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Tom Sitzmann Posts

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A First Impression of Sailing in Wellington, New Zealand

By Airwaves Writer at-large, Sara Morgan Watters  After a 23 hour journey to Wellington, New Zealand just over a month ago, I was welcomed to the country’s capital city by […]

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Megabyte

The Megabtye is a fast, yet stable boat that can be sailed with two crew or raced singlehanded. The boat was designed to carry some “serious weight” with a proper […]

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2014 J/70 Charleston Race Week Results and Reports

By Geoff Becker Team Helly Hansen:  Skipper, Tim Healy, Tactician/Trimmer: Geoff Becker, Trimmer: Sam Stokes, Bow: Gordon Borges Day 2   3 races, 2 heats/race (races course 4, 4 legs and downwind finish)     […]

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Sail1Design's Team Race Rankings, 9 APRIL 2014!!

As qualifiers finished up this past weekend, the berths for Team Race Nationals in June were filled! Some of the usual heavy-hitters like Stanford, St. Mary’s, Roger Williams and Charleston […]

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Sail1Design's Career Center: Find Your Sailing/Marine Industry Destiny!

Since 2007, Sail1Design has provided a vital, active Career Center and Job Board. Here, you can post your resume, search marine/sailing industry jobs, or post a job and find your […]

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2014 Baldwin Cup Team Race Video Report

The Baldwin Cup Team Race was conceived in the fall of 2007 on a Tuesday afternoon conference call looking to reinvigorate the US Yacht Club Challenge. Staff Commodore Bill Palmer […]

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SailFuture Sets Course Toward a Worthy Mission

By Airwaves writer Clinton Hayes For Founder and Executive Director Michael Long, SailFuture is built on personal experience. Having spent 2 years in and out of Florida’s juvenile justice system, […]

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Sail1Design's All-New Sailing Calendar: Post Your Event!

S1D is pleased to unveil our vastly improved, all-new interactive sailing calendar, allowing our members and users to post their sailing events, link to Google Calendar, and more! Promote your […]

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SSA to Host One-Design Demo Day!

SAVE THE DATE: 19 APRIL 2014 SSA Demo Day will feature over 20 boats from every one of SSA’s one design fleets and a few new boats that aren’t fleets […]

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Sail1Design Launches Improved Airwaves Website!!

Hard at work behind the scenes, Sail1Design has been putting together an improved, new-look website, on a totally new web platform. Times change, so S1D & Airwaves put together what […]

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ICSA TEAM RACE RANKINGS, 27 March 2014

ICSA Team Racing is in full swing, and recent results at some major events shook up the rankings just a bit. Here are this weeks Sail1Design College Sailing Team Race […]

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Team One Newport and College Sailing Programs

When Team One Newport started in January of 1985, it launched one of the first College Sailing Discount programs.  Team One Newport’s founder, Martha Parker, had raced in college on […]

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Sail Tuning with Andrew Kerr: Time to Power Up

By Andrew Kerr, North U. Coach, & guest writer for Airwaves Your team is sailing upwind and all is well , good speed and height on the boats around you , […]

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2014 Sail1Design Coach of the Year: Chris Dold

Sail1Design is proud to announce this year’s recipient of our Coach of the Year Award, CHRIS DOLD. We choose from reader nominations, and while we had many great submissions, Chris’s stood out. […]

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Sail1Designer of the Month: Lilli Salvesen

The 420 Midwinter Championship is arguably the most competitive 420 regatta on the circuit.  Each year, teams from all over the country make their way to Jenson Beach, Florida over […]

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Club Med is Hiring

Sail1Design would like to welcome our newest sponsor, Club Med!  Asserting a pioneering spirit, Club Med constantly innovates and upgrades its products and services to become the worldwide leader in all-inclusive, upscale, convivial […]

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A Sailor's Response to the Rules that Apply to Them; 2014 Season

Sail1Design welcomes your thoughts in our forum at the bottom of this article. Enjoy. Earlier this winter, coaches from all over ICSA met in Utah to discuss the new year […]

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Tactics With Mike: Regatta Goals and an Effective Debrief

To learn more about Sail1Design Performance Coaching,click here!  I am changing the way I set goals and debrief at regattas.  Why?  Because I Just got done coaching racing skills leading […]

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2014 J/24 Midwinters Daily Report and Results

  BECKER’S BLOG, By Airwaves Writer/Coach Geoff Becker Check out Becker’s Blog, a compilation of regatta reports/tips on Airwaves! Geoff’s reports are not the same old regatta report. He spends time offering […]

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Life After College (Sailing, that is)

Sail1Design would like to welcome our newest writer, Sara Morgan Watters. Ms. Watters is a former St. Mary’s College All-American dinghy sailor, has a great deal of coaching experience, and […]

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