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
By Andrew Kerr Picture yourself on port tack, going fast – with a wall of starboard tackers coming at you that you can barely see but you know their bows are charging at you! Your team communicates well and is all on the same page, you cross the first 3 starboard tackers and then do … Read More
By Clinton Hayes A Monumental Step Forward for the 49er Class While clicking through the usual sailing media outlets, I came across something this week that deserves some more attention. In what I see as a truly revolutionary step,the 49er class has announced that they are moving forward with their “theater style” racing for the … Read More
By Tyler Colvin Introduction and History: The Start of an Empire In 1975, Rod Johnstone built a keelboat named Ragtime in his garage in Stonington, CT. Ragtime was the first J/24, a class that started the wildly successful J-Boats Empire and has grown into the world’s largest one design keelboat class. Since the class’ inception, … Read More
By Airwaves Writer at-large, Sara Morgan Watters After a 23 hour journey to Wellington, New Zealand just over a month ago, I was welcomed to the country’s capital city by overcast conditions and, as promised, a strong summer breeze. Some people compare windy Wellington, as it is known, to San Francisco for consistent and breezy … Read More
By Geoff Becker Team Helly Hansen: Skipper, Tim Healy, Tactician/Trimmer: Geoff Becker, Trimmer: Sam Stokes, Bow: Gordon Borges Day 2 3 races, 2 heats/race (races course 4, 4 legs and downwind finish) Wind 6-12 knots from the South, shifty again! Again, on Day 2 of Chareston Race Week 2014, three races (two heats per race) were sailed … Read More
As qualifiers finished up this past weekend, the berths for Team Race Nationals in June were filled! Some of the usual heavy-hitters like Stanford, St. Mary’s, Roger Williams and Charleston secured their berths and some of the top spots in our rankings this week with victories at their conference qualifiers. Other regular powerhouses like Georgetown, … Read More
Since 2007, Sail1Design has provided a vital, active Career Center and Job Board. Here, you can post your resume, search marine/sailing industry jobs, or post a job and find your next great employee. SAILING/MARINE INDUSTRY CAREER CENTER & JOB BOARD We offer sailing’s #1 Career Center and Job Board, always chock full of incredible sailing job … Read More
The Baldwin Cup Team Race was conceived in the fall of 2007 on a Tuesday afternoon conference call looking to reinvigorate the US Yacht Club Challenge. Staff Commodore Bill Palmer had recently returned from a trip back east and had witnessed the success of several east coast yacht club team racing events. The members on … Read More
By Airwaves writer Clinton Hayes For Founder and Executive Director Michael Long, SailFuture is built on personal experience. Having spent 2 years in and out of Florida’s juvenile justice system, his probation officer sent him from program to program, but nothing ever clicked. He continued down a pretty rough path until finally hitting rock bottom, … Read More
S1D is pleased to unveil our vastly improved, all-new interactive sailing calendar, allowing our members and users to post their sailing events, link to Google Calendar, and more! Promote your regatta, clinic, or sailing-related event!!! On the calendar page, look for the green button that says “post your event” and the rest is easy! We … Read More
SAVE THE DATE: 19 APRIL 2014 SSA Demo Day will feature over 20 boats from every one of SSA’s one design fleets and a few new boats that aren’t fleets yet, each one represented by their most enthusiastic sailors who can’t wait to take you out for a sail or talk about the boat. SSA … Read More
Hard at work behind the scenes, Sail1Design has been putting together an improved, new-look website, on a totally new web platform. Times change, so S1D & Airwaves put together what we feel is a more user-friendly, searchable, attractive, interactive site. While our Sailing Job Board & Career Center, and our Brokerage Marketplace won’t change at … Read More