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S1D Sailors Capture Mixed Title at 2026 29er World Championship

Sail1Design sailors Annie Sitzmann and Anton Schmid (USA) are the 2026 29er Mixed World Champions after finishing first out of 53 mixed teams at the 2026 29er World Championship in […]

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Christopher Newport Reinstates Varsity Sailing

Just months after announcing that it would discontinue varsity sailing, Christopher Newport University has officially reinstated the program. Christopher Newport Athletics announced that sailing will return effective immediately after a […]

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2026 C420 New England Championship Regatta Results and Report

Over the weekend of June 27–28, Portland Yacht Club welcomed an impressive fleet of 80 Club 420s, 160 sailors in total, for the 2026 Club 420 New England Championship For […]

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Team Sail1Design Shines at International Summer Regattas

Team Sail1Design sailors have been busy abroad this summer, competing at several premier international events and delivering strong results against some of the world’s best. Kiel Week, or Kieler Woche, […]

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High School Sailing Spotlight: Greenwich Academy

Welcome to our High School Sailing Spotlight series. In this series, we highlight sailing programs from across the country that compete in the Interscholastic Sailing Association (ISSA). From programs with […]

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2026 S1D Coach of the Year Award Nominations Open!

We are happy once again to announce that nominations for the 13th annual S1D Coach of the Year Award are now being accepted! There are SO many deserving coaches out there, […]

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2026 US High School Team Race National Championship (Baker Trophy) Results & Report

Re-printed from techscore report: Friday, May 15: Top sailors from 12 teams around the nation met in seasonably cool temps at the Rappahannock River for the annual ISSA Team Race […]

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Team Spotlight: Colby College Sailing

By Airwaves Writer Julia Brighton Making their debut in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) conference this spring is Colby College, located in Waterville, Maine! After previous attempts at […]

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Sailing Coaches at Larchmont Yacht Club

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The Teams That Stayed in Phase All Season: 2026 ICSA Team Race Nationals Breakdown

The 2026 College Sailing Team Race Nationals wrapped up this week down in New Orleans. For anyone who followed along with the S1D rankings all season, the podium finishers in […]

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Final S1D ICSA Team Race Rankings Locked In. Women’s Selection? Not Exactly.

The final Sail1Design rankings are here, and as always, they’re backed by a panel of coaches who have been watching this fleet all season. Big thanks to them for making […]

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Racing Through Uncertainty: CNU Is Potentially Facing Their Final Season

If you saw the results of the William and Mary Spring Open, which took place over March 28-29th, you would have seen the Christopher Newport University Captains at the top […]

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2026 COLLEGE TEAM RACE RANKINGS #3: Season Heating Up!

Thanks to  Coach Annabel Carrington from the College of Charleston, John Mollicone (Brown), Chris Klevan (Stanford), Charles Higgins (Tulane), and Brendan Feeney (Fordham). Here are the OPEN RANKINGS. Here are the WOMENS RANKINGS.   OPEN RANKINGS The third […]

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2026 Lightning Winter Championship Event Recap and Results

Between March 14–18, 2026, the Lightning Class descended on St. Petersburg, FL for the 2026 ILCA Winter Championship. Always a well-attended event, the promise of warmer weather drew 34 teams […]

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High School Sailing Spotlight: St. George’s School

Welcome to our High School Sailing Spotlight series. In this series, we highlight sailing programs from across the country that compete in the Interscholastic Sailing Association (ISSA). From programs with […]

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Summer Sailing Coach at BHYC

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Notice of Clinic: i420 Clinic at Portland Yacht Club

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2026 COLLEGE TEAM RACE RANKINGS #2

ICSA Team Race Rankings #2 Are Out! You can find the Open rankings HERE and the Women’s Rankings HERE.  Open Rankings For this edition we welcomed Coach Annabell Carrington from […]

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2026 Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta and the Future of College Offshore Sailing

By Airwaves writer Julia Brighton, awesome photos by Priscilla Parker During the weekend of February 14–15, nearly thirty college sailing teams from across the country gathered in Charleston, South Carolina, […]

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2026 ILCA-NA Gulf Coast Championship Regatta Recap & Results

The 2026 ILCA North American Gulf Coast Championships were hosted by the Sarasota Sailing Squadron from February 28th to March 1st. Across the ILCA 4, 6, and 7 fleets, 105 […]

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