Supporting and developing the Alberta Sailing Community with excellence in training and competition. The Alberta Sailing Association is the official provincial organization for sailing in Alberta. We work to develop excellence in all aspects of sailing across the province. Calgary, AB Canada

Australian Sailing is the national body for the sport of sailing in Australia, from grassroots sailing through to high performance (Olympic) sailing. Australian Sailing is a Federation consisting of eight State and Territory Associations, often referred to as Member Yachting Associations (MYAs). In turn there are more than 360 affiliated Clubs, who between them have approximately 65,000 registered on-water members. As a member of World Sailing, Australian Sailing actively works to influence international sailing policy and regulations. Australian Sailing also helps strengthen the sport globally by supporting key World Sailing programs and communicating international sailing policies to our member State Associations.

The Barbados Sailing Association (BSA) is a non-profit organization that promotes the benefits of sailing to all Barbadians. It is the governing body of sailing in Barbados. It has several affiliates, including the Barbados Yacht Club, the Barbados Cruising Club, The Barbados Windsurfing Association, the UWI Sailing Club, the Barbados Optimist Dinghy Association and the International One Meter (Model boats). It is in itself an affiliate of the Barbados Olympic Association, as well as ISAF, the global sailing federation.

BC Sailing is the provincial sport authority for sailing and is affiliated with the Canadian Yachting Association and the International Sailing Federation. Richmond, BC Canada

Royal Belgian Sailing Federation. Uniting Belgian Sailing Competitions and link to the international sailing world. Brussels, Belgium

The Bermuda Sailing Association (BSA) is the governing body for the sport of sailing in Bermuda and is recognised by the Bermuda Government and the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). The BSA seeks to further the sport of Sailing in Bermuda. From the Olympics to the Youth Worlds from J105's to Optimists, the BSA acts as Bermuda's intermediary with ISAF on your behalf.

The British Universities Sailing Association (BUSA) is affiliated to the Royal Yachting Association and recognised as the governing body for University Sailing within the UK

Established in 1931, the CYA is the national governing body for the sport of sailing. The Association promotes sailing and power boating through collaboration with our partners, the Provincial Sailing Associations, member clubs, schools, and many individual stakeholders.

The Caribbean Sailing Association was previously called the Caribbean Yachting Association and prior to that the West Indies Yachting Association. It is a federation of territories and sailing clubs of the Caribbean who initially associated in order to practically promote sailing activities in the Eastern Caribbean which has since broadened to cover the entire Caribbean region.

Organization for racing in Croatia. Site gives a list of clubs in Croatia.

Has established its reputation as Australia's premier ocean racing club for conducting world class events such as the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and Southern Cross Cup, and for setting the benchmark for ocean racing excellence. The CYCA was established in 1944 and over the years has become Australia's leading exponent of ocean racing and sea safety. Its race management expertise is often called upon for other international sailing events such as the Olympics and round-the-world races. The CYCA caters for the most passionate ocean racer to the social sailor with a full calendar of mid-week summer twilight and weekend offshore racing and Sunday winter racing. One of the CYCA's most remarkable success stories is its youth training program, the Youth Sailing Academy. Darling Point, NSW Australia

Czech Sailing Association (ÈSJ)

Danish Sailing Association

German Sailing Association. Hamburg, Germany

European Sailing Federation. Serving Sailing in Europe Since 1998. The Object of EUROSAF is to coordinate, develop, promote, and foster the sport of sailing in all forms in Europe. Ittigen, Switzerland

Portuguese Sailing Federation

Argentina Yachting Governing Body

Mexican Sailing Federation. Promoting the sailing practice of children, youth and adults in the country.

French Sailing Federation

Italian Sailing Federation. The FIV is a Federation well rooted in the national territory that has more than one hundred thousand members distributed in 735 sailing clubs. For over 80 years the Italian Sailing Federation, by statute, has placed at the center of its activities the promotion of love for the sea, the teaching and dissemination of nautical and sailing culture. Thousands of instructors have raised millions of sailors and rooted a solid passion in a country that seems strategically designed to go to sea. The Italian Sailing Federation coordinates, regulates and assists this activity in Italy, ranging, therefore, from the promotion of nautical culture to school children, to Olympic sailing. Genoa, Italy

The Hellenic Sailing Federation is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in Greece, recognised by the International Sailing Federation.

The Irish Cruiser Racing Association (ICRA) has the job of bringing together the various aspects of Irish handicap racing in order to promote its interests. Since its inaugural meeting a decade ago, ICRA has built a solid core of interests among 7,000 cruiser racer enthusiasts and built one of the strongest sailing events in the country, attracting over 100 boats. Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland

Irish Sailing are the national governing body for sailing, powerboating and windsurfing in Ireland. Our aim is to develop, support and promote sailing, through our core values of Inspiration, Representation and Participation. We maintain standards of training and coaching. There are 105 x Irish Sailing Training Centres running internationally recognised courses, certificates and qualifications (including “Try Sailing” for new sailors, "Women on the Water" campaign, and "Sailability" for our disabled sailors). Races need Irish Sailing trained race officials. We train all Race Officials, mark layers, safety boat crews and protest committees. We manage all handicaps and ratings, and thus ensuring that Ireland holds internationally respected race systems and qualifications. Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland

IRSA is the worldwide radio sailing organization as an affiliated member of World Sailing. IRSA is dedicated to the enhancement of both current and emerging world radio sailing classes through the promotion and development of consistent class rules, measurement methods, radio yachting racing rules, and advice in running major racing events.

ISORA (Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association) is the Association that has been running offshore yacht racing on the Irish Sea since 1971. The Association is run in conjunction with all the leading yacht clubs on the east coast of Ireland and on the west coast of Wales and England and the Isle of Man. Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin, Ireland

Israel's National Sailing Authority. The IYA is the national sailing authority as recognized by the Israeli government, the Olympic Committee and the different international associations/federations.

Slovenian Sailing Federation. The Sailing Association of Slovenia acts as a key connecting link between the state, associations and sailors and provides an orderly environment in which the youngest can develop successfully and in many sailing classes young people and adults are also measured. In addition to sport sailing, the Sailing Association of Slovenia also strives for the development and popularization of recreational sailing as a pleasant, healthy and environmentally friendly leisure activity.

National sailing authority

The Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond or Royal Netherlands Watersport Association is the national governing body for the sports of sailing, surfing, and canoeing in the Netherlands, recognised by the World Sailing. Netherlands

Chilean Sailing Association

LORC is an organization of eighteen Yacht Clubs located in the western end of Lake Ontario. The Council promotes competitive keelboat sailing in the Greater Toronto Area by organizing inter-club yacht racing for member clubs.

MOCRA was formed in 1969 to encourage and foster sailing of cruising and racing multihulls, to help improve their seaworthiness and promote their use. We administer and continually update the MOCRA Rating Rule specifically for multihulls and organise MOCRA class entries in UK sailing clubs and premier UK sailing events such as the Round the Island Race. We also organise a number of cruises throughout the summer months, social events and an annual dinner and prize giving after the AGM. Based in the United Kingdom

Norwegian Sailing Association

Provincial Sailing Authority which provides information about racing, learn to sail clubs, and more. Ontario Sailing is a not-for-profit, volunteer organization committed to the promotion and development of all aspects of boating and sailing. Ontario Sailing consists of over 180 member clubs, sailing schools, camps, charters & affiliates who represent over 10,000 member families and services over 100,000 boaters. Hamilton, ON Canada

Sailing takes many forms; you can cruise, race or simply potter around in all kinds of boats, on the sea or inland water. It is one of the very few sports in which able-bodied sailors and Para sailors can participate on equal terms. The Para World Sailing Committee is responsible for sailing for people with disabilities worldwide. The committee is responsible for the Paralympic Sailing Programme including Events and Equipment selection. It promotes, assesses and supports programmes for Para sailing run by their Member National Authorities (MNAs). The committee promotes all types of sailing for people with all types and degrees of disability. The values of the committee are equity, opportunity to excel and empowerment for sailors with disabilities.

Promoting racing in the Panam Games in one-design boats: Sunfish, Snipe, J-24, 49er, Lightning, Neil Pryde RS:X and Laser

Polish Yachting Association. Warsaw, Poland

Welcome to the Official Website of the Quebec Sailing Federation. Our mission is to encourage and to promote all aspects of sailing: racing, cruising and teaching; to promote the construction and design of sailboats in Quebec; To organize regattas and to sponsor interclub, inter-lake, interregional and international races; to promote and maintain good relations among sailing enthusiasts; to promote the practice of sailing, by all possible means, throughout all of Quebec, and to represent Quebec sailing among government authorities and among national and international federations. Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Spanish Sailing Federation

Federatia Romana de Yachting. Romana Yachting Federation gathers under its aegis all related sports structures and registered with the Ministry of Youth and Sportului. Federatia promotes and organizes sailing or motor sport competition at national, regional and local athletes giving legitimacy respetării security laws, rules and not least safety. In addition, the Federation aims at guiding athletes with the potential to achieve positive results in international competitions.

The RORC was founded in 1925 to encourage long distance yacht racing and the design, building and navigation of sailing vessels in which speed and seaworthiness are combined. Today the club encourages ocean, long distance and other forms of yacht racing and yachting activity. Today RORC is one of the world's most prestigious offshore racing clubs. There is nothing with quite the appearance of the present day RORC race programme. The RORC is recognised as the premier organiser of racing for offshore yachts, including the most famous Rolex Fastnet Race, the RORC Caribbean 600, the RORC Transatlantic Race and more. RORC is also involved in many other international events, such as the Rolex Middle Sea Race, the Transatlantic Ocean Racing Series etc. London, England, UK

The Royal Yachting Association (RYA), is the national body for all forms of boating, including dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising, RIBs and sports boats, powerboat racing, windsurfing, inland cruising and narrowboats, and personal watercraft. There are 2,250 RYA recognised training centres in the UK and abroad, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand and the USA. These deliver over 170,000 training courses annually. Hamble, Hants, England, UK

Scottish Sailing organisation which has over 120 affiliated sailing clubs in Scotland. Organises racing, race management, instructor conferences, and sail training. The Royal Yachting Association Scotland (RYA Scotland) has two distinct roles. Firstly we are a membership organisation charged with looking after the interests of individuals, clubs, training centres and affiliates of the RYA in Scotland. Secondly we are the recognised governing body for sailing in all it’s forms in Scotland.

Sail Manitoba has grown to become a mature Provincial Sport Governing Body. It has seen many up and downs; but it has survived them all because of the strength of its member clubs and associations. Winnipeg, MB Canada

Sail/Voile NB is the provincial governing body for boating and the sport of sailing in the province and is Sail Canada's representative in New Brunswick. Sail/Voile NB is a non-profit volunteer association with a mission to provide leadership, coordination and training to meet the needs of all New Brunswick boaters. Sail/Voile NB promotes sailing and power-boating through collaboration with and by supporting our partners, the member clubs, the member sailing schools and other stakeholders. We encourage participation in the sport of sailing & power boating through excellence in instruction and development of coaches and officials. Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Nova Scotia Yachting Association. Our vision is to make high performance sailing and recreational boating lifelong activities for Nova Scotians through excellence in competition and training. NSYA Is the provincial sport governing body in Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS Canada

The Sailing Federation of Hong Kong, China is the national authority for the sport of sailing in Hong Kong. Its aim is to develop and grow the sport and encourage a passion for sailing among the people of Hong Kong. The sport of sailing is accessible, inclusive and open to all, regardless of physical ability, whether young or old, beginner or advanced, looking for weekend sailing, competitive racing or ocean cruising.

Promoting sailing as a national sport, sailing for recreation on home waters and across the seas, competing with the world's best, winning for Singapore and taking their place alongside the sporting icons of the world.

Slovenský zväz jachtingu. Slovakia Sailing Association. Bratislava, Slovakia

South African Sailing (SAS) is the recognised National Federation representing the interests of sailing in all its forms in South Africa.