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Sail1Designer of the Month – Toms River High School South Sailing Team

Sail1Designerof the Month – Toms River High School South Sailing Team, Toms River NJ;winners of the 2011 National Great Oaks Championship BY Sail1Design's   MARTHA PITT   The Toms River team […]

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INTERFERENCE: The Press, Spectators on Sailing Courses

By Sail1Design’s Margaret Boehm This weekend, top ranked Finn sailor from Great Britain Ben Ainslie was top news,but not for his sailing. The sailor who is a triple gold Olympic […]

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12 Days of Sailing Christmas

By Margaret Boehm With Christmas and Hanukah quickly approaching, Sail1Design is hereto help you find the most useful and creative gift for your special sailingenthusiast. In honor of the twelve […]

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Dispatches from an Opti Travel Team Coach: “How much is too much?”

By Sail1Design’s Elizabeth Dudley I spent my past two weekends helping to coach one of the Optimist Travel Teams that have sprouted up around the country in recent years.  A […]

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Layover Chatter with Bill Hardesty

By New Airwaves member Morgan Kinney Congratulations to ISAF Match Racing Champions Ian Williams, Malcolm Parker, Gerard Mitchell, Matt Cassidy and Bill Hardesty. After defeating Johnie Berntsson 3-1 at the Monsoon […]

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One Design Sailors, Support Your Sport, Support Your Country!

Sail1Design is proud to introduce our newest sponsor, McLaughlin Boat Works. What follows is a great success story for the youth sailing community, and for American craftsmanship. Please support McLaughlin […]

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Interview with Clay Johnson, USA Team Alphagraphics

    By Judith Krimski After three years ofcampaigning, over 240,000 miles traveled (9 times around the world) ClayJohnson (now in Perth Australia training for the final Olympic qualifyingregatta) is […]

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AP Over Alpha: What's Happening to Participation in One-Design Sailing

By Airwaves Staff Writer Elizabeth Dudley The J22 East Coast Championship was canceled in the early part of September.  It had to be rescheduled for a later date due to […]

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Storm Trysail Foundation’s Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminars Looking to Expand Programs Across the Country

LARCHMONT, N.Y. (October 7, 2011) – Local involvement proves an important component in the Storm Trysail Foundation’s (STF) popular one-day Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminars, and to that end the non-profit organization […]

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Confessions of a "Green" Opti Coach

  Opti Sailors Say the Darndest Things! By Margaret Boehm We invite you, after reading this story, to share YOUR stories of Opti coaching. At the end of this article, […]

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When Sailboats Get Big: A College Sailor Makes the Transition to Keelboats

By Elizabeth Dudley, Airwaves Writer Sail1Design is excited to introduce our newest team member, Elizabeth Dudley. Elizabeth grew up sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. She went to The Gunston School […]

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PDRacer upcoming World Championpship Race

PDRacer upcoming World Championpship Race The Puddle Duck Racer is a fast growing sailboat club where members build their own boat and then compete with them in fun and goofy […]

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Sail Pro Cameras Joins the Sail1Design Team!!

Sail1Design is excited to announce our newest sponsor, Sail Pro Cameras. For coaches, and sailors who want to get better on their own, this camera provides incredible “on-board” footage. As […]

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Extreme 40 Report from Boston Harbor

Extreme 40‘s Racing Series Take off on Boston Harbor  Day One of the Act Four: Extreme 40s Regatta greeted race teams with typical Boston Harbor conditions; puffy shifty winds that […]

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Sponsor News: J/24 East Coasts Adds a Coach for the Event

  PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 23, 2011 Olympic Silver Medalist Scott Steele to Provide Free Coaching for J/24 ECCThe 2011 Hillman Capital Management J/24 East Coast Championship (ECC) is pleased […]

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News Flash: J/Boats Announces New One-Design J/70 Speedster! The Next J/24?

JBoats annouced that they will begin, in 2012, producing a new J, the “J/70 Speedster,” and it is billed as a One-Design boat!! To learn more: http://www.jboats.com/j70/      

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Melges 24 Worlds on SailGroove!!

Melges 24 Worlds Video on Sailgroove.org Sailgroove is producing daily highlights and interviews from the Melges 24 Worlds in Corpus Christi, TX, USA.  Videos are posted each night after racing […]

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Sponsor News: J/24 East Coasts Adds a Coach for the Event

www.j24eastcoastchampionship.com PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2011 North Sails’ Nick Turney to Provide Free Coaching for J/24 ECC The 2011 Hillman Capital Management J/24 East Coast Championship (ECC) […]

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You-Tack Sailing APP Has Gotten Even Better….

  Have a smartphone? Now you can get the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) on your Android or your iPhone – YOU-TACK!Pro, The Racing Sailor’s Illustrated Guide. You get: […]

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HCM J/24 East Coasts: Embracing One Design Sailing & the 21st Century

J24 Fleet Going Techie, By Airwaves Editor Jen Vandemoer Mitchell The J24 East Coast Championship, which will be held in Annapolis, MD October 28-30, is going to be a modern […]

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