Airwaves Staff Posts
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 […]
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. […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Optimist
The international Optimist’s tag line “How the worlds junior sailors learn to sail” gives you an idea of the class right away. With hundreds of thousands of boats worldwide, and […]
Laser
The international laser, an Olympic Class sailboat, is quite likely the worlds most popular single-handed one-design dinghy, rivaled in numbers only by the sunfish. With regattas and fleets all throughout […]
Club 420
The club 420 is the essential 2 person training dinghy used my the majority of youth sailing programs across the country. The boat is stable, fast, and this class association […]
470
From www.470.org: It is a popular class of dinghy, offering a good introduction to high-performance boats without being excessively difficult to handle. It has a large sail-area-to-weight ratio and is […]
Vanguard 15
Labeled by some as the ideal post-collegiate sailors boat, this simple design is comfortable, easy to sail for beginners and a small family outing, yet also boasts one of the […]
505
Originally launched in 1953, the 5o5 has withstood the test of time and is considered by many to be the best performing high performance planing dinghy ever built. This international […]
Snipe
A competitive but friendly and often family-oriented class association, and a long history of great events, what’s not to love about the Snipe? Designed by William Crosby in 1931, the […]
Albacore
The Albacore is one of many dinghies from the desk of Uffa Fox. Designed in 1954, this class has active fleets in the US, Canada and England. With over 8,000 […]
Thistle
The Thistle is a high performance racing dinghy, also used for day sailing, popular in the United States. The Thistle was designed in 1945 by Gordon K. (Sandy) Douglass. The […]
29er
More of an advanced boat, the 29er is a fast skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite and first produced in 1998, and is the little sister to the 49er. It is […]
