Our Mission

Singles Under Sail, Inc. (SUS) is a non-profit organization of single people founded in 1987 and incorporated in 1990.  Our mission is to bring together single people with an interest in sailing, boating and related activities, and to provide opportunities to share those activities .

What We Are
and
What We Are Not

SUS is a sailing / boating club, NOT a sailing school.

SUS encourages novice and less experienced new and renewing members to take sailing lessons from a licensed school or yacht club.  This is not required, but many members who have had this kind of instruction have enhanced their sailing experiences.  (This does not replace the educational requirement.)   There are many schools in the local area as well as some famous ones in other places in the country. 

SUS is NOT a singles club!  We are a sailing club for single people!

Who We Are

We are adult single people who like and appreciate the joys of sailing and boating.  Although most of us are primarily interested in sailing, power boat skippers and their crew are also welcome to join and participate in club activities.  We are serious about safe boating and as a condition of continuing membership in SUS we complete a US Coast Guard Auxiliary or US Sail and Power Squadron Safe Boating course, or the equivalent.

As Skippers, we are boat owners who enjoy sharing both our love of sailing and our boats with crew who either know a lot about sailing already or who are eager and able to learn.

As crew we have a range of experience and skills, but we are serious about being "crew."  We don't go along for the ride.  We actively participate in the sails we take.  We also take advantage of the educational opportunities SUS and its skippers provide.

What We Do On the Water

Each year SUS Skippers plan an exciting season of wonderful sailing activities.  Only the wind and the weather need to cooperate!!!  These include week-end "SailAway" raft ups to favorite spots on Long Island Sound shores, day sails in local waters and educational day/evening sails with a variety of skills to be shared and experiences gained.  Weather and water temperature permitting, many of us like to be in the water at the end of a sailing day too.  An annual Club Cruise to a variety of New England destinations is also on the schedule.

Some of our Skippers like to cruise, some like to race and others enjoy both. Crew experiences vary depending on your skill, ability and adventurousness.

What We Do Off the Water

In addition to our monthly/semi-monthly meetings, there are several planned club social activities or "special events" each year.  Our annual "Cast-Off" party occurs in the Spring and there is a "Change of Season" party in the Fall. Our annual Holiday Party in December is always a favorite with dinner, dancing and the special camaraderie and friendships made throughout the sailing season celebrated in a more formal setting. There are usually some additional house parties, St. Patrick's Day and Halloween often among them.

On the less than formal side, we work together with many of our Skippers to get the boats ready to sail in the Spring and help to "put the boats to bed" in the Fall.  The tasks can range from sanding bottoms (boat bottoms, of course) to painting, varnishing, scrubbing, polishing, rigging lines, etc., etc., This is an important part of the SUS experience.  An opportunity to get to know other SUS members while helping a Skipper with all of the chores associated with putting a boat into the water or taking one out at the end of the season.  Skippers are very appreciative!