Sail1Design is pleased to bring you our coach panel’s ICSA Team Race Rankings Update #3. Remember to click on the team’s ranking link to read Coach Panel Comments. Thanks to our panel: Chris Klevan (Stanford), Ken Legler (Emeritus), John Mollicone (Brown), Isaac Clark (U Penn), and Johnny Norfleet (Tufts). Women’s Rankings #3 Open Rankings #3
International Regattas: Experience, Friendships and Team Work
By Airwaves writer Bernat Gali I’ve recently come back from Pwllheli, Wales, after coaching one of the USA Summer International Teams which participated at the Volvo Gill Open Optimist British Nationals. This is so far my 4th International Regatta with Team USA, and considering I’ve barely been 3 years coaching in the US and just … Read More
Sachem’s Head Yacht Club is Hiring!
Sachem’s Head Yacht Club is located on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, in Guilford, Connecticut. Sachem’s Head’s Junior Sailing Program is a successful sailing program with 75 sailors from ages 6 to 16. The program’s strengths are in fostering a love of sailing and respect for the water; teaching sailing, seamanship, and basic … Read More
2018 Optimist Midwinter Championship Report & Results
24 November 2018, New Orleans, LA – They say that back in the early 70’s, Times-Picayune columnist Betty Guillard coined the term “Big Easy” to contrast life in New Orleans to life in the “Big Apple”, New York City. What a fitting term for this great city, and also one for the 2018 USODA Optimist … Read More
Norfolk Yacht & Country Club is Hiring!
Exciting news!! Norfolk Yacht and Country Club is looking to hire a Head Coach starting in 2019. This position is a year-round, full-time, salaried position reporting to the Waterfront Director. To learn more and apply please visit our job ad HERE. NYCC is in a major growth phase and is looking for the right applicant … Read More
Making an Impact: Courageous Sailing
Since its inception in 1987, Courageous Sailing has been dedicated to its mission of transforming lives through sailing programs that inspire learning, personal growth, and leadership. Courageous was established by Boston sailing enthusiast Harry McDonough, who envisioned the sport of sailing as a way of fostering unity and life skills in children of all economic … Read More
Sailing Club Profile: Columbia Sailing Club (& they’re hiring!!)
The Columbia Sailing Club, located on Lake Murray, is organized as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of South Carolina, and is committed to providing educational and training programs to the community on all aspects of sail boating. The Club is also hiring a Head Instructor, Summer Instructors, and an Optimist/Open Bic Coach! To learn … Read More
Boston College Wins ICSA Match Race National Championship
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. (November 19, 2018) – The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Match Race National Championship for the Cornelius Shields, Sr. Trophy was completed yesterday after three days of racing. Boston College came away the winner for the second year in a row. The event began on Friday, November 16, hosted by Stanford University at … Read More
Alec Anderson: Profiles in Pro Sailing
I met Alec Anderson when I moved to the British Virgin Islands in 2015 to coach at the Royal BVI Yacht Club. I knew who Alec was from following college sailing and consistently saw his name at the top of the regattas. At this time, he and his crew, Chris Brockbank, were in the middle … Read More
Lake Minnetonka Sailing School is Hiring!
In Deephaven, sailing has been in style for over a century: Founders established the Minnetonka Yacht Club (MYC) in 1899 before Deephaven was even incorporated as a village. Lake Minnetonka Sailing School (LMSS) started in the 1920s when MYC members were interested in organized sailing education for their children. For about twenty years, a volunteer … Read More
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 Club in Picton, located on the top of the South Island in the Marlborough Sounds. An interesting fact for me was that this small club … Read More
S1D College Consultants WEBCAST & More!!
Welcome to the S1D College Consultants team. Here it is! Sit back, learn, and enjoy a video that was taken LIVE at our College Sailing 101 Conferences!
ICSA News: Conference Championships!
News Flash: S1D will present a Webcast of our College Sailing 101 Seminar at 5pm on Saturday 03 November! SIGN UP HERE and we will send you the link!! Learn more about S1D College Sailing Consultants!! By Chris Klevan– There are moments, small and large, that cumulatively define a college sailor’s experience. It is hard … Read More