International Sailing Schools Association

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International Sailing Schools Association

Abbreviation	ISSA
Formation	1969; 55 years ago (1969)[1]
Founder	Les Glénans – France Polish Yachting Association – Poland Yacht Club de Morges – Switzerland Casa di Vela Caprera – Italy National School Sailing Association – UK Centro Internacional de Navigacion de Arousa – Spain[1]
Founded at	Paris[2] and London[1]
Purpose	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.[3]
Headquarters	22 Lecha Street, Warsaw, Poland
Location	Etude Verrey & Terrier – notaires, 85, avenue Général-Guisan, CH-1009 Pully, Switzerland Προδρόμου, 51, Floor 2, Στρόβολος 2063, Λευκωσία, Κύπρος Cyprus[4]
Coordinates	52°17′01″N 21°03′40″E / 52.283631°N 21.061004°E / 52.283631; 21.061004
Website	https://issa.global

The International Sailing Schools Association also known as ISSA is an international organization associating 3,500 sailing schools from all over the world.^[2] ISSA was founded in London and Paris in 1969 as a result of a joint initiative of the sailing communities of France, Poland, Italy, Switzerland and Great Britain.^[1][2][5]

In 1982, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe granted the ISSA consultative status as an NGO.^[6]

In 2005 World Sailing discussed the role of ISSA at its annual conference.^[7]

• 1969–1973 – Guido Colnaghi
• 1973–1977 – Luc Gueissaz
• 1977–1984 – Roger Decombat
• 1984–1993 – Yves Aumon
• 1993–1997 – Veijo Meisalo
• 1997–2006 – Steve Colgate^[8]
• 2006–2008 – Martin Pryer
• 2008–2016 – Joan Basacoma
• 2019–present – Tomasz Lipski

[Source ISSA]^[1]

• Międzynarodowe Stowarzyszenie Szkół Żeglarskich ISSA w Polsce (ISSA in Poland)

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