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Newport Harbor High School Wins BOTH Mallory and Baker National Championships!

Fresh off of a dominating win at the US High School Sailing National Coed Dinghy Championship…. http://www.spyc.org/club/scripts/view/view_clubannouncement.asp?pg=PY&GRP=4561&AID=52031&NS=PY&APP=58 ……Newport Harbor High School just won the Baker Trophy, High School Sailing’s Team […]

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Quantum Womens College Sailor of the Year Competition Heats Up!

Check out the current results here!!!http://www.collegesailing.org/nas/spring09/womensresults.asp The battle for the top award in Intercollegiate Women’s Sailing, Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year, is red hot as we head into the […]

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MASSA Baker Team Race District Championship

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Sailing Collegiate Dinghies Clinic at Harvard

August 18-20, 2009ProgramThis three-day clinic is intended for high school and college sailors who wish to learn collegiate sailing techniques and practice like one of the top college sailing team […]

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COLLEGIATE COACHING SPOTLIGHT: INTERVIEW WITH BILL WARD

College sailing has become progressively more organized over the years, largely due to the increased presence of full time coaches. This past week, I sat down with one of the […]

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The Fan Pier Team Racing Challenge

Presented by the Boston Sailing CenterMay 4-5 and 7, 2009Notice of Race Rules- The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the (2009-2012) Racing Rules of Sailing […]

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15 Year-Old to Sail Non-stop around the world!!! Wow!

Youngest to sail solo non-stop unassisted around the World Jessica Watson is setting out to become the youngest person to sail solo non-stop and unassisted around the World. Since Joshua Slocum […]

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US SAILING ANNOUNCES NEW COLLEGE SAILING SEMINAR

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (March 6, 2009) – In conjunction with the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA), US SAILING is featuring a new seminar for young sailors competing at the U.S. Youth Sailing […]

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College Sailing Programs 101 – The Service Academies

Service Academies with sailing programs include Army, Coast Guard, the Merchant Marine Academies, and Navy. These colleges are either fully or partially funded by tax payer dollars. This means that the student […]

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Lightning

The International Lightning Get The Best Of Both Worlds Without Compromising Either One The Lightning, a 19 foot trailerable centerboard sloop, was originally designed by Sparkman & Stephens as an […]

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49er

The 49er is a very fast double-handed twin trapeze skiff. Designed by Julian Bethwaite, this is an exhilarating ride, and requires a fair amount of technical skill to sail. The […]

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Three small sailboats with white sails navigate choppy waters near a green channel marker with the number 7, under a partly cloudy sky. The sailors are leaning to balance their boats.

Sunfish

With over 500,000 boats built the Sunfish is a very popular one-design class sailboat designed in the 1950s. As a singlehanded boat, the Sunfish is easy to car-top or trailer. […]

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Flying Scot

The Flying Scot is a day sailer dinghy used for pleasure sailing as well as racing throughout North America. The Flying Scot was designed in 1957 by Gordon K. (Sandy) […]

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Day Sailer

The Day Sailer is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America and Brazil. The Day Sailer was designed in 1958 by […]

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J/105

When your home is near the water, J/105 may be your ideal sailboat. Count up the number of nights spent sleeping aboard and compare that to the number of picnic […]

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Interclub

The Interclub Dinghy Frostbite class, originally envisioned as a class for Inter-Club racing on Long Island sound, attracts some of the best sailors from a variety of other “summer” classes […]

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Blue Jay

The Blue Jay continues to be one of the leading one-design, sloop-rigged sailboats in existence today.  Fathered by Drake H. Sparkman, head of the New York designing firm of Sparkman […]

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Schock 35

The Schock 35 Class Association was founded in 1985 as a voluntary corinthian association. Its purpose is to promote the continued enjoyment of Schock 35 Class sailing yachts in fair, […]

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Viper 640

The Viper 640 is a high-performance one-design sport boat. At 21 feet long and only 735 lbs, it combines the stiffness of a keelboat with the acceleration and planning abilities […]

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Flying Dutchman

It was in the late 40’s that the IYRU (now ISAF) instigated a new modern 2-man international dinghy, the Tornado. She was not a success as there was no leap […]

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