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Notice of Clinic: S1D Optimist Stars Clinic 19-20 March 2022

Sail1Design will team up with North Sails to hold an Optimist Clinic focused on one thing: going really fast. This clinic will be run by North Sails Optimist expert & […]

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Coaching at IODA Worlds: How it Reshaped Me as a Coach

By Bernat Gali Bou Lakewood Yacht Club Head Opti Coach USNT Coach ODP2 Gulf Coast Regional Coordinator ‘’It has been almost a year since I actually coached at my first […]

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Santiago “Tino” Galan Coach Profile

By Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell Santiago Galán is an Argentinian born sailing coach with decades of experience. He has become a fixture of coaching in the US Virgin Islands. During […]

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Kiwi’s Out Front: Yachting New Zealand’s Have a Go

I’ve been coaching for ten years in the United States and internationally. Two months ago I moved to New Zealand to run a sailing program at the Queen Charlotte Yacht […]

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Creating opportunities with Bow Sailing

Bow Sailing is a non-profit organization based out of the Virgin Islands whose mission is to empower local Caribbean youth through sailing and mindfulness life skills. The meaning of the […]

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Notice of Clinic: Sail1Design Optimist Fall Elite Training Clinic

Sail1Design Performance Coaching New for 2017: Sail1Design Optimist Elite Fall Training CAMP Sail1Design is hosting several Optimist dinghy training sessions for fall, 2017. Sailing will take place on the Magothy […]

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Coaching Drills

Article Written by Dave Elsmo, Head coach of the Wisconsin Sailing Team As with our first installment we will be continuing to overview the most effective drills for team growth. […]

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Coach’s Locker Room: One Great Way to Handle Over-Zealous Sailing Parents

By Jeff Doubek (optimist/Submarine photo courtesy of our friends at Sailing Anarchy) Three quick stories, one solid lesson: Story 1: Dad who rigged his son’s Opti every morning. I’m the […]

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Laurie Jury on Coaching: Monsoon Cup Match Race Coaching Notes

Editor’s Note- Sail1Design is pleased to present coaching technique and style from Laurie Jury. Laurie is a product of the esteemed Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s Youth Training Programme, which he […]

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Team Training Practice Sessions: Making the Most of Your Time!

By Andrew Kerr As we know, practice is a critical element in any sport and yet time is seemingly becoming more and more limited as people juggle with the demands […]

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