Following up on the ISSA Statement dated March 19, 2020 (see below) regarding the Spring 2020 High School sailing season, the NESSA Officers and Executive Committee want to clarify the following for our member schools.

A​n update in regards to the Spring 2020 season and the COVID-19 outbreak in our region

The following spring 2020 ISSA regattas are cancelled: Mallory, Baker, NIT, Phebe Corckran King, all MISSA Tier 1 and Tier 2 regattas, all MISSA Tier 3 regattas scheduled before May 1st. We have made this decision out of an abundance of caution for health and safety of not only our athletes and their families, coaches, race officials, and volunteers, but also society as a whole. While it is disappointing to all of us, we need to keep the big picture in mind. Coaches and team leaders have an important role in communicating with their student-athletes in giving perspective and context to this decision.  We would love to be able to encourage the physical activity and social interaction that high school sailing brings, but it would be irresponsible to do so at this time. Stay tuned, continue to be good teammates, coaches, and support systems for each other. - Ted Anderson, MISSA President

Statement from the ISSA Board (2020-3-19)

The ISSA Board of Directors has canceled the following Spring 2020 ISSA regattas; Mallory, Baker, NIT, Phoebe Corckran King, and all District Championships (and their qualifiers). All other ISSA sanctioned high school regattas are cancelled through May 1, 2020. It is the intent of the ISSA Board to make a decision on the rest of the season in terms of District, league and local regattas no later than May 1, 2020. 

We make this decision out of an abundance of care for the safety of our athletes, their parents, the coaches, the race officials, & the volunteers. While it is disappointing to all of us, we know it is the responsible thing to do at this time.

In light of the ongoing threat due to the Coronavirus, here is the high school sailing update (as of this moment),