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B/One

The B/One is an exciting, new 7m (23ft) trailerable, one-design sport boat currently under construction by Bavaria Yachts in Giebelstadt, Germany.  Bavaria asked Farr Yacht Design for an economical one-design […]

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Introducing the Farr B/One

Sail1Design is pleased to announce our newest sponsor and team member, Farr Yacht Design/Farr Yacht Sales. We are also very excited to introduce the newest member of the Farr sailing […]

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NYYC TEAM EXTREME Sail1Designers of the Month- October

 Brought to you by Farr Yacht Sales Martha Pitt             Three years ago, Team Extreme won the 2009 US Sailing Team Racing Championship for the Hinman Trophy; a few weeks […]

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505 Plane Insane Regatta Results 2012

 

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J24 East Coast Championship Final Results 2012

Division: J24 (40 boats) (top) Pos Bow/Sail Boat Skipper Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TotalPoints Pos 1 20/ USA 5235 11th hour racing Tim Healy Sail Newport 2 2 […]

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2012 J/105 North American Championship Final Results

    J/105 North American Championship Oct 18-21, 2012 Place # Sail#/Boat Name Owner R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 Total 1 17 17/Masquerade Chris Perkins 1 […]

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WOW!

Congrats to U Mass Dartmouth! Any word on how they got straight into being a fully funded team with a full staff in a year??? Maybe the rest of us […]

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Getting the Most Out of Your College Sailing Experience

By Airwaves Staff Writer Elizabeth Dudley We have had the coaches point of view on what one should do if considering college sailing thanks to Maggie Lumkes article “Thinking About […]

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Meet The UMass-Dartmouth Sailing Team

  By Kelly Stannard Having started up just a year ago, UMass Dartmouth is now a fully funded women’s varsity team, with 13 sailors and three coaches. This team does […]

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LITTLE EGG HARBOR YACHT CLUB OPTI ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

  Pl. Sail # Sailor Fleet From 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total 1 17048 Carrson Pearce Red Surf City Yacht Club 2 1 1 1 3 3 -4 11 2 15727 Sean Brennan […]

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Airwaves' Zach Brown on Chalk Talk: The Future of College Sailing Boats

Airwaves writer Zach Brown shares his thoughts about college sailing dinghies and explains some of his points on Chalk Talk. You can scroll through Airwaves here to read more on […]

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Comet

I grew up in the Comet class on Cooper River NJ . I am now in CA. Good Luck rebuilding the class

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Thanks for opening your playbook for us.

Zach, your insights come from your own recent experiences, and you have conveyed them honestly to us, your readers. I wish you a world of success in your many endeavors

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awesome post

Nice post guys, really nicely laid out with good graphics. If you can execute your plan I’ll be happy to see you out on circuit and in Miami!

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Comet racing/sailing

As a kid, I had a Comet 3778 red sails, Highland Lakes, N.J. Now 63 yoa retired in Florida, I would like to once again enjoy sailing a Comet. I […]

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Playbook for Starting Your Olympic Campaign

  By Airwaves Writer Zach Brown Within the community of sailing there exists a wealth of knowledge on the subject of running an Olympic campaign, but it is difficult to […]

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STEPHANIE ROBLE AND MAGGIE SHEA, DUAL US MATCH RACING CHAMPIONS – SEPTEMBER’S SAIL1DESIGNERS OF THE MONTH

  By: Martha Pitt A few weekends ago, two championships were held on back-to-back weekends and on opposite coasts – the US Women’s Match Racing Championship was sailed out in […]

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used 420 charters

Hi Bob, Do you have a used 420 you would like to sell? Thanks, Sarah Reynolds

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Response From LaserPerformance

LaserPerformance would like to take this opportunity to add to Mitch Brindley’s response to Franny’s unfortunate and misleading letter. LaserPerformance has been a supporter and partner of Collegiate racing since […]

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I am disappointed

I cannot imagine what went into making this decision, and would never try. I’m sure that the leadership of ICSA had good intentions, but it is still a problem. This […]

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