Making healthy choices to boost your sailing performance can be a hard task to accomplish. For a lot of people, they believe this statement to be true, however, eating healthy doesn’t have to be hard and unpleasant. With a little learning and work, you can make eating healthy fun and easy! We all need to spend more time learning how we can 
fuel our bodies better for boosting our performance on the water and improving our daily life.
For a lot of sailors eating healthy can be a challenge because of being on the water all day. A lot of times sailors bring granola bars as they are the easiest thing to snack on out on the water. However, a lot of the granola bars we are buying are filled with sugar and other ingredients that are hindering our performance. Before purchasing granola bars, you always want to check out the ingredient list to see what you are eating. However, the best way to always know what is in your food is to make it at home.
Making granola bars at home is fun and easy! It doesn’t take long to make some great snacks you can take out on the water to fuel you throughout the day of sailing. There are tons of different recipes out there for you to try at home. Below you will find a simple recipe I love to make for my sailing adventures. Making great healthy food at home can be scary to start, but trust me it is easier than you think and can be lots of fun!
Sailors Snack Granola Bar Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1 cup pitted Medjool dates
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
- 1/3 cup peanut butter or almond butter
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 1 1/2 cup rolled oats
- optional: raisins, chocolate chips, cranberries, other nuts, etc.
Instructions:
- Process the dates in a food processor until it forms a dough like consistency.
- Put sliced almonds, chia seeds, rolled oats, and dates in a large mixing bowl. Also, add additional ingredients if using.
- Warm maple syrup or honey and nut butter in a saucepan over low heat.
- Pour warm mixture over oat mixture and mix together. Using hands knead the mixture so consistent throughout.
- Line a glass baking dish with parchment paper. Take mixture and flatten in baking dish.
- Place dish into the freezer for at least 25 minutes to set.
- Remove from freezer and cut bars.
- Store bars in a container, until ready to enjoy. (store them in the freezer to keep them fresher.)
Enjoy Snacking Healthy!
For more information on fitness for sailing contact [email protected]. Also check out Sailorcise on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for daily tips on fitness, nutrition, and sailing.
Photo taken from the 
© 2017 Rob Migliaccio, All Rights Reserved
Perfectly situated facing southeast on the north bank of the Neuse River, Camp Seafarer/Sea Gull is well-equipped to host USODA events, not always an easy task. Their spacious lawns, basketball courts, large swimming pool complete with zip line, enormous dining hall facility, was topped off only by a picture-perfect place to sail. We encountered almost no pleasure boat traffic, and had an amazingly gorgeous body of water all to ourselves. The weather seemed to know we were coming; forecasts of light winds were happily under-reported and the sailors were treated to two days of moderate-to-brisk NE-E winds from 5-22 knots over the six-race series. Epic sailing conditions.
When the dust settled, young sailing star Peter Foley, Coral Reef YC, FL, came somewhat from behind to defend his ACC title of last year, and win again. Peter was very good on day one, but started slowly (for him) with a 26 in the very first race in the lighter winds. Having to carry that deep race the rest of the way left little margin for error for Peter, but as the winds built, he became almost untouchably fast. His boat handling in the big waves (3-5 feet) and wind (14-23 knots) was impressive to watch. He was very fast upwind with great technique, and even faster on the reaches and downwind.
importantly, thanks to the kind people at Camp Seafarer/Sea Gull for gracefully sharing their magical venue with the Atlantic Coast’s top Optimist sailors. If you ever have a chance to visit this place, jump at that chance. 
The racing sailors, cruising sailors, and our powerboat squadron events fall primarily in the following categories: offshore and one-design racing, powerboat predicted log contests, and the relaxed cruising of both the sail and power fleets.
at Cedar Point Yacht Club in Westport, Connecticut. The Waszp class is a new exciting boat that is gaining attention throughout the country. If you hadn’t had a chance to check out these boats yet, its a must do! Check out the article 
stay in the pressure. Sam Blouin took the first race win, with Conner Blouin in 2nd, followed by Reed Baldridge in 3rd. The second race they shortened the course as the conditions seemed to be going in and out, and dying down to the 3-5 knot range. A lot of the same for the second race, staying in the breeze was key along with balancing your boat. Robyn Lesh took the 1st this race, followed by Connor Blouin in 2nd, and Sam Blouin in 3rd. After the sailors finished the second race, the race committee moved the course more East as wind conditions looked a little more consistent up the course. However, once the race committee set the course, the breeze had died out. Waszp sailors hung out while we all hoped for more breeze to fill back in throughout the course. Unfortunately, it wasn’t 
looking promising, so the race committee sent us all in for a wind delay on land. Once all the sailors reached land, we waited for a more consistent breeze. Sailors hung out enjoying some snacks while we all hoped for better conditions to transpire. After about an hour wind delay the breeze filled back to the 5-6 knot range, but due to the time of day and breeze predicted to die the group called it for the day. Once the call was made, the group derigged for the day and headed upstairs to enjoy a great taco dinner put on by the club. Sailors all left fed well and tired from the day of low riding, and most of all hoping for better breeze tomorrow.
All the sailors arrived at Cedar Point eager for better breeze; unfortunately, that was not the case. Foggy conditions and zero breeze were the conditions the sailors were greeted with on day two. However, despite the wind delay sailors rigged up their boats hopeful that breeze would fill as the fog lifted. During the wind delay, sailors chatted about the class and where to hold regattas in future. They also discussed the boats and different settings they have been using while sailing. Despite the lack of breeze, it was a great way for the class to get more exposure and get sailors of this new class coming together. At noon the race committee 
called the regatta for the weekend, and awards followed. 1st place Sam Blouin, 2nd Connor Blouin, and 3rd Robyn Lesh.
