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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Head Coach, Sheridan Shore Sailing!!

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Annapolis Yacht Club is Hiring!

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Siebel Program Regional Head Coach

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Sailing Instructors/Coaches, Norwalk, CT

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Sagamore Junior Sailing of Oyster Bay NY Seeks Head Sailing Instructor & A Feva Coach

Tom Sitzmann avatarTom SitzmannFive small sailboats with colorful sails race on choppy water near an orange buoy, with land and trees visible in the background under a bright sky.

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 & […]

Tom Sitzmann avatarTom SitzmannTwo sailors maneuver a green racing sailboat on choppy water, leaning out to balance as the sail catches wind. Both wear life jackets and caps; one sailor is branded with 'SAP.' The sky is clear and land is visible in the distance.

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 […]

Tom Sitzmann avatarTom SitzmannAn orange and gray Yamaha motorboat speeds through the water, carrying two people in hats and life jackets. One person points ahead, while sailboats and a shoreline with buildings are visible in the background.

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 […]

Tom Sitzmann avatarTom SitzmannA grey inflatable boat on a trailer is parked on the side of a highway. A mattress wrapped in plastic and tied with red and green straps is secured on top of the boat. Trees line the road in the background.

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 […]

Tom Sitzmann avatarTom SitzmannA group of women sailors from Brown University smile and stand together under a tent, holding sailing flags and a banner that reads '2019 Sperry College Sailing Women's National Champions.

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 […]

Tom Sitzmann avatarTom SitzmannThree small sailboats with sailors leaning out over the water race closely together on a choppy lake, with trees lining the distant shore under a cloudy sky.

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 […]

Tom Sitzmann avatarTom SitzmannFour small sailboats with colorful orange and green sails race on a lake, each with two people onboard wearing life jackets. The boats are close together, and the water is lightly choppy.

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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