News Flash: Stevenson School is Hiring a Head Sailing Coach!
Stevenson is a day and boarding community in which students learn to read, write, observe, calculate, research, analyze, innovate, speak, listen, imagine, laugh, collaborate, and dare and, in the process, prepare for the challenges they will encounter in college and the world. This is also a community in which adults, inspired by a sense of shared purpose, work consciously together to model, as often as possible, a collective engagement with life that we wish our students to emulate.
Given our respect for the historic significance of athletics at Stevenson, our commitment to students’ health and well-being, and our belief that sport is a prime site for experiential learning and for establishing lasting values and lifelong relationships, we will provide our students with a structured and top-quality athletic education, through which they learn integrity and responsibility; become stronger and healthier; become more resilient and team-oriented; and develop character, humility, and grit. We will maintain an athletics program as competitive as it is principled, and develop integrated, forward-thinking, value-based solutions to the challenges we face in balancing athletics’ traditional role with new co-curricular opportunities and emerging institutional priorities. We will take athletics coaching seriously as an area for professional development, and dedicate the resources needed to enhance our coaches’ skill, creativity, and expertise.
Sailing is a fully funded varsity sport for the 500 students in grades 9-12 at Stevenson, a selective coeducational boarding and day school with campuses in Carmel (grades pre-K through 8) and Pebble Beach (grades 9-12). The Stevenson Sailing Base is located in Monterey, twenty minutes from the Pebble Beach campus. Sailing has been part of the school’s program since 1975; the current fleet consists of six CFJs, one Laser and a Boston Whaler berthed at a 50-foot float in the city marina. The program runs after school and on weekends in the spring and fall seasons and on weekends only in the winter.
News Flash: Stevenson School is Hiring a Head Sailing Coach!
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2018 Port of Los Angles’ Harbor Cup Results & Report
By Airwaves Senior Writer Taylor Penwell
The top teams in collegiate offshore sailing descended on San Pedro, California for the Port of Los Angles’ Harbor Cup this past weekend. The event made for three days of 
exciting racing on Catalina 37s. Ten teams attended the regatta that wrapped up yesterday March 11th.
First day racing conditions saw light winds of 2-4 knots in the first race causing the race committee to shorten and then eventually discard it. Soon after the first race the breeze then began building up to 5 and later 10 knots from a westerly direction. Everyone on the course was fast and the starts, rounding’s, and finishes were all very tight.
Second day conditions were an easterly, very light and shifty. 5-8 knots. Starts were crucial in order to find a good lane.
In the final day of racing the breeze was solid out of the east at 5-8 knots. College of Charleston started at the pin and led the entirety of race 9. Race 10 was light and the fleet was very tight. Crosses were close due to starboard tack being very favorable due to the wave state.
In the end the Naval Academy Midshipmen came out on top with an excellent regatta raced. 2nd place University of California Santa Barbara Gauchos finished two points ahead of the University of South Florida Bulls.
Congratulations to the Naval Academy on their win and to all the other competitors of this great event in collegiate sailing!
Commentary courtesy of Sam Tobio and photos by Joy Sailing
Gill Launches New Website!
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Protect Your Investment: Sailing Helmet Sale!!
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2018 ICSA Team Race Rankings #1, March 9
Friday, 9 March 2018– Here we go! Another spring filled with thrilling and highly competitive college team racing. Please support our sponsors who bring these rankings to you: Dynamic Dollies & Reliable Racing. My sailing team uses Dynamic dollies, as many do, and as good as their product is, I can say that their service, support, and professionalism are all even better. As for Reliable Racing, more and more we see competitive sailing improving and upgrading both the look and feel of the sport. Reliable Racing is ready to help your team do just that, with pinnies, sailing-specific helmets, and more.
The season is already underway, with results to give our coaches some data, including the Sharpe Trophy at Brown & the Bob Bavier at Charleston.
Top 5:
To see the FULL rankings and all the analysis, CLICK HERE!
Rankings are an average of our five panel team, Dillon Paiva (Navy), Johnny Norfleet (fordham), Bill Healy (Yale), Clinton Hayes (Stanford), and Ken Legler (Tufts). Complete with comments, these rankings help provide our fans and players alike not only with thoughts on who’s who, but also they offer quick analysis and glimpses into the teams themselves in the coaches comments. Enjoy!
About Sail1Design
Sail1Design is a grassroots organization, by sailors for sailors, dedicated to the youth, high school, college, and one-design sailing communities. Born in 2007, Sail1Design has grown considerably, and reaches out to all sailors wishing to enjoy and learn more about our sport. We have three main areas of business:
SAILING/MARINE INDUSTRY CAREER CENTER & JOB BOARD
We offer sailing’s #1 Career Center and Job Board, always chock full of incredible sailing job opportunities. Our comprehensive career center also offers job seekers the ability to create their own web page, highlighting their experience and posting their resume. Likewise, employers can search our resume database to find the right match for that open position. Sail1Design is proud also to be the official job board of the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA), the US High School Sailing Association (ISSA), and US Sailing.
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Unique to the industry, Sail1Design hosts and manages an active private, by-owner marketplace, focusing on performance and one-design sailboats & gear. For all boats under 25′, our ads are free. What makes us different is that we also provide, side-by-side, professional brokerage services as well. We have had great success helping our sailing clients market and sell their boats, using our powerful client base, social media, and the brokerage industries multiple listing service to ensure your boat gets noticed.
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S1D also hosts Airwaves, an interactive, user fed Sailing Calendar and informative Sailing News, Articles, tips, & more. Airwaves has developed a great niche in the sailing publication world, and now boasts a seven-member staff of dedicated sailors, all contributing to our varied content.
Profiles in Junior Sailing: Airwaves Interview with Teddy Nicolosi
By Airwaves Senior Writer Taylor Penwell
US Virgin Islander Teddy Nicolosi is one of the top names in junior sailing of his generation. The St. Thomas resident had an outstanding Optimist career and has since been taking on other classes by storm. Nicolosi is currently a junior at the Antilles School on St. Thomas and was part of their team that won the Baker National Team Race Championship last year. In addition to high school sailing, Nicolosi is actively competiting in the Club 420, 29er and Nacra 15 classes. He took the time out of his busy schedule to answer questions for Sail1Design Airwaves readers.
Please tell the readers and me a bit more about yourself Teddy.
I am a junior at the Antilles High School on the US Virgin Island of St. Thomas. I enjoy watching and playing sports, hanging out with my friends, and of course sailing. I currently sail the Nacra 15, Club 420, and sail on the Antilles High School Sailing Team.
Where are you from Teddy?
I was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lived there until the age of 7 when our family moved to St. Thomas. I have lived here in St. Thomas ever since.
Where did start sailing?
I first started sailing at the St. Thomas Yacht Club.
What age did you start sailing?
I first started sailing when I was 9, and when I was 11 I began sailing competitively.
What drew you to racing?
The curiosity of how it works and the idea of doing a competitive sport on the water drew me to racing.
You had a very successful optimist career, tell us about your top finishes and successes.
My best finishes in the Opti class started at the end of the summer of 2014. This was when I won my first big regatta, the New England Championship. The following regatta was the Opti Midwinters located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and I won that regatta too. Then at the end of 2014, I won the Orange Bowl Regatta in Miami. In the spring of 2015, I finished second overall at the South American Championship. Later in that summer, I finished 2nd overall in the North American Championship. In my last regatta of my optimist career, I took 7th place at the Optimist World Championship in Poland.
What do you attribute your success in the optimist class to?
Many things led to my success in the optimist class. The most significant attribution to my success was practice. During my opti career, I sailed around 4-5 days at first with the coach Santiago Galan and later the coach Augustin Resano. I also participated in many international regattas and gained experience quickly. After two years of intense practice and many regattas, I was able to reach the top of my fleet and win regattas.
How often do you train?
Now, I train about 3-5 days a week.
The Virgin Islands has produced some amazing sailors in junior sailing, what type of things do you think separate sailors from there compared to other places?
The Virgin Islands has produced some amazing sailors because of its junior sailing program and the amazing weather we get. Many of the best sailors from St. Thomas began in the optimist with the junior sailing program at the Yacht Club. Their really good coaches helped the sailors get off to a great start in their sailing careers. Another advantage the Virgin Islands has, is the weather. We can sail year round and rarely miss a day of sailing because it is almost never too light or too windy.
Now that you’ve aged out of the optimist, what boats are you sailing?
At first I sailed high school sailing with Antilles, some Club 420, which are basically the same as high school except with trapezes and spinnakers, and the 29er, which is a fast and high performance boat. Now, I still sail the same boats except that I sail the Nacra 15, an even faster boat, instead of the 29er.
What your top finishes were in all the boats you’ve sailed in?
In the Club 420, I’ve gotten 12th at Orange Bowl in 2015 and 7th in 2017, both with fleets of about 100. I was 10th in both the Hyannis Regatta in 2016 and the Buzzards Bay Regatta in 2016. I have also won a few smaller regattas in the Midwest and in St. Thomas. In the 29er I finished 8th at New England’s in 2016 and 7th at Orange Bowl in 2016. Our high school sailing team won the Baker (team race) National Championship and finished 6 in the Mallory (fleet race) National Championship. In the Nacra 15 I’ve gotten 4th in two regattas this past fall/winter with about 15-20 boats and won a small regatta two weekends ago with 4 boats in Port Charlotte.
How has the transition from a single-handed boat to double handed boats been like?
The transition was not very easy. At first I found it kind of annoying sailing with other people. Even if you sail your best and they make a mistake, then you do worse than what you could have done. It also stinks when you are the one that makes a mistake because then you feel bad for causing your teammate to do worse than what they could have been doing. Another challenge with double-handed boats is finding your teammate. Even if you were to sail with the best sailor in the world, you would still need time to get used to sailing with them and figuring out what jobs are whose on the boat before you could perform your full potential. The other problem with teammates is finding one. For example in my 29er career, I believe I ended up sailing with 10 or more different crews in a time span of a year and a half. This made it extremely difficult to perform at my full potential because I was always still getting used to sailing with my new crew. Although, now I do not mind it as much. For the past 6 months I have been mainly just sailing with my younger sister Mia, instead of switching around crews.
What are some of the characteristics you look for in crew members?
The most important characteristic, in my opinion, for a crew, is their determination and desire to learn more and become better sailors. I like crews that ask questions, even if they think they are dumb questions, because this shows that they are interested in learning how to become a better sailor. I also like crews that are athletic, because after all it is a sport, and being naturally athletic and strong makes a huge difference.
Your high school, Antilles won the National Championship last year. Tell us a bit about that experience.
Winning the High School National Championship was one of the best experiences in my life. I remember we were winning the regatta, but not by much going into the last race, so the race still mattered and there was a lot of pressure. We were all very anxious to win, but scared to loose. Luckily for us, right after the start, the race committee saw lightning, canceled the race and sent us in ending the regatta. I still remember that feeling of joy and accomplishment when our team found out that racing was done and we won. We sailed in celebrating. Still to this today I cannot believe that we won Nationals and when I think of it it reminds me of how far we have come and how great of sailors we are.
You’ve been sailing on the 29er circuit for a while now. How has that experience been and what have been some of your highlights so far?
My 29er career has had its ups and downs. I’ve had a few alright finishes, but never amazing ones. One of my main problems was finding a crew that I could sail with for awhile. In the end I found it frustrating and wanted to start fresh in a new high performance and fast boat, the Nacra 15.
What are your goals moving forward with sailing? Are you planning on doing an Olympic campaign or attending a college sailing program in the United States?
Moving forward I plan on attending Yale University with my older sister Grace Ann and sailing on their amazing college sailing team. Right now Mia and I are trying to qualify for the junior Olympics in the Nacra 15. It’s hard to tell if I’ll make an Olympic campaign, but if the Nacra 15 goes well, I can try to qualify for the Olympics in the Nacra 17 (a bigger, faster, and more advanced version of the Nacra 15).
What drives you to keep getting on the water and competing?
What motivates me to practice and compete is the love I have for the sport. I love the water, traveling, and meeting new people that comes with sailing. I also love the feeling of winning which I assume everyone does, and I am willing to do what it takes to achieve that, which is getting as many hours as possible on the water.
When you’re not sailing, what other things do you enjoy doing?
I enjoy other sports like basketball and football. When I was younger and during my optimist career I played basketball as well as sailing. Now I don’t play anymore, but I still love to play pick up games of basketball and football with my friends. I also like watching TV, boating, and hanging out with my friends.
