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Viper 640 North Americans Day 1 Report

Jeff Grange Takes Control of Viper 640 North Americans After First Day September 3, 2014 Long Beach, CA – Some championship regattas fall into the trope of “it’s never like […]

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Lessons From the Sting of Defeat: The 34th America’s Cup from the Kiwi Perspective

Editors Note: Ahh, sailboat racing. No matter how talented, prepared, and invested you are into any particular boat or regatta, this sport, it seems more than most, can offer up […]

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2014 505 World Championships Report & Results

Six teams Vie for Title on final Day of Racing      By Airwaves writer Katelyn Montero All photos courtesy of: SAP 505 Worlds 2014/ Christophe Favreau Kiel, Germany- The SAP […]

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A Life in One Day: What's it's Like to be a College Sailing Coach

By Airwaves writer John Storck Late August has always been a time of the year that I really enjoyed. Summer seems to ease off the throttle a bit. The temperature […]

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One Design Spotlight: Club Flying Junior

Club FJ (Flying Junior): Youth Trainer Extraordinaire, by Airwaves writer Tyler Colvin Recognizable to many youth sailors who grew up on lakes, ponds, or on the west coast, the Club […]

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The Dinghy Shop Fall Optimist Series: Can't Get Better Than This

Sailing Continues! Want to keep sailing? Junior sailing ends in August, but that doesn’t mean that you have to stop. There’s a lot of great racing ahead at the Dinghy […]

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Meet the US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider – Team Haeger/Provancha

By Airwaves writer Martha Pitt Do you know who is representing the USA in the Olympic sailing classes?  You should!  Meet the US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider, the 43 athletes […]

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Looking Up at College Sailing: What's it Really Like?

 GETTING BEHIND THE BROCHURES… By Airwaves writer Emma White Over the past few years I attended several talks during clinics and regattas in which college coaches discuss and answer questions on […]

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Lightning 2014 North American Championship Final Results

Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Skipper/Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 T O Total Lightning NA Championship Racing One Design Division […]

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2014 US Youth Sailing Championship Final Results

  C-420 Club 420 (36 boats) (top) Series Standing – 9 races scored Information is provisional and subject to modification Regatta results last updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:13:35 PM CDT Click on […]

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S1D Team Profile: Youth J/24 Team USA

      By Airwaves Writer Sarah Lihan Most junior racing here in the US sticks to the tried and true youth classes—Lasers and Radials, Club 420’s, maybe a handful […]

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Snipe 2014 Women's Nationals Report & Results

The 2014 Women’s Snipe Nationals held Aug 9-10 at Cottage Part Yacht Club in Winthrop Massachusetts was fortunate to have beautiful sunny weather. Winds were light and shifty early both […]

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Thinking Outside the Optimist Box: Speed Peaks & Sensitive Sailing

By Diego Ravecca We welcome Diego to the Sail1Design team. Diego is an experienced and exceptional coach, serving as National Optimist Team Coach for Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, and Peru, along […]

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LaserPerformance Launches The Collegiate Cup

August 11, 2014 LaserPerformance Collegiate Cup Challenges Best College Sailors From Around the World LaserPerformance is proud to announce the launch of the LaserPerformance Collegiate Cup (LPCC). The LaserPerformance Collegiate […]

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Zim 15

INTRODUCING THE ZIM 15 – MOVING DINGHY SAILING FORWARD!!! Check out Sail!Design’s Sail Test of the Zim 15! Over the past two and a half years the collegiate and post collegiate […]

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Sail1Design SailTest: The Zim 15

By Airwaves writer John Storck Recently, I had the opportunity to take the new Zim 15 out for a test sail. The whole experience was pretty cool, as the Zim […]

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Club 420 Class Triple Crown 2014 Results

Sly and Morgan Dominate the c420 Triple Crown Series New Bedford, MA (August 3, 2014) — Martina Sly and Ian Morgan are having the summer of their lives.  Sly and […]

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420 Class: Club, Collegiate = Win, Win

420 Class: Club Versus Collegiate   By Airwaves writer Tyler Colvin As one of the most highly utilized youth training boats in North America, the 420 was designed in the mid […]

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Vanguard 15 Elegy Rebuttal: I Ain't Dead Yet

By guest writer Mike O’Connor. This article is in response to our recent post: Elegy For the V15; Good Things End, But That’s OK I would not write off a […]

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CJ Buckley Team Race Regatta Report

Remembering CJ Buckley East Greewich, RI (July 30, 2014) — The 12th annual CJ Buckley Team Race for the c420 class Team Racing Nationals was sailed out of Goddard park […]

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