Sail1Design is pleased to bring you our coach panel’s ICSA Team Race Rankings Update #3. Remember to click on the team’s ranking link to read Coach Panel Comments. Thanks to our panel: Chris Klevan (Stanford), Ken Legler (Emeritus), John Mollicone (Brown), Isaac Clark (U Penn), and Johnny Norfleet (Tufts). Women’s Rankings #3 Open Rankings #3
2014 Sail1Design Coach of the Year: Chris Dold
Sail1Design is proud to announce this year’s recipient of our Coach of the Year Award, CHRIS DOLD. We choose from reader nominations, and while we had many great submissions, Chris’s stood out. Below is part of the note sent in by Chris’s nominator: “My nomination for coach of the year is Chris Dold. Chris is currently the High … Read More
Sail1Designer of the Month: Lilli Salvesen
The 420 Midwinter Championship is arguably the most competitive 420 regatta on the circuit. Each year, teams from all over the country make their way to Jenson Beach, Florida over President’s Day weekend to battle it out. This is a particularly challenging event for teams from the north who have not been training on a … Read More
A Sailor's Response to the Rules that Apply to Them; 2014 Season
Sail1Design welcomes your thoughts in our forum at the bottom of this article. Enjoy. Earlier this winter, coaches from all over ICSA met in Utah to discuss the new year of college sailing. What resulted was a number of changes in the rules and regulations that apply to all the teams and events within ICSA, … Read More
Tactics With Mike: Regatta Goals and an Effective Debrief
To learn more about Sail1Design Performance Coaching,click here! I am changing the way I set goals and debrief at regattas. Why? Because I Just got done coaching racing skills leading up to a Midwinters in Miami and in describing to them my approach I realized my method was flawed. I realized that I do not … Read More
Life After College (Sailing, that is)
Sail1Design would like to welcome our newest writer, Sara Morgan Watters. Ms. Watters is a former St. Mary’s College All-American dinghy sailor, has a great deal of coaching experience, and will be reporting for Sail1Design from her new home in New Zealand. We are excited to learn more about youth and one-design sailing from Sara … Read More
Sail1Design Brokerage Newsletter February 2014
Sail1Design Brokerage Newsletter February 2014 Greetings from Sail1Design! We hope this newsletter finds you well. … Read More
Team One Newport Can Help Promote YOUR Program!
Let Team One Newport’s Merchandising Program Help Promote Your Program and Make You Money! At Team One Newport, we are committed to helping our customers in any way that we can, which is why we have introduced our Merchandising Program model – a resource for programs, clubs, event organizers, and teams to provide customized imprinted … Read More
Vanguard 15 Midwinters Retrospective: College Sailor’s Paradise
By Airwaves Writer Lydia Whiteford Two days after Christmas, 5 of my teammates and I traveled from various places in the country to the US Sailing Center in Martin County, FL. There, through the use of planes, trains, and automobiles, we joined 7 other teams to compete in the Vanguard 15 Midwinter regatta. This regatta, … Read More
S1D Weekly E-News
TUNE UP YOUR SAILING, WITH RUSS SYLVESTRI As one-design sailors prepare for major spring and summer regattas, and maybe even Rio, this is the first in the series of featured articles on accomplished one-design sailors. We hope that their words of wisdom and experiences will benefit all sailors. Read more: https://www.sail1design.com/airwaves-sailing-news/tactics-strategy/1253-russ S1D BROKERAGE SPOTLIGHT: … Read More
Sail1Design Launches New & Improved Brokerage Marketplace
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 December 2013 Annapolis, MD– Sail1Design is pleased to unveil our new and vastly improved Professional Marketplace. Sail1Design offers our users private, by-owner listings for boats, gear, and want ads, and all ads for boats under 25 feet are free. The company, in partnership with Cruising Yachts/Sail California, also offers a nation-wide … Read More
Club 420 Association and US Sailing Collaborate on 2014 U.S. Youth Sailing Championship Qualifications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2013 North Kingston, RI — The Club 420 Association announced today that it has collaborated with US Sailing to support the manner in which youth sailors are invited to the 2014 U.S. Youth Sailing Championship. Invitations will be issued to U.S. Youth Sailing Championships’ applicants using one of two criteria: … Read More
US Performance Academy: Blending High Academic Achievement with High Performance Sailing
Editors note: Sail1Design came across this idea awhile back, and we asked the founders to share their story about a really cool idea. Enjoy, and please post comments at the bottom of this piece. Update: Position open at USPA: http://sailingjobs.sail1design.com/employment/us-performance-academy-learning-coach-opportunity-listing-2880.aspx When a school’s website is www.smartsailor.org, it leaves no doubt as to the focus of the … Read More