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A Parents View: Autism & Teaching Sailing

A parent comes to you as a sailing instructor with a child in tow.   You give a furtive glance to the child, as usual you are hoping to make a connection.  The […]

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US Olympic Committee response

This was posted in Scuttlebutt 3290: By Dean Brenner, US Olympic Sailing Program Chairman I really enjoyed Joe Morris’s comments in Scuttlebutt 3289 about Olympic Development. It’s an important issue […]

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Stanfords John Vandemoer: College and Olympic Sailing Response

College and Olympic Sailing Response, by John Vandemoer, head varsity sailing coach at Stanford University This is the fourth in an AirWaves Series on Youth-to-College-to-Olympic sailing. Enjoy! Brought to you […]

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2011 Laser Midwinters East Final Results

Laser Midwinter’s EastFebruary 23-27, 2011   Final Series Results: Laser 4.7 Laser Standard Gold Laser Radial Gold Laser Standard Silver Laser Radial Silver.

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Peter Isler on "The Right Path for Top Youth Sailors: Is it College Sailing?"

This is the third in an AirWaves Series on Youth-to-College-to-Olympic sailing. Enjoy! After posting a quick comment to Joe Morris’ piece in Sail1Design I was invited to read Kenny Legler’s […]

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J22 Midwinters 2011 Final Results

J/22 (26 boats) (top) Series Standing – 9 races scored Information is final. Regatta results last updated: Saturday, February 26, 2011 4:26:11 PM CDT Bow/Sail Boat Skipper Yacht Club 1 […]

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Olympic & Collegiate sailing

Excellent article and interview. Of course there is no exact path that is optimal for every individual. It would be interesting to expand this “US based” perspective and look at […]

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Ken Legler on "The Right Path for Top Youth Sailors: Is it College Sailing?"

This is the second in an AirWaves Series on Youth-to-College-to-Olympic sailing. Enjoy! Olympic Sailing or College Sailing (If you have not read the Airwaves piece below this post, you may […]

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Olympic vs. College

I think that if someone is able to succeed in college sailing it is likely that with enough practice and dedication they will succeed in Olympic type sailing.  The same […]

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College Vs. Olympic Sailing

Good article and view points. I think College Sailing is fundamental to all post college sailing — whether it’s Olympic, continued dinghy racing or big boat/keelboat OD sailing. Also, while […]

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Yale's Joe Morris & Stu McNay: The Right Path for Top Youth Sailors: Is it College Sailing?

This is the first in an AirWaves Series on Youth-to-College-to-Olympic sailing. Joe Morris is currently a junior at Yale University, the team captain, and an accomplished dinghy sailor. Joe follows […]

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Albacore Internationals Regatta 2011

The Albacore International Regatta returns to the waters of Lake Ontario September 16 – 23, 2011, drawing top international sailors and Olympians from a variety of classes. This year, Canada […]

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Where do you sail?

Hi Ken, Where do you sail? There are not a lot of Albacores listed for sale on the class website today, but more should pop up this spring. If you […]

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2011 Club 420 Midwinters Results

420 Mid-Winters 2011 /  77 Boats  / US Sailing Center Martin County – Jensen Beach 1. Korbin Kirk / Haley Kirk 2. Ian Robinson / Tyler Macdonald 3. Reiner Eenkema […]

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2011 J/24 Midwinters Results

Position Sail Name Boat Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Points 1 5287 Bream, Peter Team Tarheel 1 [4] 1 2 2 1 […]

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too late

Hi Ken, I love the fact that you point out that if the crew waits for the skipper to order a command, the opportunity has sometimes past and you will […]

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WOW!! Win a Snipe! Raffle to Support Traditions Build Winners Documentary

Raffle to Support Traditions Build Winners Documentary You can go to almost any yacht club in the world and when you ask people about their sailing history, chances are that […]

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A Long, Cold, Frozen Winter…For Some: A Snowkiter’s Perspective

Brought to you by Mauri Pro Sailing By Jen Vandemoer Mitchell, Airwaves Senior Writer        Being a sailor, living in Minnesota is not the easiest thing to do.  Sailing […]

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Raceing

I would like to buy a used Albacore that has all the gear and has a history of being a competitive winning boat for my grand daughter. Ken

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Ken Legler: How Dinghy Crews Win Team Races

Presented by Mauri Pro Sailing Skippers are generally considered to be the bigger factor in executing team racing moves and certainly skippers need to know the plays to win.  However, […]

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