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Sponsor News: Selden Signs on as Offical Spar of the 505 Worlds

Seldén Mast Inc. was set up in 1998 in Charleston, South Carolina and produces rig systems for dinghies, keelboats and yachts and distributes the entire product range throughout North and […]

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ICSA News: Conference Championships!

#1 Yale Wins New England Championship Photo by Ken Legler April 30, 2017– Sunday morning at the Savin Hill Yacht Club showed an early, stiff seabreeze. “Brisk,” said PRO Alden […]

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Club Profile: Offshore Sailing School

The Offshore Advantage: Why We are America’s #1 Sailing School News Flash: Offshore Sailing School is hiring! Offshore Sailing School is owned and operated by Steve and Doris Colgate. Their […]

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Women’s Conference Championships in both MAISA and NEISA

#12 St. Mary’s College of Maryland showed that they’re the best women’s team in MAISA with an emphatic win at the MAISA Women’s Championship at the Naval Academy. Seniors Greer […]

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Nutrition: Tips to Eating Right While Traveling For Sailing

Nutrition, it’s key to living a healthy lifestyle. However, a lot of the time we hear people talking more about their workouts and less about what they are eating. Having […]

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Club Profile: Palm Beach Sailing Club

The Palm Beach Sailing Club is a private, not-for-profit organization formed in 1966.The objective of the club shall be to develop, encourage and stimulate interest in sailing in the Palm Beach […]

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2017 S1D/Gill Coach of the Year Nominations Now Open!!

Greetings, sailing fans!!! We’re sending out an early call this year for nominations for the prestigious Coach of the Year Award. In true grass-roots fashion, we pick the ultimate winner […]

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Coach Juan Carlos Romero

By Airwaves writer Taylor Penwell Juan Carlos Romero is one of the most accomplished and experienced coaches in the optimist class. Juan has been coaching for nearly 25 years between […]

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ICSA News: The Pacific Coast Conference sends their women to Nationals

April 16, 2017– The Women’s Pacific Coast Championship was held at UC San Diego over the weekend. What looked like champagne conditions were met with excellent sailing. Trailing after the […]

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High School Sailing: MASSA Mallory Qualifier Results & Report

By Airwaves HS Reporter Camille White The MASSA District Championship in Kings Point, NY was a two day event in which 18 of the best teams from the Mid-atlantic region […]

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ICSA News: The Team Race regular season culminates in dramatic fashion. What does this mean for the rest of the sport?

The Fowle Trophy, New England’s Team Race Championship was sailed on Mystic Lake, home of the Tufts University Jumbos. Forty degree weather and massive, unwieldy puffs greeted the sailors, Saturday […]

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S1D Team Race News: 2017 Baldwin Cup Report & Results

By Airwaves Writer Dillon Paiva The Baldwin Cup is a yacht club challenge type regatta hosted by Newport Harbor Yacht Club in Newport Beach California.  This event is one of […]

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News From Selden: A Foiling Opti? Yes!

News from our sponsor, Selden: The Foiling Opti was figured out by Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg. Seldén provided the blocks and are happy to be a part of this […]

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Spring 2017 ICSA Team Race Rankings #3

Brought to you by Dynamic Dollies Another two weeks have gone by and another batch of exciting team race regattas.  Since our last rankings, we saw the major regattas: Jan […]

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ICSA News: Women Start the Queue for Nationals; Team Racers Look for Momentum Heading into Conference Championships

Let us begin with a correction from last week’s article; It was stated that the top 4 finishing teams from the SAISA Women’s Championship were advancing onto the National Women’s […]

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Profiles in Youth Sailing: Team Next Generation USA

By Airwaves writer Taylor Penwell Next Generation USA is a team of extremely accomplished American sailors who will be representing the United States in the upcoming Red Bull Youth America’s […]

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Sailing Season Is Here: Tips on Training Routines and Eating Right

Spring is here, well at least we hope (this March weather has been a little crazy)! Which means the sailing season is back throughout the country. Hopefully, you took the […]

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Spring 2017 ICSA Team Race Rankings #2

Compiled by Airvaves Writer Dillon Paiva, photos of the Graham Hall by Alec Tayler Brought to you by Dynamic Dollies March 23, 2017– The second edition of our season rankings […]

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One Design Class Profile: The Taz

The TAZ sailing dinghy is the little sister of the Topaz sailboat. With the same Topaz style hull, it is smaller, and lighter than a Topper or Pico making it […]

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ICSA News: Yale Wins the Graham Hall

March 19, 2017– We have been waiting all season to see the number one ranked Yale University Bulldogs at work. The wait ended as the 4-time consecutive champion arrived at […]

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