ISSA aims to provide opportunities worldwide for people who dream of learning to sail to make a start in a sailing school. Also, ISSA provides an international career path for sailing and windsurfing instructors to teach sailing and windsurfing in other countries.

ISSA is a non-profit international association which provides a framework of common standards of quality and safety for sailing and windsurfing schools throughout the world. The ISSA standards apply equally to the certification of students completing sailing and windsurfing courses at all levels of ability. All ISSA sailing and windsurfing instructors are trained to the same of levels of competence.

ISSA is managed by a committee elected from its member sailing and windsurfing schools.

ISSA was created in 1969 in London by:

• Les Glenans FRA
• Polish Yachting Association POL
• Yacht Club de Morges SUI
• Casa di Vela Caprera ITA
• National Schools Sailing Association GBR
• Centro Internacional de Navigacion de Arousa ESP

ISSA International Sailing Schools Association LTD.

Prodromou, 51, 2nd floor, Strovolos, 2063 Nicosia, Cyprus, HE 378372
SWIFT/BIC: BCYPCY2N
IBAN: CY91002001950000357027921111

Executive Office

T.Borowskiego 2/27, 03-475 Warsaw, Poland
Phone +48 787 992 888
09:00 – 15:00 UTC
11:00 – 17:00 CEST
10:00 – 16:00 CET
Please contact us via e-mails beyond these hours.
issa@sailingschools.org

President

• Tomasz Lipski

Vice President

• Assaad Rayess

Treasurer

• Rafael Kander

Administrative Council Members

• Bogdan Brodowski
• Irina Fedorowa
• Silvia Guerra
• Orjan Jansson
• Dave Lumian
• Assaad Rayess
• Piotr Stańczak
• Erez Vardi
• Konstantin Zhukov

ISSA Officers

• Chief Instructor Trainer – Jakub Elsahen
• Chief Trainer for Inland Training – Tomasz Szczegielniak
• Chief Trainer for Power Training – Tarek Hassan
• Head of Office Administration – Elvira Sarkhanova
• Maritime Authorities Relations – Erez Vardi
• News Room Officer – Ramil Bayramov
• Professional Training Development – Assaad Rayess
• Chief Event Manager – Weiding Zhang

Regional Representatives

• Germany – Jarosław Wistuba
• Israel – Erez Vardi
• China (Guangdong Province) – Chunshan Bai
• Persian Gulf Area – Tarek Hassan
• Poland – Dominik Pietrowski
• Singapore – Andrew Chua
• USA – David Lumian
• Greece – Alexander Sohu

Presidents in past

• 1969 – 1973 – Guido Colnaghi
• 1973 – 1977 – Luc Gueissaz
• 1977 – 1984 – Roger Decombat
• 1984 – 1993 – Yves Aumon
• 1993 – 1997 – Veijo Meisalo
• 1997 – 2006 – Steve Colgate
• 2006 – 2008 – Martin Pryer
• 2008 – 2016 – Joan Basacoma

AGMs in the past

• 1969 – London, the UK
• 1973 – Finales, Italo
• 1974 – Enkhuizen, Holland
• 1975 – Brest, France
• 1976 – Neufachtel, Switzerland
• 1977 – Warsaw, Poland
• 1978 – Wien, Austria
• 1979 – Quiberon, France
• 1980 – Largs, Scotland
• 1981 – Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• 1982 – Tetouan, Marocco
• 1983 – Cowes, England
• 1984 – Bombannes, France
• 1985 – Helsinki, Finland
• 1986 – Montreal, Canada
• 1987 – Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• 1988 – Alger, Algeria
• 1989 – La Rochelle, France
• 1990 – Tumendorf, Germany
• 1991 – Gols, Austria
• 1992 – Caprera Sardaigne, Italy
• 1995 – Hamburg, Germany
• 1996 – Brigthon, England
• 1997 – Marstrand, Sweden
• 1998 – Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• 1999 – Athens, Greece
• 2000 – Edinburgh, Scotland
• 2001 – Paris, France
• 2002 – Rome, Italy
• 2003 – Dublin, Ireland
• 2004 – Paris, France
• 2005 – Singapure, Singapure
• 2006 – Helsinki, Finland
• 2007 – Barcelona, Spain
• 2008 – Wien, Austria
• 2009 – Midlands, England
• 2010 – Istambul, Turkey
• 2011 – Poznań, Poland
• 2012 – Łódź, Poland
• 2013 – Berlin, Germany
• 2014 – Marmaris, Turkey
• 2016 – Dusseldorf, Germany
• 2017 – Dusseldorf, Germany
• 2019 – Kamień Pomorski, Poland
• 2023 – Beijing, China

Publications

Logbooks

ISSA and its members have published many logbooks in the past. Here are some examples