Below you will find links to some of our favorite sailing sites. If you know of a sailing website that deserves a link here or if you find a dead link, please send the web team an e-mail.
Check out our page of Phoenix area boat classes, rentals and repair resources.
AYC Produced Videos
Setting Race Marks at Lake Pleasant – by David and Josh Newland
Arizona Yacht Club Sailboat Racing – Lake Pleasant – by Mike Ferring
BOATING SAFETY
Boat U.S. – Arizona Boating Safety Course (Free & Online)
YOUTH SAILING
A Kid’s Guide to Sailing Boats
ARIZONA BOATING SITES
City of Tempe Town Lake
Lake Pleasant Regional Park
Lake Pleasant Water Level
Lake Pleasant Sailboat Rentals and Resources
Scorpion Bay Marina
Pleasant Harbor Marina
Roosevelt Lake Marina
Arizona Multihull Catamaran Fleet 42
Lake Pleasant Sailing Club
Phoenix Sail and Power Squadron
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division Ten
Tucson Sailing Club
Prescott Sailing Club
Arizona State University Sailing Club
CLEAN BOATING – ENVIRONMENTAL
Sailors for the Sea: Green Boating Guide – Free download
DEALERS WHO SUPPORT AYC
The Sailboat Shop of Arizona
Glendale Marine 623.931.1445
Valley Marine 623.931.9159
Local Canvas/Sail Work: Email Roland Cleveland
SAILING SCHOOLS
Arizona Sailing Foundation (Lessons at Tempe Towne Lake)
Go Sail Az (Lake Pleasant ASA Sailing Lessons)
Sailboat Shop (Lake Pleasant ASA Sailing Lessons) AYC Member Owned
Southwest Sailing (Lake Pleasant ASA Sailing Lessons) AYC Member Owned
Tiller and Kites (Lake Pleasant)
J World Performance Sailing
CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing 2021-2024 Edition (PDF)
US Sailing Education Page
US Sailing MVP Join/Renew (Memberships discounted-select Arizona Yacht Club)
International Sailing Federation
US Sailing PHRF Information and Ratings
Southern California Yachting Association
Southern California PHRF Ratings
Buccaneer Association
Catalina 22 National Sailing Association
Thistle Class Association
Viper 640 National
WEATHER
Lake Pleasant Weather Stations, Graphical Representation
Tempe Town Lake Weather Station Observations
Tempe Town Lake National Weather Service wind forecast
Weather Underground Peoria (Lake Pleasant) Forecast
Southern California Wind and Weather
NOAA California Buoy Observations and Forecasts
Private Weather Forecasts:
Commanders’ Weather
Jenifer Clark
Locus Weather
WEB SAILING NEWS
XSRacing
Scuttlebutt
YOUTUBE SAILING SITES: T2PTV: Sailing On Demand
WEB VERSIONS OF PAPER PUBLICATIONS
Arizona Boating & Watersports
The Log – California’s Boating Newspaper
Good Old Boat magazine
Latitude 38
Cruising World and Sailing World magazines
Practical Sailor
Sail magazine
Sailing magazine
SAILING RESOURCES
Grog’s Boating Knots
Animated Knots
Women and Cruising
How to send a distress call
Boating Safety Resources
More Boating Safety Resources
And Even More Safety Resources
SAILBOAT MANUFACTURERS, DEALERS, AND AUCTIONS
Catalina Yachts
Harken Yacht Equipment
Corsair Marine, Inc.
NADA Guide to the Price of Boats
AYC Members Dave Christensen’s and Wendy Larsen’s “Dave and Wendy Boatworks” for how they built their boat
SAILING RESOURCE INDEXES: Mark Rosenstein Sailing Links
CRUISING AND TRAVELING
Harbor Sailboats, San Diego – discounted initiation fee for AYC members
Blue Pacific Boating Marina del Rey
The Moorings
Sunsail.com
TMM – British Virgin Islands, Grenadines and Belize
Catalina Island Resource Site
eBare charter links and information
Florida Yacht Charters and Sales
Bermuda 4U Cruising
Harbor Yacht Clubs San Diego & Long Beach (ask Lance Carter about discounted membership for AYC members)
Let’s Go Cruising – Chesapeake
Anacortes Yacht Charters – San Juans
HISTORICAL SITES AND MUSEUMS
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England
Mystic Seaport- 19th-Century Village of Tall Ships– COOL!
BIG-TIME RACES
America’s Cup Official Site
The Ocean Race
Transpac
Vendee Globe