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
Club Profile: Christmas Cove Improvement Association
News Flash: CCIA is hiring a Waterfront/Program Director! The beginnings of the Christmas Cove Improvement Association reach back more than a decade before its formal organization in 1900. The first summer visitors, mainly from the Boston area, began coming to Rutherfords Island and Christmas Cove in the early 1880’s, attracted then as now by the … Read More
Club Profile: Grand Bahama Sailing Center
News Flash: Grand Bahama Sailing Center seeks a full-time Director/Head Coach! In 2006 a small group of local business people and keen sailors approached Sir Jack Hayward with the idea of resurrecting the Sir Charles Hayward Yacht Club. The two story building located at the end of the canal approximately half a mile West off … Read More
#4 Charleston wins Navy Women’s; #1 Charleston wins the coed Charleston Spring; #12 Boston College wins the John Jackson
Written by Chris Klevan Photo taken from College of Charleston’s Facebook page March 12, 2018– #4 College of Charleston won the Navy Spring Women’s regatta. Sailed at the venue of some of the premier regattas on the College Sailing circuit, this was the first inter conference hosted by the United States Naval Academy. Conditions were … Read More
One Design Class Profile: Nacra 15
Looking for a youth boat built for speed and excitement? Maybe a pathway towards the Olympics? The Nacra 15 offers just that to youth sailors around the world. This semi-foiling catamaran is one of the six boats endorsed by the Olympic Development Program. The whole idea of the Nacra 15 is to capture youth sailors … Read More
Stevenson School Seeks Head Sailing Coach
News Flash: Stevenson School is Hiring a Head Sailing Coach! Stevenson is a day and boarding community in which students learn to read, write, observe, calculate, research, analyze, innovate, speak, listen, imagine, laugh, collaborate, and dare and, in the process, prepare for the challenges they will encounter in college and the world. This is also … Read More
2018 Port of Los Angles’ Harbor Cup Results & Report
By Airwaves Senior Writer Taylor Penwell The top teams in collegiate offshore sailing descended on San Pedro, California for the Port of Los Angles’ Harbor Cup this past weekend. The event made for three days of exciting racing on Catalina 37s. Ten teams attended the regatta that wrapped up yesterday March 11th. First day racing … Read More
Gill Launches New Website!
Gill just launched their new website! As an incentive to check it out, the new Outlet is an additional 20% off. Shop now: https://www.gillmarine.com/us/outlet.html
Protect Your Investment: Sailing Helmet Sale!!
Reliable Racing is on the forefront of performance sailing safety. Won’t be long will we’re all wearing helmets and we’ll be better off for it (think skiing, and ice hockey). Take advantage of this 20% sale on helmets and 10% sale on helmet covers!! Reliable Racing having a sale through the end of April on … Read More
2018 ICSA Team Race Rankings #1, March 9
Friday, 9 March 2018– Here we go! Another spring filled with thrilling and highly competitive college team racing. Please support our sponsors who bring these rankings to you: Dynamic Dollies & Reliable Racing. My sailing team uses Dynamic dollies, as many do, and as good as their product is, I can say that their service, support, … Read More
Profiles in Junior Sailing: Airwaves Interview with Teddy Nicolosi
By Airwaves Senior Writer Taylor Penwell US Virgin Islander Teddy Nicolosi is one of the top names in junior sailing of his generation. The St. Thomas resident had an outstanding Optimist career and has since been taking on other classes by storm. Nicolosi is currently a junior at the Antilles School on St. Thomas and … Read More
Giving It All for the Team: A Painful but Happy Four Years of College Sailing
by Emily Shanley-Roberts, Tufts University Class of 2018 As I enter my last season of college sailing, I’d like to share the story of why my skipper has always helped me down the dock – and why, above all else, I continue to compete in college sailing. My competitors have, without knowing, enabled me to … Read More
Forging Youth Sailing's Next Level: The Hilton Head Island Junior Sailing Academy
Sail1Design is pleased to introduce our newest team member and sponsor, Hilton Head Island Junior Sailing Academy. Having recently traveled to Hilton Head to coach an event at South Carolina Yacht Club, I can report confidently that this is an absolutely gorgeous venue, and an impressive club to say the least. Along with traditional summer … Read More