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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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Sail1Design Brokerage Newsletter February 2014

  Sail1Design Brokerage Newsletter                                                        […]

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Want to Learn How to Sail in College? Click Here

SAILING COLLEGIATE DINGHIES CLINIC …is a three-day clinic intended for high school and college sailors who wish to learn collegiate sailing techniques and practice like one of the top college […]

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ICSA Team Race Pre-Season Diagnostic

 By Airwaves writer Martha Pitt Spring Diagnostic Pre-Season Team Race Technical Evaluation of Participants and College Sailing Teams Nationwide As we dive into the spring season, it is time to […]

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Tactics with Mike: Defending a Starting Hole

Defending a hole is a logical follow on to our last Sail1Design article: “Start: Tacking in a Hole”.  Don’t forget to check out and research all of our Tactics/Strategy articles […]

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Team One Newport Can Help Promote YOUR Program!

Let Team One Newport’s Merchandising Program Help Promote Your Program and Make You Money! At Team One Newport, we are committed to helping our customers in any way that we […]

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Vanguard 15 Midwinters Retrospective: College Sailor’s Paradise

By Airwaves Writer Lydia Whiteford Two days after Christmas, 5 of my teammates and I traveled from various places in the country to the US Sailing Center in Martin County, […]

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Tactics with Mike: The Start & Tacking in a Hole

By Airwaves Writer & Coach, Mike Ingham               The Start: Tacking in a Hole Perhaps nothing is more important to a good start than controlling […]

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Match Racing Opportunities For College Sailors

Hi all…attached please find some important information on Youth Match Racing Opportunities in 2014. Thank you for forwarding this information on to others you know who may be interested. ISAF YOUTH WORLDS […]

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Becker's Blog: 2014 Key West Race Week, J/70 Style

2014 J-70 Key West Race Week – By Geoff Becker Team Helly Hansen    Skipper: Tim Healy   Tactician/Trimmer: Geoff Becker   Tactician/Trimmer: John Mollicone   Bow: Gordon Borges Day 5 – Final […]

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S1D Weekly E-News

TUNE UP YOUR SAILING, WITH RUSS SYLVESTRI     As one-design sailors prepare for major spring and summer regattas, and maybe even Rio, this is the first in the series of […]

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