This comes from www.collegesailing.org Monday, April 28 – Conditions were challenging at the 2025 College Sailing Women’s Team Race Championship. Racing had to be cut off on Saturday as gusts measured above 40 knots and multiple capsizes made continuing the Round of 12 too dangerous. The Yale University Bulldogs and the Stanford University Cardinal ended the day … Read More
Foiling boats are the next big thing in sailing. Foiling has been around for years, but recently foiling has made a big step in sailing especially with the America’s Cup that just finished up. Maybe you even had a chance to see the video of the foiling opti! In February, we had a class profile … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Mac Dickson The Class The Etchells class has maintained a celebrated and decorated reputation since Skip Etchells designed his first twenty-two-foot racing sloop in 1965. Born in 1911, Skip lived through both World Wars and the Great Depression. He spent a much of his life designing Stars and later Lightning’s in New … Read More
By Isak Peterson Block Island Race Week / Storm Trysail Club / Block Island, RI / June 18-23, 2017 This regatta served as the: IRC North American Championship, Three Divisions J44 North American Championship C&C 30 North American Championship J109 North American Championship J88 East Coast Championship J105 East Coast Championship PHRF East Coast Championship, … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell Victor Diaz de Leon is one of the best professional sailors in the upcoming generation. Originally from Venezuela, Victor has excelled in his career in college sailing and now professional sailing aboard podium finishing programs in the J70, Megles 24, and Etchell classes. In addition to these classes, Victor is … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell Photos © C A Hill Photo New Bedford Community Boating Center, Buzzards Bay, MA–June 14-18 The Community Boating Center in New Bedford hosted the 2017 505 North American Championship from June 14-18th. 25 teams sailed out of Fort Taber for the event. The four days of racing held very different … Read More
The 2017 Catalina 22 Nationals held at the Fort Worth Sailing Club from June 11th to the 15th was a success with three different fleets inside the championship. 20 boats competed in the Genoa Gold Fleet, 12 boats in the Genoa Silver Fleet, and boats from both of those fleets made up the 12 boat … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell Edgewater Yacht Club, Cleveland, Ohio–June 15-18th 138 teams competed in the 37th Cleveland Race Week One-Design Weekend at the Edgewater Yacht Club. Four race circles, comprised of eleven fleets made up the racing. The Cleveland Race Week also included the Star Western Hemisphere Championship that started on Thursday June 15th. … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell © Matías Capizzano Photos St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands–June 12-18th This past week the St. Thomas Yacht Club hosted its 25th Annual International Optimist Regatta, (IOR), presented by EMS (Electronic Merchant Systems) Virgin Islands along with the TOTE Maritime Clinic and Team Race Championship. 111 optimist sailors competed in the … Read More
Sail1Design is pleased to welcome a new team member and sponsor, Reliable Racing. RR has been around since 1965, supplying racing sports with great gear. For sailing, Reliable Racing specializes in and up-and-coming new product for dinghy sailing: sailing helmets. They also have great helmet covers (think your team’s logo) and sublimated stretch bibs as … Read More
By Airwaves writer Taylor Penwell June 10-11 –Susquehanna Yacht Club The 2017 Comet North American Championship was held on June 10 & 11 at the Susquehanna Yacht Club. It was a big success with fourteen Comets coming from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The conditions were challenging with the winds fluctuating between … Read More
This past weekend the J22 World Championship was held at the North Sea Regatta in Scheveningen, The Netherlands. Starting on May 30th and finishing on June 4th, 39 boats competed in the championship. Dutch J22 Class Chairman Rosemarijn Verdoorn had this to say about the World Championship, FIrst of all, it was an honor to … Read More
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (June 2, 2017) – Today was the last day of the Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship, hosted by the College of Charleston. This is the final of three high caliber spring college sailing national championships that were run on the Cooper River in Charleston Harbor. After four days of intense competition … Read More