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SSA to Host One-Design Demo Day!

SAVE THE DATE: 19 APRIL 2014 SSA Demo Day will feature over 20 boats from every one of SSA’s one design fleets and a few new boats that aren’t fleets […]

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Sail1Design Launches Improved Airwaves Website!!

Hard at work behind the scenes, Sail1Design has been putting together an improved, new-look website, on a totally new web platform. Times change, so S1D & Airwaves put together what […]

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Team One Newport and College Sailing Programs

When Team One Newport started in January of 1985, it launched one of the first College Sailing Discount programs.  Team One Newport’s founder, Martha Parker, had raced in college on […]

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Sail Tuning with Andrew Kerr: Time to Power Up

By Andrew Kerr, North U. Coach, & guest writer for Airwaves Your team is sailing upwind and all is well , good speed and height on the boats around you , […]

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2014 Sail1Design Coach of the Year: Chris Dold

Sail1Design is proud to announce this year’s recipient of our Coach of the Year Award, CHRIS DOLD. We choose from reader nominations, and while we had many great submissions, Chris’s stood out. […]

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Sail1Designer of the Month: Lilli Salvesen

The 420 Midwinter Championship is arguably the most competitive 420 regatta on the circuit.  Each year, teams from all over the country make their way to Jenson Beach, Florida over […]

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A Sailor's Response to the Rules that Apply to Them; 2014 Season

Sail1Design welcomes your thoughts in our forum at the bottom of this article. Enjoy. Earlier this winter, coaches from all over ICSA met in Utah to discuss the new year […]

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Tactics With Mike: Regatta Goals and an Effective Debrief

To learn more about Sail1Design Performance Coaching,click here!  I am changing the way I set goals and debrief at regattas.  Why?  Because I Just got done coaching racing skills leading […]

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Life After College (Sailing, that is)

Sail1Design would like to welcome our newest writer, Sara Morgan Watters. Ms. Watters is a former St. Mary’s College All-American dinghy sailor, has a great deal of coaching experience, and […]

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Sail1Design Brokerage Newsletter February 2014

  Sail1Design Brokerage Newsletter                                                        […]

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Team One Newport Can Help Promote YOUR Program!

Let Team One Newport’s Merchandising Program Help Promote Your Program and Make You Money! At Team One Newport, we are committed to helping our customers in any way that we […]

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Vanguard 15 Midwinters Retrospective: College Sailor’s Paradise

By Airwaves Writer Lydia Whiteford Two days after Christmas, 5 of my teammates and I traveled from various places in the country to the US Sailing Center in Martin County, […]

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S1D Weekly E-News

TUNE UP YOUR SAILING, WITH RUSS SYLVESTRI     As one-design sailors prepare for major spring and summer regattas, and maybe even Rio, this is the first in the series of […]

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Sail1Design Launches New & Improved Brokerage Marketplace

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 December 2013 Annapolis, MD– Sail1Design is pleased to unveil our new and vastly improved Professional Marketplace. Sail1Design offers our users private, by-owner listings for boats, gear, […]

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Club 420 Association and US Sailing Collaborate on 2014 U.S. Youth Sailing Championship Qualifications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2013 North Kingston, RI — The Club 420 Association announced today that it has collaborated with US Sailing to support the manner in which youth […]

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US Performance Academy: Blending High Academic Achievement with High Performance Sailing

Editors note: Sail1Design came across this idea awhile back, and we asked the founders to share their story about a really cool idea. Enjoy, and please post comments at the […]

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2013 Sail1Design Coach of the Year Nominations

It’s that time of year again! Sail1Design seeks your nominations for the S1D Coach of the Year. We are asking for your nominations based on a coach that embodies the […]

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International Sailing Academy Joins the S1D Team

The International Sailing Academy is happy to join the Sail1Design community. We are a Laser and Optimist winter training facility for youth, masters and Olympic athletes. Our location in Mexico […]

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Coaches & Sailing Job Seeking Pros: Free Resume Submissions!

Calling all sailing professionals, coaches, and sailing industry job seekers! Sail1Design hosts the Sailing Industries #1 Job Board and Career Center, and gets resume database search requests all the time. […]

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Weta Marine Trimarans Join the Sail1Design Team!

Sail1Design is pleased to introduce our readers to the Weta trimaran. Please read and take a close look at this boat, it looks absolutely fantastic!! The Weta Trimaran is Pure […]

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