By Airwaves Writer Abby Tindall Abby’s passion for sailing was fostered during her summers at Edgartown Yacht Club on Martha’s Vineyard. Inspiring her to become more involved in the sport, Abby now participates in the C420 youth sailing circuit and crews for her high school Severn School, in the Annapolis area. Abby is now herself … Read More
Editor’s Note: It was very gratifying to review this article for publishing, as it made me recall the origins of this award. Since I am also a history teacher, here’s a little story for you. Way back in 2002, I owned “Quantum Sails Northeast” in Maine, and was running that business while coaching college sailing … Read More
By new Airwaves Optimist Reporter Bernat Gali Bou Optimist Sailing is without a doubt a unique class among the wide range of existing fleets in the Sailing World. Targeted solely for kids, none has got the history, the curriculum and the reputation the Optimist Class enjoys around the World, and that’s why it has remained … Read More
Greetings, sailing fans!!! We’re sending out our annual call this year for nominations for the prestigious Coach of the Year Award. In true grass-roots fashion, we pick the ultimate winner only from nominees supplied by you, our readers. We are thrilled also to announce that again, Gill North America is our Exclusive Sponsor for this award, and … Read More
NORFOLK, V.A. (June 2, 2018) – At an awards ceremony following racing for the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship, the honors for the Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year, Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award sponsored by US Sailing and the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy for the Best Overall Team were presented. The names … Read More
Summer is just around the corner! We couldn’t be happier that warmer weather is finally on its way. It’s been a long winter here in the Northeast, but the summer sailing season is almost here. Everyone enjoys the warmer longer days of summer, however, it’s easy to get wrapped up in summer and forget to … Read More
Founded in 1892, Seattle Yacht Club is one of our country’s most active and long-established yacht clubs. With facilities ranging from the historic mainstation on Portage Bay, to 10 Outstations located along the shores of Washington and British Columbia, the Club offers an outstanding group of properties for use by our members. SYC is hiring … Read More
Eckerd College is hiring a full-time Head Sailing Coach/Director of Sailing! Eckerd will change your life so you can change the world. We inspire and empower individuals to improve the world through mastery of self and a lifetime of learning. Our students are guided on a four-year journey of discovery, with small classes, professor-mentors and a … Read More
Saturday, May 12: Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, Texas hosted the 2018 ISSA Mallory Trophy Championship for the High School Double-handed Fleet Race National Championship Regatta this weekend. Thank you to all of the many volunteers at Lakewood and the host school Clear Falls High School who helped in running this regatta, especially Dwight Bengtson … Read More
Great job by the Key Biscayne Yacht Club hosting 250 Optimist sailors over a week of varied conditions, 8 Championship races and 7 Silver fleet races. LYC’s Stephan Baker keeps up his incredibly impressive sailing, winning the 2018 Trials, 19 points ahead of the nearest competitor. Full results on the KBYC website. Top 25 below: … Read More
April 23, 2018, Written by Chris Klevan Photos taken from Rob Migliaccio on facebook #7 Hobart and William Smith College won the MAISA Women’s Championship narrowly over #9 Georgetown University, 88 to 89 points, after 11 races in each division. The Herons of HWS sailed the 22 total race regatta well, collectively, winning B-DIvision with … Read More
While there are still some conference championships to come, several teams have punched their ticket to this years college sailing Team Race National Championship. NEISA and MAISA TR Qualifiers are complete; they held elation for some, and heartbreak for others, while a few teams seemed to continue to live up to their hopes and expectations. … Read More
College sailing lost a legend last week. Harold (Hatch) Brown passed away last Wednesday and our sailing community is a little less whole. Brown was the Sailing Master and Head Coach at MIT for almost three decades. His contributions to our game live on and his impact can be felt through the spirit of College … Read More