To go halfway off-topic from elite racing to plain old sailing, how's ASA in being "worth it"? I've always felt that ASA was for "sailing" and USSA for racing. And I never got an ASA qual either. I assume it exists in part to make charter companies more willing to set you free on their boat...
Without intending to, I’ve taught basic sailing off and on since about 1970 without a ticket from USSA or ASA (the latter didn’t exist back then). Along the way I picked up a 100-ton license with the sailing endorsement.
Now that I’m teaching part time at our community sailing center, it looks...