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
Selden Mast …for Sailing; and for Summer Greetings! Allow us to introduce ourselves. We are Selden Mast Inc.; your connection to the Selden Group. For over 50 years, Selden is proud to have manufactured the most durable and reliable sailing spars in the world. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, Selden Mast Inc. is the largest … Read More
The US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider has released Episode 2 of their video project “Rising Tide”, titled “Youth Infused” which focuses on the younger members of the team including Annie Haeger, Briana Provancha, Charlie Buckingham, and Caleb Paine. Check out the new video with some great footage from the Sailing World Cup Hyères in France, … Read More
Team One Newport is proud to be the Official Merchandising partner for The Newport Bermuda Race. Having been in the sailing outfitters business for thirty years, we have the expertise where it counts. We are sailors, so we know what sailors need for offshore racing and what they want for when they are on … Read More
Sail1Design ICSA Team Race Rankings Nationals are upon us! Teams across the country have been practicing all season, and we are down to the final 16 teams that have qualified in their conferences to compete for ICSA’s APS Team Race Nationals Championship for the Walter C. Wood Trophy. The pool of teams this year is … Read More
Shared from the New York Times, this report uncovers an alarming situation at Guanabara Bay, the upcoming site of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Unless something changes, sailors may well face dangerous health concerns while competing in the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay in Rio. Sailors have reported animal caracasses floating in the water, horribly … Read More
The 2014 College Nationals, just around the corner, will feature this year for the first time, the all-new LaserPerformance Z-420. This boat is a more modern and thoughtful upgrade from the club 420, adding new ideas to a boat originally designed in, gulp, 1959. Time will tell if this boat can meet the reliability and … Read More
By Airwaves writer Andrew Kerr This article takes a look at the important elements of rounding the windward mark and offset mark, in this article we will look at the boat handling skills a team needs to practice & develop, in a future article we will look at tactics we can use at these marks. … Read More
Vice Commodore and Chairman of RHADC Sailing Committee Neil Redburn commented “This is the future of junior sailing if we are serious about increasing participation” The Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club hosted what will likely go down as a “legendary” O’Pen BIC North American Championships. Sailors traveled from as far as Hawaii and France to … Read More
The Vanguard 15 Class in conjunction with Sail1Design will once again sponsor a Grand Prix Team Racing Series. The inaugural 2013 season saw great success with 20 teams scoring series points and the Rhode Island Pistols taking the series title. This year will feature a brand new event, the Buzzards Bay Regatta Team Race. This … Read More
By Geoff Becker Skipper: Will Welles Tactician: Geoff Becker Trimmer: Emory Williams Bow: Collin Leon Day 3 2 races (Race 5, 4 legs…Race 6, 5 legs) Wind 10-15 knots from the West, with gusts up to 20 knots. Building west winds provided some excitingly puffy and shifty conditions for the final … Read More
By Airwaves writer & Brown U. sailing team member Lydia Whiteford The entire spring season, and really the entire year in college sailing, has been progressing towards this: teams all over the country have had or will have in the next week or so the qualifying regatta that will get them to nationals. The college … Read More
Follow Up on Luke Muller by Airwaves writer Grace Lucas The past couple of months have been a blur for most high school sailors who are seniors – trying to cram in college visits, time for applications, and schoolwork into a very short period of time; however, it … Read More