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 sat down with Lior Lavie, coach of the US Optimist World Champion Team Race Team (see article). This is the first time a US team has won the team race worlds! Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from, how did you start sailing, and how did you begin coaching? I’m Lior … Read More
By Taylor Penwell The Antigua Yacht Club hosted the 2016 Optimist North American Championship this past week. 144 competitors from 20 countries attended the event. Antigua hosted the 2015 Optimist North Americans and proved itself as a venue with wind, waves, heritage and beauty. It was no surprise with last year’s success, Antigua decided to … Read More
By Joe Cooper When I read that one of Newport’s local powerhouses in high school sailing, St.. Georges, had won the National Team Racing the Baker Trophy, it was an easy call to contact Roy Williams their head coach to check in. S1D: Roy, congratulations on the win. Before we dig into that, give me … Read More
By Northeast Airwaves writer Paige Hoffman With summer sailing in full swing, the peak of competitive sailing is at its height. Summer race teams and recreational classes alike are running all over the country. Everyone remembers the first time they started their journey as a sailor. Some didn’t begin sailing until high school or college, … Read More
This weekend the International Lightning Class held their Atlantic Coast Championship on waters off Wrightsville Beach, NC. Carolina Yacht Club hosted the event and certainly demonstrated true southern hospitality throughout the event in preparation of hoisting the 2017 North American Championship. The event began with Greg Fisher (College of Charleston, Director of Sailing) and Brian … Read More
By Airwaves writer Sammy Pickell The 2016 U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championships in Mississippi welcomed its sailors with the famous Bay St. Louis presence of both humidity and southern hospitality. The event offered 29 competitive teams from all across the country the opportunity to culminate their stories of preparation and hard work in three days of racing. For … Read More
The Martin Murray Comet regatta was well attended by 18 Comets. There were several new faces, Steve McMillan from Lake Hopatcong, John DiLella Green Pond sailing instructor, Michael Tolsma from Green Pond, and Peter Goodman from North Jersey. The Comet Class Association is alive and well! Everyone enjoyed the two days of socializing with the … Read More
By Airwaves Fitness Expert Rachel Bennung Summer is in full swing! Which means of course the summer sailing is here. With the warmer temperatures, and nicer weather we are all able to get back out on the water more often. For some this is your big season because you aren’t able to sail as much … Read More
Sail1Design would like to welcome our newest writer, and addition to our High School Reporting Staff, Camille White. Camille White grew up in Annapolis, Maryland where her sailing career started at age 7 in the Opti program at Annapolis Yacht Club. Camille moved up from Optis and into the Club 420, which she sailed for three … Read More
Sail1Design is elated and proud to share the following: The United States of America are the new Team Racing World Champions. This is the first time the USA has won in the 33 year history of the competition. Optimist World Championship 2016 has finished today in Vilamoura, Portugal. It was a very long day in … Read More
The 2016 winner of the S1D Coach of the Year, presented by Henri-Lloyd, is St. Mary’s Director of Sailing Bill Ward. This award is determined by you, our readers. We only choose from submitted nominations!! We had MANY outstanding candidates, and this year was, by far, the most difficult year to choose. Bill Ward joined the St. Mary’s … Read More
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR US QUALIFIER OF HI-TECH YOUTH SAILING COMPETITION COMING TO NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, USA Red Bull Foiling Generation to Feature US Qualifier and World Final in October 2016 NEWPORT, RI — Today’s youth may have easy access to the technological world but now those talented in sailing will race with the latest … Read More