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
CASCO BAY ETCHELLS FLEET 27 2016 ETCHELLS ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS AND LOBSTER BOWL Portland Yacht Club 40 Old Powerhouse Rd Falmouth, ME 04105 SEPT 23 LAUNCH SEPT 24 & 25 RACING GREAT ONE DESIGN RACING AND POST RACE FESTIVITIES. https://www.sail1design.com/event/2016-etchells-atlantic-coast-championships-lobster-bowl/?instance_id=8669
FALMOUTH, MASS. (July 24, 2016) – The 2016 U.S. Club 420 National Championship finished up today hosted by the Falmouth Yacht Club with the Club 420 Association on Nantucket Sound. One hundred and fifty boats competed in the event. After yesterday’s racing the 150 boats were divided into Gold and Silver Medal fleets, 82 boats … 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