On June 13, 2025, West Coast Sailing marks its 20th anniversary. Two solid decades of fun. It’s been a wild ride since we started in ‘05. To summarize it all would be impossible. There have been so many memories, regattas, events, and emotions of all kinds! For our 20th year, I want to attempt to … Read More
ICSA Team Race Rankings Update & Weekly News, April 3 2019
April 4, 2019, Written by Chris Klevan Finally, after an exciting 2 weeks of sailing, culminating with the Marchiando, which shook up the rankings a bit (and temporarily broke our ranking system 😉 ) the S1D ICSA Team Race Rankings Update is HERE!! The Harvard University Crimson won the 38th Lynne Marchiando Trophy, hosted by … Read More
St. Francis Yacht Club is Hiring for Summer 2019!!
St. Francis Yacht Club, located in beautiful San Francisco California is seeking several talented and hardworking sailing instructors/counselors for our summer season, June 18- August 17, 2018. The Club currently supports a fleet of RS Tera, Lasers, Bytes, FJs, and C420s. For more information on this position, and to apply, please visit the job ad HERE … Read More
Sail Park City is Hiring!
We are promoting the sport of sailing to adults and children in the greater Park City community. We offer racing, summer sailing camps, adult sailing lessons, as well as partner with other local organizations to get as many people out sailing!We’re looking for a bunch of staff. Join us this summer for a great time … Read More
ICSA Spring Season News Update #4
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 is Hiring!
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
Unsung Hero: Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center
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
S1D ICSA Team Race Rankings UPDATE #3, and College Sailing Weekend News Report!
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
Put Your Helmet On!
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
Maine Maritime Academy is Hiring a Chief Mate, full-time!!
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
US Optimist Team Trials: How to Make the Most of 4 Big Days
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
ICSA Spring Season News Update #2
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
ICSA News: Team Racing is Back! Yale wins the Bob; Charleston wins ODU Women’s
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