Written by Chris Klevan The Women of Brown University stay atop women’s sailing in winning the Jen Harris Women’s Showcase Finals. Brown University won the Jen Harris Women’s Showcase Finals held at the US Naval Academy in what was a truncated, 20 race event due to lack of wind. The Brown Bears showed their depth … Read More
Professional Boats, authorized representative of Tornado Boats (Denmark) it’s proud to be sponsors of the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). Based on this alliance, we offer a discount to all ICSA affiliated colleges and universities between 8 and 10% and we will contribute an additional 4% to ICSA for each sale made of Our Coach Boats during the year 2019. All our small and medium-sized RIBs are particularly … Read More
S1D’s Pearson Potts caught up with Tommy Dietrich, a well-known and very well loved Optimist/Laser coach here in the US, and spent some time chatting about sailing, Olympic dreams, and more. Tommy has been a very successful Optimist coach, and was one of the first inspirational coaches for many kids, including Tommy Sitzmann, who won … Read More
Hard to believe the summer sailing season is coming to an end as we approach Labor Day this weekend. We hope you had an excellent summer sailing season! Sometimes summer can get busy packing in all our sailing adventures along with all the summertime fun. Why not start the month of September with a 30 … Read More
By Airwaves writer Pearson Potts You may not know it, but somewhere in his collection, Ken Legler probably has a photo of you on the water. Most likely, he also knows your name –in nearly 40 years as the head coach of Tufts Sailing, he rarely forgets a name or face. He’s the type of … Read More
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (Sunday, August 18) – The historic U.S. Team Racing Championship wrapped up on Sunday afternoon after three spectacular days of racing in Newport Harbor. The 2019 U.S. Team Racing Championship for the George R. Hinman Trophy featured 12 teams steeped in team racing experience and deep in college sailing talent of today and past … Read More
Eckerd College is currently seeking applicants for the Assistant Intercollegiate Coach position. This is a full-time position. The Assistant Sailing Coach is responsible for assisting the Head Sailing Coach with all facets of the Sailing Program. This includes on the water coaching, facilitating practice/training, providing sailing instruction, boat/fleet maintenance and promoting the varsity sailing program. … Read More
Race Day 3, Sunday August 11 Full results can be found HERE The final day of the US Sailing Chubb Junior National Championships provided all the excitement of a contested national championship for the coveted Smythe, Bemis and Sears trophies. Clear skies and temps around 60 greeted sailors. After three days of stiff 18-25 knot … Read More
Redwood City, CA, –Friday August 9 By Charles Barclay Race Day 1: For complete results click HERE The US Sailing Chubb Junior National Championships draws sailors from all regions of the country (Area A through Area L). The “Chubbs” refers to the title sponsor Chubb Insurance, which likely handles your home yacht club’s insurance. The … Read More
Gdynia, Poland, 8/3/2019 — The 2019 29er World Championship was held from 26 July to 03 August this year in Gdynia, Poland, and featured 175 teams from around the world. The French team of Aristide Girou and Noah Chauvin won this competitive event. Of the three American entries, 2 teams made it to the Gold … Read More
After a vastly successful & enduring career in the sailmaking business, most of it with North Sails, Chris Snow now moves on to pursue new challenges. Chris has been atop one-design leaderboards for decades without seeking the spotlight, and has always been both a thoughtful and innovative champion of one-design sailing. So, S1D’s Taylor Penwell … Read More