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Coaches Locker Room: Sailing Job Hunt Advice

By Airwaves writer Tyler Colvin. So you want to coach sailing? Great, welcome to the best summer job you will ever have.  Whether you are in high school and a […]

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NEW, UPGRADED VIPER 640 CLASS WEBSITE LAUNCHED

December 8, 2014-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Viper 640 Class Association has continually emphasized providing a contemporary website to support a modern growing class. From its founding the Class was launched […]

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Staying Fit in the Off Season

By Airwaves writer Lydia Whiteford With all of the regattas over and Thanksgiving break behind us, college sailors all across America are officially done with their fall seasons. For the […]

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One-Design Class Profile: DN Iceboat

By Airwaves writer Eric Tobias Your sailing season doesn’t have to end just because it’s getting cold outside.  In fact, for many racers, when December comes around the season is […]

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Building to the Future: How GCYSA and KO Sailing will help US Olympic Sailing

By Airwaves Writer Tyler Colvin   Technology adapts to the requirements of the people.  Sailing needed some excitement and so foils were born.  Occasionally however, there are advancements that outpace […]

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Club-Owned Fleets: A Diversified Sailing Program

Written by: Cole Allsopp, Evan Aras, & Dillon Paiva This article is written in response to the Airwaves piece done by John Storck: Are Provided Boats Really the Answer? Changes […]

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One-Design Class Profile: A-Cat

By Airwaves Writer Tyler Colvin In 1956, the International Yacht Racing Union (now the International Sailing Federation, ISAF) created a four-tiered developmental catamaran system with the categories as A-D.  It […]

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Event Recap: Butler Cup 2014

By Airwaves Writer Tyler Colvin.        Any chance I get to escape the weather in New England I typically take, so when I got the call to crew […]

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Team Training Practice Sessions: Making the Most of Your Time!

By Andrew Kerr As we know, practice is a critical element in any sport and yet time is seemingly becoming more and more limited as people juggle with the demands […]

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Whitecap Composites: New Kids on the Block

Sail1Design would like to welcome our newest team member and sponsor, Whitecap Composites! By Airwaves Writer Tyler Colvin On a grey New England day I pulled around the corner of […]

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Meet the US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider – Caleb Paine

By Airwaves writer Martha Pitt Approaching his 24th birthday this week, Caleb Paine is one of the bright young members of the US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider on the hunt […]

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2015 Team Race Midwinters Preview

By Airwaves Writer Clinton Hayes For almost 2 decades team racing enthusiasts made the annual pilgrimage to Florida over New Years for Vanguard 15 Midwinters. That event and its host, […]

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Rounding the Windward and Offset Mark with a Symmetrical Spinnaker

By Andrew Kerr This article takes a look at the important elements of rounding the windward mark and offset mark with some key elements in mind for  teams using a […]

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Are Provided Boats Really The Answer?

By Airwaves writer John Storck In the ongoing debate of how to improve the state of our beloved sport, there is one argument that keeps coming up- provided boats. The […]

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Team Race Midwinters 2015 Notice of Race!

If you are bummed that the V-15 midwinters are dead, or if you never sailed the V-15 midwinters because you don’t have a boat, then come sail the first ever […]

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One-Design Class Profile: Etchells

By Airwaves writer Tyler Colvin If any one-design class has a cult following, it would be the Etchells.  The boat was designed in the mid 1960s by Skip Etchells as […]

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Club Profile: San Diego Yacht Club

By Katelyn Montero If there was ever any doubt about San Diego’s ability to produce world-class sailors, skeptics should look no further than the San Diego Yacht Club. Founded in […]

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One Design Class Profile: 29er

Youth sailing traditionally has been in dinghies designed 60 years ago with very few updates or improvements.  The 29er changed all that when it was introduced in 1998 by acclaimed […]

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Balancing College with College Sailing

By Airwaves Writer Lydia Whiteford.  We’ve all heard the classic college tagline, “between sleep, studying, and having fun, you can only pick two.” When you are also a college athlete, […]

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44th Hobie 16 Open North American Championships Final Results

44th Hobie 16 Open North American Championships and 2015 Pan Am Games qualifier Lewes Yacht Club, Lewes DE Lewes, DE (September 27, 2014): The 44th Hobie 16 North American championships […]

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