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Congrats to Andrew Sayre and the Villanova Sailing Team

Andrew, Congrats to you and your teammates for your leadership in promoting awareness about the Villanova Sailing Team, and for organizing and establishing a fundraising campaign. On a trip back […]

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Don't forget UVic

No mention of UVic in NWICSA? Their team was third in A fleet at Co-ed champs last year. Incoming freshman include three members or former members of the Canadian Youth […]

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Don't forget UVic

No mention of UVic in NWICSA? Their team was third in A fleet at Co-ed champs last year. Incoming freshman include three members or former members of the Canadian Youth […]

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Margaret, Thank you!

You told our story perfectly and the added publicity for our team is huge! We have been working very hard to get where we are and to keep the ball […]

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Awesome Article

Wow! What a great article! Just checked out the website at villanovasailing.com. Seems like a great group of kids with some hidden talent and big plans ahead.

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COLLEGE SAILING SPOTLIGHT- A New Year, Old Challenges, New Successes: The Villanova Story

By Airwaves writer Margaret Boehm “From my experience over the past four years they [Villanova school administration] have fought us tooth and nail over every little thing we try to […]

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Worthy Sailing Causes 101: HCM J/24 ECC Regatta Commits to a Great Cause

  PRESS RELEASE.  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.    December 22, 2011 The 2011 J/24 East Coast Championship is pleased to report that:  Our  infrastructure will be leveraged to aid in Japanese Tsunami […]

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MIT Sailing is Selling Dinghies & Gear

  The MIT Sailing Pavilion is selling a whole bunch of extraneous equipment.Please forward this along to community program leaders who might beinterested in picking up some sailing equipment at […]

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A Test for Sailors Headed to the Olympic and Paralympic Rolex Miami OCR

Miami, FL, USA When US Sailing’s Rolex Miami OCR returns to CoconutGrove, Fla., next week for its 23rd annual edition, top athletes from aroundthe world will be using it as […]

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Sail1Designer of the Month- January: Henry Marshall

By Elizabeth Dudley, Airwaves writer   A 7th grader at Buckingham Brown  and Nichols school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, blue fleeter Henry Marshall is the overall Opti winner for the 2011 […]

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2 Americans in the top 20 of 2011 Optimist World Championship

From:  http://www.optiworldsnz.org.nz/   Singapore’s Kimberly Lim 2011 OptiWorlds Champion Monday, 09 January 2012 02:33 The Delta Flag was raised at 10.41, meaning that racing would start at 11.41. It didn’t […]

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Orange Bowl Youth Regatta c420, Laser, Radial, 4.7 & Opti Green Results

From The Coral Reef YC Website:  http://www.coralreefyachtclub.org/Waterfront/Orange-Bowl-Regatta.aspx ORANGE BOWL REGATTA ENDS WITH A BLIZZARD South Florida may not have snowstorms but the white sails on Biscayne Bay looked like a […]

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2011 Orange Bowl Laser, I-420 & 29er Results!

    Laser (27 boats) (top) Series Standing – 10 races scored Information is provisional and subject to modificationRegatta results last updated: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:57:42 PM CDTClick on […]

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Sail1Design Announces All-New Professional Marketplace & Brokerage!

Sail1Design Announces All-NewProfessional Marketplace & Brokerage! Owners & Buyers Our listing service offers the best of all performance sailboat listing worlds: ·        FREE for-sale-by-owner listings with photos for all boatsunder 25’ […]

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good article, brings up a lot of questions

Elizabeth, I just finished reading your piece on How Much is too Much. I could not agree more with you. We have been very successful allowing our son, Chance, to […]

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Sail1Designer of the Month – Toms River High School South Sailing Team

Sail1Designerof the Month – Toms River High School South Sailing Team, Toms River NJ;winners of the 2011 National Great Oaks Championship BY Sail1Design's   MARTHA PITT   The Toms River team […]

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INTERFERENCE: The Press, Spectators on Sailing Courses

By Sail1Design’s Margaret Boehm This weekend, top ranked Finn sailor from Great Britain Ben Ainslie was top news,but not for his sailing. The sailor who is a triple gold Olympic […]

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12 Days of Sailing Christmas

By Margaret Boehm With Christmas and Hanukah quickly approaching, Sail1Design is hereto help you find the most useful and creative gift for your special sailingenthusiast. In honor of the twelve […]

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Dispatches from an Opti Travel Team Coach: “How much is too much?”

By Sail1Design’s Elizabeth Dudley I spent my past two weekends helping to coach one of the Optimist Travel Teams that have sprouted up around the country in recent years.  A […]

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Layover Chatter with Bill Hardesty

By New Airwaves member Morgan Kinney Congratulations to ISAF Match Racing Champions Ian Williams, Malcolm Parker, Gerard Mitchell, Matt Cassidy and Bill Hardesty. After defeating Johnie Berntsson 3-1 at the Monsoon […]

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