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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 most ASA School and Instructor awards
for 10 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 recognized included
Steve Dinklage, 3 years; Chris Winter, 2 years and Bob Wagner Bob Coolican and Al Kruthers
• Our Students Love us. Just ask them. References supplied on
request. •
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