On February 17th, the Mission Bay Aquatic Center (MBAC) was recognized as the Outstanding Community Sailing Program at the US Sailing National Sailing Symposium in Austin, Texas. To celebrate this prestigious award, we are offering 10% off our sailing classes now through March 31, 2017 with promo code ussailing. Read More
Category: Sailing
MBAC Awarded Highest Honor at National Sailing Symposium
On February 17th, the Mission Bay Aquatic Center (MBAC) was recognized as the Outstanding Community Sailing Program at the US Sailing National Sailing Symposium in Austin, Texas. US Sailing is the national governing body of the sport of sailing and “Member National Authority” of the International Sailing Federation. Read More
MBAC Staff Around the World: Sailing in the BVIs
Recently MBAC Instructional Coordinator Paul Lang experienced his dream of chartering a boat and sailing in an exotic location. In this article Paul shares the story of his experience that could inspire you to do the same. Read More
First Sail provides sample of the sailing lifesytle
Have you ever dreamed of sailing away to exotic locations but are unsure of how to begin the journey? Then our new First Sail course is for you. First Sail is an opportunity to learn about and experience an introduction to sailing before committing to a full-length course. Read More
MBAC to provide sail training to future naval officers
The Mission Bay Aquatic Center has been awarded a 5-year contract to be the west coast school charged with training the next generation of naval officers in the tradition of sailing. Between mid-May and mid-June 500 midshipmen will qualify as United States Navy Sailing Association Skipper ‘B’ during their training at MBAC. Read More
MBAC students win 9-day adventure race in Zanzibar
At MBAC we get a lot of questions from people interested in learning to sail, but last fall an unusual request came in the form of an email from Jake Vanags. “My name is Jake and, along with two others, I just signed up for a ridiculous and adventurous nine-day race across a portion of the Indian Ocean in a tiny African fishing boat… I guess my question is this: What set of classes or private instruction in the next two and a half months would you suggest we take if we were to sail a tiny African fishing boat over the course of nine days down the Zanzibar Archipelago?” Read More