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2019 Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year, Fowle Trophy, Hobbs Sportsmanship and All-America Team Announced

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 31, 2019) – At an awards ceremony following racing for the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship at Sail Newport Sailing Center at Ft. Adams, the honors […]

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2019 Gill/S1D Coach of the Year Nominations Open!

Greetings, sailing fans!!! We’re sending out our annual call this year for nominations for the prestigious Coach of the Year Award. In true grass-roots fashion, we pick the ultimate winner […]

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College of Charleston is the Gill Coed National Champion

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 31, 2019) – Today was the last day of the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship, the final of three high caliber spring college sailing national championships […]

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2019 ISSA Baker TR Championship Results & Report

PORTLAND, ME (May 28, 2019) — SailMaine hosted the 2019 Baker Team Race Championship, right in downtown Portland, a beautiful location, and I believe the first time a HS National […]

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Yale is the LaserPerformance Team Race National Champion!

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 27, 2019) – Racing was completed today in the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship in Newport Harbor out of host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort […]

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Brown University Wins 2019 ICSA Women’s National Championship

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 24, 2019) – Racing concluded today in the Sperry College Sailing Women’s National Championship hosted out of Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park, in […]

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2019 ICSA Quantum Female Sailor of Year: Ragna Agerup

Editor’s Note: It was very gratifying to review this article for publishing, as it made me recall the origins of this award. Way back in 2002, I owned “Quantum Sails […]

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2019 Wilson Trophy Team Race Championship Report & Results: The Americans Are Back!!

By Airwaves writer Pearson Potts “Liverpool” is known by many as an elite soccer team who has had a historic run this year in the Champions League final against the […]

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Sailing Club Profile: New England Science and Sailing

New England Science & Sailing Foundation (NESS) is an ocean adventure nonprofit that provides STEM-based education programs, on and off the water, for students from all walks of life. NESS […]

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2019 Lightning Class Boat Grant Recipients Announced!

The International Lightning Class Association’s Boat Grant program begins its 13th season by announcing the 2019 grant recipients. We are proud to report that our two 2019 grant skippers are […]

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RS Sailing Sends World Sailing an Open Letter: What will the Next Olympic Boat Be??

Earlier this year in March, World Sailing held a competition/evaluation between four final contenders, Laser, Melges 14, RS Aero, and D-Zero, for selection as the next single-handed dinghy in the […]

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2019 Mallory HS Double-handed National Championship Report & Results

Sail Sand Point, May, 12 2019 — (report courtesy of the ISSA)Twenty teams competed in the 2019 High School Doublehanded Nationals on May 11-12 in Seattle, WA. With racing out […]

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Maine Maritime Academy is Hiring!

Maine Maritime Academy is hiring a full-time Assistant Sailing Coach! For more information on this opportunity and to apply, see the job notice HERE! Maine Maritime Academy is a public, […]

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2019 US Optimist Team Trials Report & Results

Marina del Rey, CA (May 5, 2019) —  California Yacht Club played host to the long running show known as the US Optimist Team Trials. (By the way, the CYC […]

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ICSA News: The Final Countdown

Conference Championships Qualifies (and Eliminates) the Nation’s Top Teams as all eyes turn to Newport April 29, 2019, Written by Chris Klevan, Photos by Rob Migliaccio Conference Championships for Coed […]

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Dillon Paiva Selected as Executive Director, Club 420 Class

North Kingstown, RI (May 1, 2019) — The Board of Directors of the C420 Class Association today announced its appointment of Dillon Paiva to the position of Executive Director of […]

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ICSA News & Regatta Updates, 4-24-2019

Written by Chris Klevan Women’s Semifinals is mostly set with Coed Qualifiers looming… Last weekend held the Women’s Conference Championships for five of the seven conferences while Coed and Team […]

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ICSA Season Update, April 17, 2019

Written by Chris Klevan, All photos by Rob Migliaccio Brown wins the Women’s Team Race; Stanford and Navy show their depth in fleet racing Brown won the Women’s Team Race […]

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University of Rhode Island Seeks Head Sailing Coach

URI Sailing Team seeks a full-time Head Intercollegiate Sailing Coach. For more information and to apply, please CLICK HERE The URI Sailing team has a strong tradition of competitive excellence […]

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Surf City Yacht Club Seeks an Optimist Race Team Coach!

Surf City Yacht Club on beautiful Long Beach Island, NJ seeks an Optimist Race Coach for the Summer of 2019. Coach will establish a program of improvement and implement a […]

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