Selden Mast …for Sailing; and for Summer
Greetings! Allow us to introduce ourselves. We are Selden Mast Inc.; your connection to the Selden Group. For over 50 years, Selden is proud to have manufactured the most durable and reliable sailing spars in the world.
Located in Charleston, South Carolina, Selden Mast Inc. is the largest dinghy spar manufacturer in North America. We also distribute a large array of Selden dinghy products ranging from our complete line of dinghy deck hardware to a huge selection of all the well-known Selden dinghy components.
On this page, we will provide monthly updates from our company to keep you in the loop on what we’ve got cooking down here! From product reviews and announcements to updates on Team Selden we got you covered.
With the summer sailing season just around the corner, we are hard at work producing all of your dinghy needs to guarantee you have a fun and enjoyable season on the water. Be sure to check out our freshly redesigned website at www.seldenmast.com to find the Selden dealer closest to you.
If you have any reason to contact us directly, feel free to e-mail us at [email protected].
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US Sailing's Olympic Rising Tide Video
The US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider has released Episode 2 of their video project “Rising Tide”, titled “Youth Infused” which focuses on the younger members of the team including Annie Haeger, Briana Provancha, Charlie Buckingham, and Caleb Paine. Check out the new video with some great footage from the Sailing World Cup Hyères in France, and stay tuned for more episodes to come!
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Team One Newport Supports Newport-Bermuda Race
Team One Newport is proud to be the Official Merchandising partner for The Newport Bermuda Race. Having been in the sailing outfitters business for thirty years, we have the expertise where it counts. We are sailors, so we know what sailors need for offshore racing and what they want for when they are on land. That’s why the Cruising Club of America selected Team One Newport to supply the merchandise for the hundred and sixty nine boats entered in the 2014 Race.
Our online store boasts a large selection of both clothing and accessories, all customizable with your boat name and sail number. We know that for any blue water passage, comfort is key. As such, we are proud to supply practical technical shirts that keep you dry by wicking away moisture and pull-over fleeces for layering under foul weather gear during chilly night watches. For looking sharp at crew dinners, we have everything from causal polos to button downs, in styles for both men and women and in a variety of colors.
Our know-how is not limited to sailing apparel; we are also masters when it comes to customization. For customized gear, make sure you place your order by June 6th or before to ensure you receive your items before the June 20th start. In the event that you would like an item that is not featured on our online store, we are happy to customize anything else we sell with the iconic NBR logo. We can decorate nearly anything so we encourage you to browse online and in our store at 561 Thames Street.
Team One Newport will also be selling these items at registration at the New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court. We will be selling Bermuda Race gear up until race day—and beyond—if you would like to memorialize the occasion. Conveniently located in downtown Newport, we are an easy walk from the water for sailors needing to pick up last minute items before heading the 635 miles to Bermuda. And there’s no need to limit attire to race participants. Family, friends, and fans can show their support for this year’s race by getting decked out as well!
The Bermuda Race is on every sailor’s bucket list. Don’t miss this opportunity to commemorate the 2014 Race!
Visit www.team1newport.com or call us at 401-847-4327 for more information.
2014 ICSA Team Race Nationals Preview and Final Rankings!
Sail1Design ICSA Team Race Rankings
Nationals are upon us! Teams across the country have been practicing all season, and we are down to the final 16 teams that have qualified in their conferences to compete for ICSA’s APS Team Race Nationals Championship for the Walter C. Wood Trophy. The pool of teams this year is one of the strongest in recent history, and so the fight from start to finish will be tough, with no easy races and every win counting.
Teams that have had great seasons could miss the Top Eight with just one or two bad races, and the Top Four will be determined by those who come to Nationals at the top of their game!
Stanford has yet again dominated the spring season with a deep squad and great practice competition, and are a favorite going into the event. We will see if they can finally put the pieces together this year and come away with the victory! St. Mary’s will be close on their heels, and with a home water advantage they will also be a tough team to beat. Yale is another favorite to finish near the top, returning much of last year’s championship team.
Follow the action at St. Mary’s College of Maryland May 31st to June 2nd to see who will be crowned the champions.
SEE THE RANKINGS AND COACHES PROGNOSTICATIONS: CLICK HERE
Olympic Sailors Face a Murky, Potentially Dangerous Road to Rio
Shared from the New York Times, this report uncovers an alarming situation at Guanabara Bay, the upcoming site of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Unless something changes, sailors may well face dangerous health concerns while competing in the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay in Rio. Sailors have reported animal caracasses floating in the water, horribly polluted sewage-infested water, garbage floating in the Bay, collecting on foils, and one sailor reported capsizing after hitting a partially submerged sofa.
The Z-420 Takes Off: A New Institutional Dinghy, and More
The 2014 College Nationals, just around the corner, will feature this year for the first time, the all-new LaserPerformance Z-420. This boat is a more modern and thoughtful upgrade from the club 420, adding new ideas to a boat originally designed in, gulp, 1959. Time will tell if this boat can meet the reliability and durability bars set by its predecessor, but most reports so far indicate the boat is far livelier and more responsive. It seems the development of this boat offers more than just a college dinghy; trapeze, spinnaker, mast ram, all point to a new one-design class.
In fact, since all college national championships must now be sailed in LaserPerformance boats, the institutional future seems “Z”, at least on the 420 side. Many top colleges have wasted no time, and already have in their boathouses, or have ordered, new z 420 fleets. See earlier article on this exclusive ICSA-LP agreement. To date, 134 Z-420’s have been built, with many more on order. Here’s the list:
- Wayzata Community Sailing Center
- Dartmouth
- Jacksonville
- Stanford
- St Mary’s College
- Tabor Academy
- Yale
- Navy
Schools with confirmed purchase orders:
- Roger Williams,
- Boston College
- Brown
- USF
- LPEU
- Washington College
From the manufacturer:
The z420 has been designed to insure the future success of collegiate sailing through the collaborative efforts of many college coaches as well as sailing industry designers, experts and racers.
The results are distinctly evident when you sail the z420. The team was able to reduce nearly 50 lbs from the weight of the existing c420 scv and still make the hull 40% stiffer– so the levels of performance have completely jumped off the charts.
