ICSA Team Race Rankings #2 Are Out! You can find the Open rankings HERE and the Women’s Rankings HERE. Open Rankings For this edition we welcomed Coach Annabell Carrington from the College of Charleston to our rankings panel, which already consisted of John Mollicone (Brown), Chris Klevan (Stanford), Charles Higgins (Tulane), and Brendan Feeney (Fordham). … Read More
Dallas, TX, March. 2, -Layline re-invents itself and, launches a new online platform to provide a better service to all one design and, performance oriented sailors. The changes may not be visible to customers but, it changes the way the store runs, how it displays products and, other tools aimed to enhance the visitor experience. … Read More
The Johnstones have been a fixture in the sailing industry ever since the first J/24 came out of Rod’s garage in 1977. Since then, J-Boats has produced boats of every imaginable length and price point. While the venerable J/24 is the signature product of the company, two other boats in the mid-20’ range have risen … Read More
By Andrew Kerr The seemingly increasing demands of modern life on competitor’s time can make practice sessions very difficult to schedule with a full team – inevitably someone’s schedule does not work with the desired date. For example: a team has a regatta at the club 7 days away on the schedule and a fully … Read More
Annapolis, MD – Sail1Design is pleased to be named the official job board/career center supplier, and Marketplace supplier, for US Sailing. We offer sailing’s #1 Career Center and Job Board, always chock full of incredible sailing job opportunities, from summer coaching positions to full-time, professional opportunities. Our comprehensive career center also offers job seekers the ability … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Tyler Colvin Editor’s note: John Mollicone is a classic example of a coach who also “practices what he preaches.” We believe strongly in the model of a coach who keeps up with professional development by actually being out in the game himself. See our old post “What Great Sailing Coaches Do.” To … Read More
–FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE– 505 Class All-Stars Rumble at Midwinters St. Petersburg, Fla. — Mark Zagol (Stonington, Conn.) and Drew Buttner (Westwood, Mass.) bested the nation’s top 505 sailors to win the class’ 2015 Midwinter Championship this weekend, breaking a three-way tie in the final race. For the entire six-race series the tricky St. Pete breeze kept the top … Read More
Lydia Whiteford, Airwaves Writer All photos taken by Tufts Sailing Coach Ken Legler As hard as it is to believe with the East Coast buried in snow, the spring season for college sailing is only a couple of weeks away. While the spring brings with it the excitement of team racing and the ultimate goal … Read More
February 17, 2015-For immediate release Southport, CT- The US Sailing Match Racing Committee (USMRC) has re-launched The Dial Up newsletter. The intention of this free newsletter is to regularly inform the North American match racing community of all the opportunities for match racing in North America, and for getting better at match racing whether as … Read More
News Flash: Little Traverse YC has a Head Race Coach position opening! About Little Traverse Sailors Little Traverse Sailors, a 501(C)(3) charitable education organization, has been a leader in teaching youth and adults how to sail for sixty years. Our mission is to build lifelong sailors, through offering fun and safe opportunities to learn on-the-water skills … Read More
Portsmouth, RI – LaserPerformance is delighted to announce the LaserPerformance High School Invitational 2015. The inaugural event represents the first stop in an ongoing series to be held at different college venues around the United States. Regional high school sailing teams have been invited to participate in a series of collegiate style events hosted by … Read More
In sailboat racing, there are several categories; handicap, one-design and development. Handicap allows for boats of different designs to compete against each other using a rating system to calculate final times. One-design racing uses boats of nearly identical design and configuration, and development uses a formula or box rule of different design rules to contain … Read More
Not Your Average Weekend Warrior: A look at the Javelin Skiff By Airwaves writer Sara Morgan Watters The Javelin Skiff is not your average double handed dinghy. At 14 feet this high performance, single trapeze skiff is far from a boat that will get you out on the water for some casual weekend racing. Expect … Read More