sailors have up to 30 opportunities to come together for regattas in small sail boats ranging from eight to fourteen feet long, and larger keelboats up to 44 feet long.
Details: https://jsalis.org/100party