Augusta Community Sailing
Augusta Community Sailing
Building skills, confidence, and community on the water.
Building skills, confidence, and community on the water.
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Augusta Community Sailing is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in partnership with the Augusta Sailing Club that introduces youth and adults across the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) to sailing and boater safety through hands-on instruction, modern equipment, and community outreach. We focus on access, creating safe and welcoming opportunities for people of all backgrounds to get on the water, often for the very first time.
Augusta Community Sailing is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in partnership with the Augusta Sailing Club that introduces youth and adults across the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) to sailing and boater safety through hands-on instruction, modern equipment, and community outreach. We focus on access, creating safe and welcoming opportunities for people of all backgrounds to get on the water, often for the very first time.
Need-based scholarships are available for our youth programs.
Need-based scholarships are available for our youth programs.
Impact
Impact
2025
120+ youth served
17 youth earned Georgia Safe Boating Certificates
2026
15 students completed Spirit of America youth boating week — all 15 earned their Georgia Safe Boating Certificate
12 community members certified at our Georgia DNR boater education course
10 new sailing instructors certified — our combined bench is now 19
Sailors from 6 area schools on our high school team
3 graduating seniors on to Clemson, Texas A&M, and Georgia Tech
Building safe, confident sailors across the CSRA. → See our impact
Programs
Programs
ACS meets sailors wherever they start:
Four days of boating safety and hands-on watercraft training for ages 11–15. Students earn the Georgia State Safe Boating Certificate.
Competitive team sailing in the SAISA North league, open to grades 8–12 from schools across Richmond and Columbia counties.
Learn to sail in one weekend on Clarks Hill Lake. No experience needed.
Junior sailors help shape ACS programs and run their own events.
2026 Capital Campaign
2026 Capital Campaign
The Rockets Are on the Water
The Rockets Are on the Water
This spring, ACS completed the largest fleet acquisition in our history: six nearly-new 2023 Fulcrum Rocket sailboats, a coach boat, a Carolina Skiff, and a jon boat — a package valued at over $60,000, secured for $12,000 plus delivery. Donor support also funded a dedicated 420 trailer that carries our high school sailors to regattas and protects the fleet between events.
The Rockets are already teaching. They powered our adult learn-to-sail classes all summer and support club racing at Clarks Hill. The skiff and jon boat carry coaching, safety, and regatta operations.
We've raised $14,000 toward our $20,000 goal, covering acquisition, delivery, rigging, and first-year upkeep. The final $6,000 keeps this fleet teaching new sailors for years to come.
From Student to Instructor
From Student to Instructor
ACS is a pipeline as much as a program. Young people who start with us as beginners come back as US Sailing–certified instructors — a nationally recognized credential our sailors earn as young as 15. Ten new instructors certified in 2026, bringing our combined bench to 19.
Our Youth Advisory Board gives teenagers real say in how programs run. And when one of our high school sailors saw that we tracked boat maintenance on spreadsheets, she built RigReport — a tool that now monitors safety status across 70+ boats and has drawn interest from other sailing organizations.
What's Happening at ACS
What's Happening at ACS
Adult Sailing Classes
August 1-2 Our final learn-to-sail weekend of the 2026 season.
Programs run March through October.
Spirit of America youth boating returns in July 2027, and high school sailing practices resume this fall.
Every season, more kids experience the water safely, confidently, and for the first time.
Every season, more kids experience the water safely, confidently, and for the first time.
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