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Club 420 Pacific Coast Championships (Updated)
Dear S1D Readers, We want to apologize to the sailors, coaches, clubs, and organizers involved in the 2026 C420 Pacific Coast Championship for inaccuracies in our original coverage of the […]

Help Build a Youth Sailing Fleet in Trinidad & Tobago
The Trinidad & Tobago Sailing Association (TTSA) is currently working to expand its youth sailing and athlete development programs, and they’re looking for boats. TTSA is seeking 15–20 Optis, 18–24 […]

Melges 19 Invite Results and Recap
Article and Photos Contributed By Rachel Bartel Eleven boats from around the country gathered at Lake Minnetonka Yacht Club in Minnesota for the Melges 19 Minnetonka Invitational. This was a […]

2026 Snipe Women’s Nationals Regatta Report and Results
The 2026 Snipe Women’s Nationals took place August 22–23 in San Diego, California, hosted by Mission Bay Yacht Club. Twenty-two boats took to the water, bringing 44 women sailors together […]

2026 Opti New England Championship Regatta Results & Report
By Airwaves Writer Grayson Tella The 2026 Optimist New England Championship went off August 11 to 13 at Sail Newport’s Fort Adams venue, drawing a 154 boat fleet to Narragansett […]

2026 Melges 24 US Nationals Regatta Results and Report
The Melges 24 fleet came together August 14–16 at Grand Traverse Yacht Club in Traverse City, Michigan, for the Melges 24 Nationals, with 46 boats competing across eight races. Overall […]

ELEUTHERA SAILING ACADEMY: Building Sailors. Building Futures
By Ty Olsen Dreams Come True The Eleuthera Sailing Academy began as a vision, but like many meaningful things, its roots reach much farther back than the day it officially […]

S1D Sailors Capture Mixed Title at 2026 29er World Championship
Sail1Design sailors Annie Sitzmann and Anton Schmid (USA) are the 2026 29er Mixed World Champions after finishing first out of 53 mixed teams at the 2026 29er World Championship in […]

High School Sailing Spotlight: Greenwich Academy
Welcome to our High School Sailing Spotlight series. In this series, we highlight sailing programs from across the country that compete in the Interscholastic Sailing Association (ISSA). From programs with […]

2026 S1D Coach of the Year Award Nominations Open!
We are happy once again to announce that nominations for the 13th annual S1D Coach of the Year Award are now being accepted! There are SO many deserving coaches out there, […]

2026 US High School Team Race National Championship (Baker Trophy) Results & Report
Re-printed from techscore report: Friday, May 15: Top sailors from 12 teams around the nation met in seasonably cool temps at the Rappahannock River for the annual ISSA Team Race […]

Racing Through Uncertainty: CNU Is Potentially Facing Their Final Season
If you saw the results of the William and Mary Spring Open, which took place over March 28-29th, you would have seen the Christopher Newport University Captains at the top […]

2026 Lightning Winter Championship Event Recap and Results
Between March 14–18, 2026, the Lightning Class descended on St. Petersburg, FL for the 2026 ILCA Winter Championship. Always a well-attended event, the promise of warmer weather drew 34 teams […]

2026 COLLEGE TEAM RACE RANKINGS #2
ICSA Team Race Rankings #2 Are Out! You can find the Open rankings HERE and the Women’s Rankings HERE. Open Rankings For this edition we welcomed Coach Annabell Carrington from […]

2026 Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta and the Future of College Offshore Sailing
By Airwaves writer Julia Brighton, awesome photos by Priscilla Parker During the weekend of February 14–15, nearly thirty college sailing teams from across the country gathered in Charleston, South Carolina, […]

2026 ILCA-NA Gulf Coast Championship Regatta Recap & Results
The 2026 ILCA North American Gulf Coast Championships were hosted by the Sarasota Sailing Squadron from February 28th to March 1st. Across the ILCA 4, 6, and 7 fleets, 105 […]

Ice Boating on Lake Champlain
By new Airwaves writer Julia Brighton As Lake Champlain reaches a full freeze for the first time since 2019, it is not stopping the hardiest of sailors from getting on […]

2025 Melges 24 North American Championship Regatta Recap
The 2025 Melges 24 North American Championship wrapped up in Miami, Florida after three days of competitive racing at the end of January, delivering a fitting finale to the 2025 […]

2026 C420 Team Race Midwinters Regatta Results and Recap
From January 17–19, 2026, fifteen C420 team race squads gathered in Miami to compete for the Liam O’Keefe Trophy at the C420 Team Race Midwinters. This year marked the highest […]

2026 Miami Snipe Invitational Regatta Results & Recap
The 2026 Miami Snipe Invitational brought together a 37-boat fleet for a competitive weekend of racing. The fleet sailed in light-to-medium southeast conditions on Saturday followed by a shifty northwest […]
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