Larchmont, NY– Larchmont Yacht Club (LYC) is looking for a full time, dynamic professional to join the Waterfront team as a Sailing Coordinator. This coordinator will play a pivotal role, delivering outstanding sailing programs paired with communication that embodies the club’s values. This position calls for an organized individual with strong administrative, customer service, and … Read More
Yale, Charleston, HWS, Navy and Brown take regatta wins as the team race season, coed and women’s, heats up! March 25, 2019, Written by Chris Klevan, Photos by Colin Grey Voight, Rob Migliaccio and Tyler Colvin Brown University won the Duplin Women’s Team Race at Tufts University in Larks on Mystic Lake. Like most New … Read More
California Yacht Club’s year-round Junior Sailing Program has its emphasis on racing. Our program utilizes the single-handed Optimist Dinghy for our younger participants and the double-handed Club Flying Junior or spinnaker equipped Club 420 for our older teen sailors. The Program meets on weekends and attends local, regional, and national regattas throughout the year. The program … Read More
For centuries the Burlington waterfront was home to a busy commercial port. The two miles of Lake Champlain shoreline were covered in factories, shipping facilities, and oil storage. Resources were transported by ship and barge out of Vermont and south to New York or north to Montreal, then out to the ocean. Once Burlington became … Read More
Yale wins Graham Hall and St. Mary’ Women’s; Boston College wins the SNETR March 18, 2019, Written by Chris Klevan, Photos by Colin Grey Voight After an action-packed and exciting weekend of sailing, the latest S1D ICSA Team Race Rankings are now live, complete with coach comments!! To see the updated ICSA Team Race Rankings … Read More
You wear a helmet for a bunch of other things. Why not wear it for sailing? I’ll admit that when I first heard about helmets being introduced to sailing I sneered and said things like, “that will never happen” and “it won’t take off.” But over the past few years my views have taken a … Read More
Looking for a job with year-round benefits but 3 months off each year to sail the circuit? Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine is looking for a Chief Mate for the Schooner Bowdoin to work 9 months a year (March through November). For more information on this exciting opportunity, and to apply, see our job ad … Read More
The USODA Team Trials: When 4 days determine a year of preparation By Bernat Gali Bou, USNT Coach, Lakewood Yacht Club Head Opti Coach Let’s be honest…when does the Sailing Schedule ever give us a break throughout the year? Really, if a sailor doesn’t want to ever take a break from racing, he/she could be sailing … Read More
Yale wins the Navy Womens as light air limits sailing across the east coast March 11, 2019, Written by Chris Klevan, Photos by Colin Grey Voight The 2019 Spring Sailing Season is slowly heating up, both figuratively and literally. Light air in MAISA limited racing at the Navy Spring Women’s, the John Jackson and the … Read More
March 3, 2019, Written by Chris Klevan, Photos by Colin Grey Voight The ICSA team race season is officially upon us. The Bob Bavier Team Race, sailed in Charleston, South Carolina, featured the now two-time defending Laser Performance College Team Race Champions, College of Charleston. However, the Cougars weren’t the headliners of their home event. … Read More
The 2019 College Sailing season is underway, with several TR regattas now in the books. Take a look at the updated rankings, and click on each team to see our coach panel analysis!! Go to the RANKINGS
Jensen Beach, FL 03/03/2019: Two hundred six boats (206!!) sailed this past Sat/Sun in the Sunshine State Optimist Championship, and most all of the top Optimist sailors in the country were there competing. The regatta featured light and shifty winds mostly, till race 5 on Sunday, when the wind built to 20+ knots, allowing the … Read More
From Windcheck Magazine: Foiling is the hottest thing in sailing right now, and our friends at Sail Black Rock in Bridgeport, CT and Oakcliff Sailing in Oyster Bay, NY have teamed up with WindCheck to present a unique writing contest with perhaps the most exciting prize in the history of youth sailing! The winning essay will … Read More