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Tune Up Your Sailing, with Russ Silvestri

By Airwaves writer Emma White         Spring Tune Up—Tips from the Experts As one-design sailors prepare for major spring and summer regattas, and maybe even Rio, this […]

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2014 Star Midwinter Championship Final Results

  2013-2014 Miami Star Winter Series – Star Mid-Winter ChampionshipPreliminary Cumulative Results Select to view a specific Class results:     All Classes Star Class        Bow   Sail Number Yacht Name […]

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The Art of Goal Setting: Focus on Process, Not Results

By Airwaves writer/coach Mike Ingham                                               Sail1Design: The Year’s […]

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2013 Orange Bowl Youth Regatta Final Results

OPTIMIST OVERALL: Ivan Shestapaolov of Coral Reef YC wins overall!  http://www.coralreefyachtclub.org/getmedia/d7cc69c5-6c7f-4cbb-84fb-8234c233d946/RWB-Races-1-to-11-12_30.aspx   CLUB 420 http://www.coralreefyachtclub.org/getmedia/0222d221-7f55-4c7d-b99e-318c9ee9d589/2013-ORANGE-BOWL-CLUB-420-RACES-1-11-FINAL.aspx   LASER RADIAL http://www.coralreefyachtclub.org/getmedia/da2a228a-ccc5-498d-aa72-716333c32c59/2013-ORANGE-BOWL-LASERS-RADIALS-RACES-1-11-FINAL.aspx   LASER FULL RIG http://www.coralreefyachtclub.org/getmedia/5a82f436-63aa-40d6-a65e-086307f66d4d/2013-ORANGE-BOWL-LASERS-FULL-RACES-1-11-FINAL.aspx   LASER 4.7 http://www.coralreefyachtclub.org/getmedia/f86d8533-27bf-4998-8463-2c978ae164f5/2013-ORANGE-BOWL-LASERS-4-7-RACES-1-11-FINAL.aspx

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Yacht Club Profile: Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club

By Airwaves writer Emma White Founded in 1932, to “organize, promote, and sponsor yachting and yacht racing in and about the waters of Southern California,” Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club (CBYC) […]

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Crewing Guide to College Dinghies

By Airwaves writer Lydia Whiteford Upon entering high school or college sailing, most crews who have been sailing for a while are very familiar with the Club 420. However, if […]

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Hot Conversation: Cooperative Teams in High School Sailing

By Airwaves contributor Maggie Hale Is Allowing Cooperative HS Sailing Teams Beneficial or Detrimental to the Growth (and Success ) of High School Sailing? On November 24th, I attended the NESSA […]

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Sail1Design Keelboat Team Race Midwinter Championship

PRELIMINARY NOTICE! In conjunction with the Titusville Match Racing Center in Titusville, FL, Sail1Design is pleased to announce the first annual S1D Keelboat Team Race Midwinter Championship. EVENT:  S1D KEELBOAT […]

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Sail1Design Launches New & Improved Brokerage Marketplace

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 December 2013 Annapolis, MD– Sail1Design is pleased to unveil our new and vastly improved Professional Marketplace. Sail1Design offers our users private, by-owner listings for boats, gear, […]

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2013 Audi Melges 20 World Championship Final Results

Audi Melges 20 (One Design – 52 Boats) 1. Ninkasi, Audi Melges 20, John Taylor , Jupiter, FL, USA, 1-11-31-4-14-1-5-1-1-10-[31]; 48 2. Cajun Underwriting, Audi Melges 20, Marcus Eagan , […]

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Club 420 Association and US Sailing Collaborate on 2014 U.S. Youth Sailing Championship Qualifications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2013 North Kingston, RI — The Club 420 Association announced today that it has collaborated with US Sailing to support the manner in which youth […]

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US Performance Academy: Blending High Academic Achievement with High Performance Sailing

Editors note: Sail1Design came across this idea awhile back, and we asked the founders to share their story about a really cool idea. Enjoy, and please post comments at the […]

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Tactics with Mike: Sail1Design Multitasking

By Airwaves writer Mike Ingham “EASE THE OUTHAUL” my skipper barks.  Now, in my opinion barking almost anything does no good, but in this case, we had just had a […]

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2013 Sail1Design Coach of the Year Nominations

It’s that time of year again! Sail1Design seeks your nominations for the S1D Coach of the Year. We are asking for your nominations based on a coach that embodies the […]

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Meet the Optimist Dinghy

by Airwaves writer Emma White The optimist, originally designed by Clark Mills in 1947, became a registered One-Design boat in 1995; after a few modifications. It is roughly 8 feet […]

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International Sailing Academy Joins the S1D Team

The International Sailing Academy is happy to join the Sail1Design community. We are a Laser and Optimist winter training facility for youth, masters and Olympic athletes. Our location in Mexico […]

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Tactics with Mike: Find the Starting Line

By Airwaves Writer Mike Ingham I think just about the hardest role on entire boat is the bow.  I don’t mean the mechanics, yes that is not easy, but a […]

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Turkey Team Race: The Rebirth of Youth Team Racing?

By Airwaves writer Grace Lucas This past weekend the Annapolis Yacht Club hosted a team race regatta, much like the CJ Buckley Team Race Regatta, but on a much smaller […]

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Observations from College Match Racing Nationals

By Airwaves Writer Clinton Hayes November 22-24 2013 ~ St. Petersburg, FL This year I had the pleasure of coaching the Stanford Match Race Team. I got to watch lots of […]

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Weta Trimaran Regatta at Tauranga NZL

Glamour weather just added to the fizz at the NZ Wetafest held at Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club over the weekend. We arrived late Friday afternoon to a light […]

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