The Santa Barbara Sea Shell Association is a group of over 50 families in Santa Barbara who are continuing a 64-year tradition of teaching young people to race sailboats in the best way possible: by putting them on the water, by themselves, in their very ...

New skippers join the Novice class and sail with a parent on-board to help them learn the basics of getting the boat around the buoys and safely back to shore.  After 10 completed races, new skippers are ready to move into the 'C' class, and ...

At about 12:00 on Sunday the boat ramp at the far end of the harbor starts to fill up with families arriving and rigging their Sea Shells and Sabots.  The boats, most of which are stored right next to the boat ramp in our "condos," are whee...