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S1D Coach of the Year: Steve Hunt

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Sail1Design is proud to name Steve Hunt as the inaugural S1D Coach of the Year. Among many incredibly deserving nominations that were submitted to S1D, Steve’s stood out. Steve is a dedicated leader and coach of the Point Loma High School Sailing Team. This position is not one that is going to get your “name in the lights”, so to speak, and we imagine that is just fine for Steve.

 

 

As coach, Steve stresses family first, school second, then sailing third to his team. Considering that the PL HS Sailing Team took care of their third priority and won BOTH the Mallory (Fleet Racing) and the Baker (Team Racing) National Championships last year in the same season, these kids must be really great family members and outstanding students! So it’s clear that Steve possesses the coaching skills necessary to win at the highest level. What’s more impressive are the compliments his team receives off the water as well. This is great coaching. [Read more…] about S1D Coach of the Year: Steve Hunt

ICSA Team Race Rankings, February 27 2013

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Though the season has just begun and not much team racing has taken place yet, teams are already thinking through the season and preparing for their conference qualifiers for Nationals! Two weeks ago, down at Eckerd the Mendelblatt Team Race took place, Stanford, with a strong showing, came away with the win. This past weekend, the Bob Bavier Team Race held at Charleston shed a bit more light on some of the teams to look out for on the team racing course this season, Georgetown besting other strong squads like Yale, Charleston, and Stanford for the win. Yale will certainly be out for blood this season, having dominated much of last year’s spring season (even considered a favorite to win it all by many) but missing a qualifying spot. Other teams who have not yet entered the ring but will be worth watching out for include BC, Roger Williams, and Brown. [Read more…] about ICSA Team Race Rankings, February 27 2013

Meet the Byte CII, the Next Great Singlehanded Class

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Brought to you by ZIM SAILING 

                If you follow Olympic sailing, the push toward high performance, more technical, and faster classes is more obvious than ever.  The sailing world is quickly pushing once great classes like the Star and Yngling to the side in order to make room for faster, lighter, and more aesthetically pleasing boats like the 49er FX and the Nacra 17.  Following the 2012 London Olympics, sailors, sailing organizations, and online forums around the country all started taking a closer look at the system in place for up and coming sailors to hone their skills.  With this push toward more technical boats that utilize highly tunable rigs, light frames, and demand a greater understanding of advanced racing principles, there is a growing need in the United States for boats that can deliver these attributes to sailors at an affordable price. [Read more…] about Meet the Byte CII, the Next Great Singlehanded Class

College Race Management 101, by Ken Legler

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“Quality and Quantity.”  College race management is the MASH unit of race committee work.  It’s fast and dirty with a minimum of formality.  One person with one small and nimble boat can run perfectly good and efficient college races.  A second boat is needed for team racing, big fleet races that require a Port-line boat, and windy days that require an extra safety boat.  The trick is to start the first race the moment the fleet gets outs and run the second race the moment the last boat finishes the first.  During the race, this nimble “committee boat” (“crash boat” is probably a better term) blasts around moving marks one and a half legs ahead of the fleet to keep the course square for the likely variable wind.  Right after the start, cast off the start boat anchor and adjust the gate so it is directly downwind from the windward offset mark, the proper length (about six boat lengths), and square to the wind.  Once the fleet rounds the windward mark, adjust the mark and the offset, then go back down to the start/finish line and adjust for a good final leg. [Read more…] about College Race Management 101, by Ken Legler

Venue Profile: St. Mary's College

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by Ken Legler

St. Mary’s College of MD, Horseshoe Bend on the St. Mary’s River

The sailing conditions of St. Mary’s College of Maryland on the St. Mary’s River are superb for college sailing.  The river is lined with scenic estates and farmland.  The area is best described as bucolic.  The river runs seven miles North from its mouth on the Potomac to Horseshoe Bend where the river turns West, then Northwest to its head another two miles up.  The Bend creates a circular sailing area directly in front of the Teddy Turner Waterfront with a nearly one mile radius.  As such every wind direction allows for ample space but with protection from any large waves.  The current is gentle with a bit more at the entrance to the Bend on the south side of the racing area. An additional course area is just around Church Point at the opening to the South and can see more waves and a steadier wind in Southerlies.  This South course in Southerlies can have some geographic shifts toward either shore but not too close to shore where it gets lighter.  This area also gets used in Southerly winds but in any other wind direction they prefer to sail inside the Bend for great viewing from The James P. Muldoon River Center.  If the course is set just outside the opening formed by Church and Pagan Points, the current can have enough push and variation to be worth noting and playing.  Otherwise current is rarely a factor this far up the narrowing river. [Read more…] about Venue Profile: St. Mary's College

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