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Club Profile: Mission Bay Yacht Club

Mission Bay Yacht Club in San Diego, California is a top-notch small boat club with a growing footprint, even with the challenges of 2020. It has been previously named by […]

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Sailor Profile: Alastair Gifford

Alastair Gifford is making moves on the New Zealand sailing scene. The twenty-year-old South Island native’s name has consistently been atop leaderboards since his days in the Optimist class, where […]

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Zeke Horowitz

By Airwaves Senior Writer Taylor Penwell Zeke Horowitz is a familiar name in the sailing world dating back to his junior sailing days, college and now as a member of […]

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Back to the Future with Chris Snow

After a vastly successful & enduring career in the sailmaking business, most of it with North Sails, Chris Snow now moves on to pursue new challenges. Chris has been atop […]

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Santiago “Tino” Galan Coach Profile

By Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell Santiago Galán is an Argentinian born sailing coach with decades of experience. He has become a fixture of coaching in the US Virgin Islands. During […]

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Sailing Club Profile: New England Science and Sailing

New England Science & Sailing Foundation (NESS) is an ocean adventure nonprofit that provides STEM-based education programs, on and off the water, for students from all walks of life. NESS […]

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West Coast Sailing Company Profile

West Coast Sailing has served the small sailboat community with unrivaled expertise and unwavering commitment for helping their customers sail smarter and faster for over a decade. As the leading […]

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Put Your Helmet On!

You wear a helmet for a bunch of other things. Why not wear it for sailing? I’ll admit that when I first heard about helmets being introduced to sailing I […]

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Director Mark Newman Profile

The sailing programs at the South Carolina Yacht Club in Hilton Head have been turning heads in the past few years. Record numbers of juniors are participating in the sport […]

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Coach Alex Zimmermann

Sailing has always been the focus and driving passion for Alex Zimmermann. With a very successful international junior sailing career in many different types of classes, Alex uses his skills […]

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Making an Impact: Courageous Sailing

Since its inception in 1987, Courageous Sailing has been dedicated to its mission of transforming lives through sailing programs that inspire learning, personal growth, and leadership.  Courageous was established by […]

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Alec Anderson: Profiles in Pro Sailing

I met Alec Anderson when I moved to the British Virgin Islands in 2015 to coach at the Royal BVI Yacht Club. I knew who Alec was from following college […]

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Kiwi’s Out Front: Yachting New Zealand’s Have a Go

I’ve been coaching for ten years in the United States and internationally. Two months ago I moved to New Zealand to run a sailing program at the Queen Charlotte Yacht […]

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2018 Etchells World Championships Report

The 2018 Etchell World Championship concluded this past Saturday. 94 teams competed to prove who was the best in the world. The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in the Brisbane suburb […]

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2018 Comet International Regatta Report

Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club hosted the 2018 Comet International Championship on September 7-9th. The regatta was well attended with 23 Comets competing. The teams came from six different states along […]

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2018 Express 37 Nationals Report

The Berkeley Yacht Club was host for the 2018 Express 37 Nationals. The three day event kicked off on Friday, September 28th and finished on Sunday, September 30th. The sailing […]

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Youngest team turns heads at M32 World Championship

A team supported by the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Boat Foundation recently competed in the M32 World Championship held in Chicago from September 20th to the 23rd. The program […]

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Ultimate 20 North American Championship Report

Lake Norman Yacht Club in Mooresville, North Carolina hosted the 2018 Ultimate 20 North American Championship this past weekend. Also known as the U20, the Ultimate 20 is a 21 […]

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Nacra 15 North American Championship Regatta Report

The Nacra 15 North American Championship was held at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, Louisiana this past weekend. Twelve races were scheduled over the three day event sailed […]

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49er & 49erFX North American Championships Regatta Report

The 49er and 49er FX North American Championships were hosted by the Richmond Yacht Club in San Francisco this past weekend. The field was comprised of eleven 49er and two […]

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