What is the ASA School of the Year Award About?
We are one of the over 255 members schools within the American Sailing Association. All member schools have carefully investigated National certification options and have decided that the ASA and its certifications, recognitions, policies and qualities are second to none.

The ASA, in order to promote excellence in education and to oversee the quality of each member school, surveys each certified student. The student, on a voluntary basis, completes a questionnaire and mails it directly back to the ASA where the responses are assessed, both qualitatively and, quantitatively using a nationwide rating scheme. Even when the ASA revamped the rating system to include other schools, the quality of our instruction shined throughout. The responses to the ASA are used to ->

1. Ascertain that the Facility is adhering to prescribed ASA curriculum, standards and policies;
2. Designate the superior schools as School of the Year; and to
3. Identify and recognize the outstanding instructors as Instructor of the Year

Why did we earned the ASA School of the Year Award for 8 years?
Simply stated, we are a humble but proud company dedicated to delivering sailing instruction at the highest level of quality. We are a family. No matter how the ASA looked at the results, the NJSS remained on the top of the list. The students love what we are doing!

Why has this phenomenal success been so consistent over all these years?
• We Love our Students (really!)
• We are More than a Sailing School, we are a Marine Education Center
• We have a very high rate of repeat business
• Over 70% of our new business is from referral of exuberant, wonderful students.
• We have been in the Sailing Business since 1973 under the same ownership
• We were one on the founding members on the American Sailing Association which was established in 1983
• Mike Landers, the owner of NJSS, is actively promoting the sport of sailing as a member of
i. The Education Committee of Sail America and
ii. An elected Member of The Executive Committee of the American Sailing Association and
iii. A Member of the US Sailing Association
• We have operated with the same loyal office staff since 1986
• We have a wonderful working relationship with other ASA Schools in our immediate area and nation-wide. Indeed we co sponsor certain courses including Offshore Passage Making and Cruising Catamaran with schools from Maryland.
• Our Instructors are all ASA Certified and most are also US Sailing and US Coast Guard Licensed
• We have over 25 Instructors on our team. Some of these professionals have been with us since 1983! Their professional and cultural backgrounds are very diverse
• Our instructors are all professional sailors with a love of the sport and a sensitive approach to sharing their skills with each candidate
• Our instructors consistently receive raving reviews from the students
• Six of our Instructors have been Nationally Recognized as Instructor of the Year by the ASA
• We have added an additional instructor to the list, Captain John Henderson. Also, one of those Instructors, Captain Keith Jasckson, has received the recognition as Outstanding Instructor for the past six years including last season. Other instructors to be recognised included Steve Dinklage, 3 years; Chris Winter, 2 years and Bob Wagner and Al Kruthers
• Our Students Love us. Just ask them. References supplied on request. •