By new Airwaves writer Julia Brighton As Lake Champlain reaches a full freeze for the first time since 2019, it is not stopping the hardiest of sailors from getting on the water, or, more accurately, the ice. While much of New England is waiting for warmer days and thawed harbors, Vermont sailors of all ages … 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
Sail1Design has been lucky to be part of some really great moments over the years, mostly when we take part in recognizing youth, high school, college, and one-design sailors. Reading nomination letters, hearing from our community about unsung heroes, sharing in the joy of the winners…… makes the whole Sail1Design project, now more than ten years in … Read More
Point Loma High School, located in San Diego, California, has been a force in high school sailing for a long time. Most recently, it seems the Pointers are at, or near, the top of most national-level leader-boards, most of the time. This year, the Point Loma Pointers put it all together, and collectively had an … Read More
A number of classes, including the Fireball and Flying Fifteen, have moved from 2:1 jib halyards to 1:1 systems. The reasoning behind this has been weight and windage, but it has doubled the load on the turning block in the mast. This also came at a time when the classes started using higher rig tensions, … Read More
J24 North American Championship Recap and Results The Houston Yacht Club hosted the J24 North American Championship this past weekend. 29 boats competed in the three-day event. Will Welles skippering Bogus won the regatta handily with a total of 22 points that included four 1st places in the ten races. Mike Ingham on Nautalytics finished … Read More
Eckerd College, and up-and-coming sailing school, is making waves in the ICSA. They just qualified for, and finished 9th overall, in the ICSA Team Race Nationals, and also are competing at the ICSA Fleet Race National Championship in Charleston, SC. Led by Coach Kevin Reali, the team continues to impress the college sailing world. You … Read More
Maybe you have tried it once or twice, perhaps not at all, but it’s time for you to put foam rolling into your daily routine. Foam rolling will enhance your performance out on the water, help with your recovery, and better your everyday life. It can change your life as it has for so many … Read More