Airwaves Staff Posts
The Z-420 Takes Off: A New Institutional Dinghy, and More
The 2014 College Nationals, just around the corner, will feature this year for the first time, the all-new LaserPerformance Z-420. This boat is a more modern and thoughtful upgrade from […]
Boat Handling: Rounding the Windward & Offset Marks
By Airwaves writer Andrew Kerr This article takes a look at the important elements of rounding the windward mark and offset mark, in this article we will look at the […]
O'Pen Bic NA's: The Future of Sailing is happening in BERMUDA
Vice Commodore and Chairman of RHADC Sailing Committee Neil Redburn commented “This is the future of junior sailing if we are serious about increasing participation” The Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy […]
2014 Sail1Design US Team Racing Grand Prix
The Vanguard 15 Class in conjunction with Sail1Design will once again sponsor a Grand Prix Team Racing Series. The inaugural 2013 season saw great success with 20 teams scoring series […]
2014 J/70 Annapolis NOOD Regatta Report & Results
By Geoff Becker Skipper: Will Welles Tactician: Geoff Becker Trimmer: Emory Williams Bow: Collin Leon Day 3 2 races (Race 5, 4 legs…Race 6, 5 legs) […]
College Sailing Notebook: Gearing Up for Nationals
By Airwaves writer & Brown U. sailing team member Lydia Whiteford The entire spring season, and really the entire year in college sailing, has been progressing towards this: teams all […]
Luke Muller Interview: Youth Standout Prepares for College Sailing
Follow Up on Luke Muller by Airwaves writer Grace Lucas The past couple of months have been a blur for most high school […]
Communication for Speed!
By Andrew Kerr Picture yourself on port tack, going fast – with a wall of starboard tackers coming at you that you can barely see but you know their bows […]
A Monumental Step Forward for the 49er Class
By Clinton Hayes A Monumental Step Forward for the 49er Class While clicking through the usual sailing media outlets, I came across something this week that deserves some more attention. […]
One Design Profile: J/24
By Tyler Colvin Introduction and History: The Start of an Empire In 1975, Rod Johnstone built a keelboat named Ragtime in his garage in Stonington, CT. Ragtime was the first […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
