Thanks to our ranking panel! Molly Matthews, Dartmouth. Isaac Clark, Penn. John Mollicone, Brown. Chris Klevan, Stanford
Nominations Open for the 2019 Optimist Sailor of the Year!
Thanks to McLaughlin for sponsoring this award! Optimist sailing, for so many, is where it all starts. In fact, there may be no healthier one-design class in North America than the US Optimist Class. Sail1Design is proud to salute this boat, the people involved in the class, but most importantly, the kids who get out … Read More
2019 Optimist Midwinter Championship Results
New Orleans, LA — December 1, 2019 56 boats from around the USA met up in the Big Easy, at Southern Yacht Club over the Thanksgiving holiday for the 2019 Optimist Midwinter Championship. Congratulations to Stephen Momeier for winning the Optimist Midwinters! Top Ten: For full results, click HERE. Pos Sail Skipper Club Fleet Sg … Read More
S1D New Team Member! PredictWind Provides Essential Tools for Competitive Sailors
Sail1Design is thrilled to partner with PredictWind, an incredibly rich, accurate, and I feel essential tool for competitive sailors. I used PredictWind recently while coaching, and found the data to be absolutely invaluable. This is precision stuff with ease of use to boot. Welcome aboard PredictWind! Apparently, their data just got even better (see below): … Read More
Nantucket Yacht Club is Hiring!
The Nantucket Yacht Club is a private club established in 1906 on the beautiful historic island of Nantucket. Nantucket Yacht Club has a vibrant and growing adult program, and we are seeking the right leader to continue to develop our adult programming. The ideal candidate will have extraordinary competence in dinghies and small keelboats, and will … Read More
Wet Pants Sailing Association is Hiring!
Wet Pants Sailing Association seeks applications for Optimist and 420 Race Coaches for the summer 2020 season, running late June to mid August. Our fun learn-to-sail programs teach students (ages 8 through adult) with beginner to advanced skill levels to become safe independent recreational or competitive racing sailors. Good coaching and a passion for sailing … Read More
Mackay Boats, Ltd Joins the Sail1Design Team!
Sail1Design is thrilled to partner with Mackay Boats Ltd, a world-leading performance boat builder in Auckland, New Zealand. S1D has always supported performance youth sailing, and it is a great privilege to work with Mackay, a company universally recognized for superior craftsmanship and excellence in boat building. Mackay focuses on performance one-design and Olympic boats, and … Read More
Lon Gundie Delivers: HS Team of the Year Point Loma Dons New Team Shirts!!
Sail1Design is very happy to announce that Lon Gundie is our new title sponsor of the High School Team of the Year Award. This award, modeled somewhat along the lines of college sailing’s Fowle Trophy, recognizes the best overall sailing team in the country. Lon Gundie supplies the performance sailing world with incredible technical base-layer apparel, and along the … Read More
Dover-Sherborn High School Seeks Head Sailing Coach!
Dover-Sherborn High School is hiring a Varsity sailing coach for its Spring 2020 season which runs from March through May. DS Sailing is a competitive program racing in the Massachusetts Bay League’s top A Division against other regional public and private schools. The school’s sailing facilities are located on Lake Massapoag in Sharon, MA and … Read More
Belmont Hill School Seeks Sailing Coach
Belmont Hill School educates boys in mind, body, and spirit to develop men of good character. Our community encourages and challenges students to discover and pursue passions, seek excellence, and face adversity with resilience. We cultivate critical thinking and creativity, teamwork and competition, hard work and reflection, tradition and innovation. Valuing our differences and working … Read More
ICSA News: Conference Championships Conclude the ICSA Doublehanded Season
Brown and Yale win NEISA, Cornell and St. Mary’s win MAISA, Stanford wins the West and Charleston wins the South Atlantic to conclude the fall season October 28, 2019– Written by Chris Klevan Sadly, we must start by paying tribute to a legend and a multi-decade servant to College Sailing, Dan Winters, who passed over … Read More
Devon Yacht Club is Hiring: 2 Positions Open!
The Devon Yacht Club is located on beautiful Gardiner’s Bay in Amagansett, NY and is currently seeking a Program Director for Junior Sailing for 2020. For more specific information this opportunity, and to apply, click HERE. The Junior Sailing Director is responsible primarily for cultivating a love of sailing among the youngest members of the club. The Junior … Read More
USA Sailors, NEWSFLASH: The i420 Class has Doubled the Team USA quota for the 2020 World Championship!!
All USA sailors wishing to compete at the International 420 World Championships must qualify and be selected by the US I420 Class Association. Sailors may qualify to apply by earning qualification points based on the formula outlined below or by being selected as a “wild card” by the US I420 Class Association Selection Committee. The … Read More