08/11/2026
That's a wrap on Summer 2026! Here's the numbers:
28 sorties
228 midshipmen trained
13 ports visited
Countless memories!
Thank you to everyone that made this summer happen!
USNA Command and Seamanship Training Squadron
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Command & Seamanship Training Squadron (CSTS) is one of the premier summer leadership training programs for Midshipmen at the US Naval Academy.
The Midshipmen receive training in leadership, seamanship and navigation through offshore sailing and voyage planning. During the summer, CSTS sends the sail training craft, Navy 44s, crewed by 3/c Midshipmen and led by 2/c and 1/c Midshipmen, USNA Faculty, Staff, or Civilian volunteers. They sail to various ports up and down the east coast during the four-week long training blocks. Week 1 consist
08/11/2026
08/08/2026
Can you spot the unique welcome committee at the Narrows greeting the CSTS 3B squadron?
08/07/2026
CSTS 3B on the way to Oyster Bay, sharing the East River!
08/06/2026
Even after weather delayed their departure from USNA, Squadron 3B made excellent time up the coast and through NYC. They pulled into Oyster Bay yesterday evening and they are ready for a few days of liberty. Big thank you to Oakcliff Sailing and Oyster Bay for welcoming our sailors!
Attention Oyster Bay! There are 50 Navy Sailors visiting us. They are staying at Oakcliff Sailing but (after showers) are headed into Town of Oyster Bay. Please say hello and welcome them!
07/23/2026
Deputy Director Fran Schoening did an excellent job of summing up why we do what we do. Check out the article on Scuttlebutt Sailing News! Thank you to those that shared their experiences in the article and to everyone who volunteers their time and talent to our mission.
Leaders are made by hard effort In an era of cyber warfare and autonomous drones, one might wonder why the United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD) still invests in the visceral,
07/14/2024
Swim call and dinner aboard at the moorings off Falmouth in Casco Bay
07/14/2024
Boston to Portland leg for 2C included great food, sailing in fog, whale, dolphin and seal sightings and manning the port side (water) cannons.
07/14/2024
Navy 44s Audacious, Valiant and Fearless at Portland Yacht Services in ME for a two day port visit. PYS owner and round the world sailor Phin Sprague with the 2C squadron.
07/14/2024
Audacious and Valiant crossing tacks in Cape Cod Bay
07/14/2024
Squadron 2C on our return leg from Portland ME, transiting the Cape Cod Canal
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