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Wet Pants Sailing Association is Hiring!

Wet Pants Sailing Association seeks applications for Optimist and 420 Race Coaches for the summer 2020 season, running late June to mid August. Our fun learn-to-sail programs teach students (ages […]

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Mackay Boats, Ltd Joins the Sail1Design Team!

Sail1Design is thrilled to partner with Mackay Boats Ltd, a world-leading performance boat builder in Auckland, New Zealand. S1D has always supported performance youth sailing, and it is a great privilege […]

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Lon Gundie Delivers: HS Team of the Year Point Loma Dons New Team Shirts!!

Sail1Design is very happy to announce that Lon Gundie is our new title sponsor of the High School Team of the Year Award. This award, modeled somewhat along the lines of college sailing’s Fowle […]

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Dover-Sherborn High School Seeks Head Sailing Coach!

Dover-Sherborn High School is hiring a Varsity sailing coach for its Spring 2020 season which runs from March through May. DS Sailing is a competitive program racing in the Massachusetts […]

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Belmont Hill School Seeks Sailing Coach

Belmont Hill School educates boys in mind, body, and spirit to develop men of good character. Our community encourages and challenges students to discover and pursue passions, seek excellence, and […]

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ICSA News: Conference Championships Conclude the ICSA Doublehanded Season

Brown and Yale win NEISA, Cornell and St. Mary’s win MAISA, Stanford wins the West and Charleston wins the South Atlantic to conclude the fall season October  28, 2019– Written […]

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Devon Yacht Club is Hiring: 2 Positions Open!

The Devon Yacht Club is located on beautiful Gardiner’s Bay in Amagansett, NY and is currently seeking a Program Director for Junior Sailing for 2020. For more specific information this opportunity, and […]

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USA Sailors, NEWSFLASH: The i420 Class has Doubled the Team USA quota for the 2020 World Championship!!

All USA sailors wishing to compete at the International 420 World Championships must qualify and be selected by the US I420 Class Association. Sailors may qualify to apply by earning […]

Tom Sitzmann avatarTom SitzmannTwo people wearing red BU vests and caps are sailing a small white sailboat on a lake. They are looking in opposite directions, and the boat’s sail has blue text partially visible.

ICSA News: Boston University wins the Fall Coed Championship

Boston University showed poise in trying conditions at Connecticut College October  21, 2019 Written by Chris Klevan– Boston University won the Coed Showcase Championship Finals hosted by Connecticut College in […]

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New Bedford Yacht Club is Hiring

The New Bedford Yacht Club was incorporated in 1878 and enjoys a well-deserved reputation for excellence in sailing. The New Bedford Yacht Club is currently seeking a Sailing School Director […]

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ICSA News Update #4: Brown continues its dominance in Women’s Sailing

Written by Chris Klevan The Women of Brown University stay atop women’s sailing in winning the Jen Harris Women’s Showcase Finals. Brown University won the Jen Harris Women’s Showcase Finals […]

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ICSA News #2: Boston University & Navy win the Showcase Quals; Stanford wins the Stu Nelson

The Coed sailors qualify for the Coed Showcase Finals- The Fiske Harriman Sleigh at Connecticut College; Stanford and Harvard look strong before the Women’s Showcase Finals. October  7, 2019,  Written […]

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S1D Marketplace Spotlight: 2 World-Level 505’s For Sale!!

2 incredible 505’s for sale, on the east coast, USA…  

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Portland Yacht Club is Hiring!!

Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth, Maine, seeks one 420 Race Team Coach and one Opti Race Team Coach. Coach orientation week begins June 15th and the post-season wraps up on August […]

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ICSA News #1: Harvard, Yale Look Strong Season Begins

The in-conference half of the season has concluded as conferences square off at two major inter-conference regattas in New England along with the women showcase qualifiers September  30, 2019 Written […]

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S1D Marketplace Spotlight: Nautivela i420 For Sale

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S1D Welcomes Newest Partner, Lon Gundie

Sail1Design is thrilled to announce our newest partner, and Title Sponsor of our High School Team of the Year Award, LON GUNDIE!!  We sat down and caught up with them […]

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Waterfront Program Director

Norfolk Yacht & Country Club seeks a full-time Waterfront Program Director. Norfolk Yacht & Country Club is a warm and welcoming Club where its member families and guests have unique […]

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ICSA NEWS: All-new Partnership Offers Discounts on Coaching RIB’s to College Sailing Teams!

Professional Boats, authorized representative of Tornado Boats (Denmark) it’s proud to be sponsors of the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Based on this alliance, we offer a discount to all ICSA affiliated colleges and universities between 8 and […]

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Tomas Dietrich’s Fearless Olympic Dream

S1D’s Pearson Potts caught up with Tommy Dietrich, a well-known and very well loved Optimist/Laser coach here in the US, and spent some time chatting about sailing, Olympic dreams, and […]

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