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
Sailor Spotlight: a Few Words with Top Match Racer Stephanie Roble By Airwaves writer Jeff Doubek Watching young sailors grow up and raise their talent to the next level is one of the finest pleasures of being involved with sailing education and promotion. This past year was no exception when US Sailing named Stephanie Roble, a … Read More
Race report – CJ Buckley Regatta – Club 420 Association National Junior Team Race Championships East Greenwich, RI – August 5, 2015 Thirty-six junior teams comprised of 216 sailors in 108 Club 420s team raced through more than 230 separate races in three days in beautiful weather in East Greenwich, RI to determine the National … Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sail1Design Creates New Sailing Awards Annapolis, MD – 4 August 2015 – Sail1Design is proud, and excited, to announce the creation of three new awards, to augment our popular “S1D Coach of the Year Award, presented by Henri-Lloyd. Sail1Design supports youth, high school, college, and the one-design sailing communities, and these awards were created … Read More
For Full Results go here: http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=1277
Club 420 Nationals Final Results, Newport, RI. Top 15: For full results, click HERE
Sail1Design is pleased to introduce Jeff Doubek, our newest Airwaves writer and team member! Jeff is an accomplished Marketing Consultant, native Midwesterner, and the former Executive Director of the Geneva Lake Sailing School (WI). He is committed to sharing the personal rewards found in a lifetime of sailing and credits much of his success to … Read More
Olivia Constants lost her life in a tragic sailing accident four years ago here in Annapolis, at the age of 14. As painful as that day was for her family, friends, and the entire sailing community, Olivia’s larger than life personality lives on today. Olivia was an amazing young woman on many levels and was passionate … Read More
By Tyler Colvin Sailing is a sport often associated with the privileged, so the rags-to-riches story line seems out of place. While this may not be a nothing-to-everything story, it is, one of perseverance and dedication to a craft. This dedication created a unique way of life for Tucker Thompson, who recently signed on as … Read More
By Jeff Doubek As a young sailor, literally wet behind the ears, my first lesson came the hard way: Learn your boat’s language. This happened one fateful day when my skipper said “Here we go!” and turned over the helm, leaving me pinned behind the jib. My naïve mind thought skippers always asked “Ready about?” … Read More
By Jeff Doubek (optimist/Submarine photo courtesy of our friends at Sailing Anarchy) Three quick stories, one solid lesson: Story 1: Dad who rigged his son’s Opti every morning. I’m the first to admit, setting up an International Optimist Dinghy properly is a major pain. It’s an even bigger challenge for an 8 year old. But, … Read More
The Free State Team Race is right around the corner! Check it out!!! http://www.annapolisyc.com/default.aspx?p=.NETEventView&ID=3765676&qfilter=&type=0&ssid=307802&chgs= Read More about the Sail1Design TR Grand Prix Sail1Design is once again very excited to promote a few great team race events as part of our annual grand prix series. This is a big year as it’s the first without any … Read More
By Andrew Kerr While racing in the Round Block Island Race with a J122 team recently, we saw the value of an outside Jibe when it was blowing 25 to 33 knots plus with big waves. The wind built steadily and a required a jibe at the corner of the Island in a building following sea. We … Read More