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Club Profile: Barnegat Light Yacht Club

BLYC is a private sailing and social club located in Harvey Cedars, NJ. We offer a variety of sailing and social activities for members of the club and surrounding community. […]

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Ashley Love

By Tyler Colvin What does a passion for Shakespeare, world class Ultimate Frisbee talent and professional sailing media have in common? Ashley Love knows.  Editor in Chief at T2PTV (co-founded […]

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Selden Mast US Youth Sailing Championship Recap

Raising The Bar Every sailor wants to see growth in youth sailing, but one company has taken the lead in setting an example for event sponsorship.  Seldén Mast Inc. located […]

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Club Profile: Tampa Yacht & Country Club

Tampa Yacht & Country Club Youth Sailing Program The mission of the Tampa Yacht & Country Club Youth Sailing Program is to support the development of youth sailors ages 8-15 […]

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Stephanie Roble

Sailor Spotlight: a Few Words with Top Match Racer Stephanie Roble By Airwaves writer Jeff Doubek Watching young sailors grow up and raise their talent to the next level is one […]

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Christchurch School wins CJ Buckley Team Race

Race report – CJ Buckley Regatta – Club 420 Association National Junior Team Race Championships East Greenwich, RI – August 5, 2015 Thirty-six junior teams comprised of 216 sailors in […]

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Sail1Design Creates New Sailing Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sail1Design Creates New Sailing Awards Annapolis, MD – 4 August 2015 –  Sail1Design is proud, and excited, to announce the creation of three new awards, to augment our popular […]

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Lightning 2015 World Championship Final Results

For Full Results go here: http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=1277  

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Club 420 Nationals Final Results

Club 420 Nationals Final Results, Newport, RI.    Top 15: For full results, click HERE

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Sail1Design Welcomes New Team Member Jeff Doubek!

Sail1Design is pleased to introduce Jeff Doubek, our newest Airwaves writer and team member! Jeff is an accomplished Marketing Consultant, native Midwesterner, and the former Executive Director of the Geneva […]

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2015 Olivia Constants Team Race Invitational

Olivia Constants lost her life in a tragic sailing accident four years ago here in Annapolis, at the age of 14. As painful as that day was for her family, friends, […]

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Tucker Thompson

By Tyler Colvin Sailing is a sport often associated with the privileged, so the rags-to-riches story line seems out of place.  While this may not be a nothing-to-everything story, it […]

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3 Essential Tips for Improving Skipper / Crew Communication

By Jeff Doubek As a young sailor, literally wet behind the ears, my first lesson came the hard way: Learn your boat’s language. This happened one fateful day when my […]

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Coach’s Locker Room: One Great Way to Handle Over-Zealous Sailing Parents

By Jeff Doubek (optimist/Submarine photo courtesy of our friends at Sailing Anarchy) Three quick stories, one solid lesson: Story 1: Dad who rigged his son’s Opti every morning. I’m the […]

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Free State Team Race Around the Corner

The Free State Team Race is right around the corner! Check it out!!! http://www.annapolisyc.com/default.aspx?p=.NETEventView&ID=3765676&qfilter=&type=0&ssid=307802&chgs= Read More about the Sail1Design TR Grand Prix Sail1Design is once again very excited to promote […]

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Outside Asymmetric Jibes Revisited

By Andrew Kerr While racing in the Round Block Island Race with a J122 team recently, we saw the value of an outside Jibe when it was blowing 25 to […]

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COLLEGE SAILING ANNOUNCES 2014-15 ALL-AMERICAN TEAM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2015 Contact: Jen Vandemoer Mitchell | Toile à Voile for ICSA | [email protected] | 763-234-8286 m. COLLEGE SAILING ANNOUNCES 2014-15 ALL-AMERICAN TEAM IN AWARDS SHOW […]

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Sail1Design Becomes Official Marketplace of USODA & C420 Class Associations

June 22, 2015, Annapolis, MD –  Sail1Design is pleased to announce that our integrated, free, by-owner Classified Marketplace has been chosen by both the US Optimist Class Association, and the […]

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2015 505 Wickford Regatta Results & Report

By Craig Thompson – Eleven teams made their way to the first Region 1 regatta of the season. The Wickford Regatta takes place annually at the start of the season […]

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The Genesis of One Design Success: Planting Seeds for the Future

This past weekend, Severn Sailing Association & the Annapolis Vanguard 15 fleet hosted the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Championship. In years past, one would expect V-15’s to arrive en masse, on car […]

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