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S1D ICSA TR Rankings Update #2: Yale Understood the Assignment

After two weekends of team racing from our last update, Yale now sits atop both the Women’s & the COED ICSA TR Rankings.  Great action, close matches, and lots more […]

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Director of Sailing Operations

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Notice of Clinic: S1D Optimist Stars Clinic 19-20 March 2022

Sail1Design will team up with North Sails to hold an Optimist Clinic focused on one thing: going really fast. This clinic will be run by North Sails Optimist expert & […]

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Elite Sailing Fitness, 505-Style

Written by 505 sailor Eric Anderson, photo by Ty Baird (originally appeared in the 505 Class Newsletter and reprinted with permission here) There’s little doubt that strength and fitness are […]

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Sailing Teams, Take Notice: Professional Boats is Selling it’s Charter Fleet of RIBS!!!

Summer is over and Professional Boats will sell it’s rental fleet of Tornado Coach Boats in excellent condition. This summer season was really intense for our rental team at Professional […]

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Road Warrior Blues: Advice for Sailors who Trailer

[Editors Note: I imagine most reading this story has their own trailer incident story as well. Please add yours to the comment section below this article or send directly to […]

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College Sailing TIDE- What it is and why we need it

By Airwaves Writer Lucas Masiello TIDE is a student-led (The Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity) Committee, created to diagnose inclusivity-related issues in College Sailing. In May of 2020, as movements were […]

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Brown University to Cut 11 Sports… But Elevates Sailing Team to Varsity…!

News Flash: S1D Launches SAILRECRUIT, an online youth/performance sailing resume & education center for aspiring sailing student-athletes. Check it out! Last week, Stanford U. shocked the athletic world when they […]

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S1D/North Sails “C&I” 420 Clinic Report

Organized soon after the State of Maryland lifted boating/sailing restrictions and careful to mind all social distancing policies and procedures, the 29-31 May North Sails “C&I” 420 Clinic found some […]

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Safe Boat Cleaning Tips, brought to you by Zim Sailing

By Bob Adam It is becoming increasingly optimistic that junior programming will take place this summer.  Albeit, the new normal will require significant changes and I admire all the insight […]

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Coaching at IODA Worlds: How it Reshaped Me as a Coach

By Bernat Gali Bou Lakewood Yacht Club Head Opti Coach USNT Coach ODP2 Gulf Coast Regional Coordinator ‘’It has been almost a year since I actually coached at my first […]

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College Team Racing is Back!!! 2020 S1D/Dynamic Dollies ICSA Team Race Rankings #1

College Team Racing is back! Sail1Design is pleased to publish the first of many Spring 2020 ICSA Team Race Rankings, brought to you by Dynamic Dollies. Our ranking panel this […]

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30-Day Hydration Challenge

Hard to believe November is starting this week, where did October go? We hope you have been doing lots of sailing this fall! But with November coming fast and furious, […]

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Make Team Workouts Fun and Effective

Coaches and or team captains this one is for you! With college and high school sailing in full swing, we thought we would do another article with a team workout. […]

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S1D 30-Day Fitness Burpee Challenge!

Hard to believe the summer sailing season is coming to an end as we approach Labor Day this weekend. We hope you had an excellent summer sailing season! Sometimes summer […]

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2019 US Sailing Junior National Championships Report, Final Results

Race Day 3, Sunday August 11 Full results can be found HERE The final day of the US Sailing Chubb Junior National Championships provided all the excitement of a contested […]

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Turn Up the Heat: Benefits to Training in the Heat and How to Stay Safe

It has been a hot summer all across the country, and it’s only July! Maybe you love it, perhaps you hate it, but don’t let the heat get you down. […]

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Fitness for Junior Sailing Summer Programs

Hard to believe, but summer is finally here! Which means so is junior sailing. Looking for a way to enhance your program and get your kids having fun!? Add some […]

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Don’t Forget to Stretch and Recover For Sailing

Do you think sailing is a sport? Of course, it is! So just like any other sport, we need to make sure we are stretching and recovering for success out […]

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Sailing Club Profile: New England Science and Sailing

New England Science & Sailing Foundation (NESS) is an ocean adventure nonprofit that provides STEM-based education programs, on and off the water, for students from all walks of life. NESS […]

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