New from Waszp.com: INTRODUCING THE 7.5 SAIL The much-anticipated 7.5 sail is now available for purchase! Sailors can get their hands on the new rig by heading to the WASZP shop or contacting their WASZP Agent. The 7.5 uses the same bottom mast section as the 6.9 sail and comes in three striking colour options: … Read More
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 & Severn School Head Coach Tom Sitzmann, a guest expert, and will feature a few of the Optimist Classes most successful current and former Stars. You … Read More
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 one of the many things that separate the front of the fleet from the rest of us. Sailing strength, and in particular crewing strength, requires … Read More
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 Boats Our rental season in numbers: 10 events attended Classes: C420, Optimist and Laser Travel: 9,700 miles traveled by our trucks and trailers Clients: 14 … Read More
[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 us (editor@sail1design.com) and we’ll add it ourselves!] If only trailers and cars would be as seemingly indestructible as those on Mad Max: Fury Road. In … Read More
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 being started and conversations were being had surrounding racial justice across the United States, a group of sailors from schools across NEISA started a conversation … Read More
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 announced they were cutting several sports teams, including sailing. Now, today, Brown University followed suit… and the sailing world, ironically, is ironically a beneficiary of … Read More
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 very eager participants, who could not wait finally to get out on the water and get back to sailing. Limited to 6 top local teams, … Read More
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 and dedication that program directors and chairs have put into a safe return to play for our athletes. Countless hours have been put in by … Read More
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 IODA World Championship, and eventually my first IODA Event ever (as coach and as a sailor), and sure feels like it just happened yesterday with … Read More
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 spring includes: Johnny Norfleet (Fordham), Charles Higgins (Tulane), Martim Anderson (Yale), Cori Radtke (Bowdoin), and Clinton Hayes. Rankers are asked to rank their top 16 … Read More
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, that means winter is not far behind. Winter is a great time to take a break and work on boosting your performance for sailing with … Read More