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
Opti Sailors Say the Darndest Things! By Margaret Boehm We invite you, after reading this story, to share YOUR stories of Opti coaching. At the end of this article, there is a submission form to share your thoughts and stories of Opti coaching. Top story submission wins a prize. Enjoy! I started sailing at … Read More
By Elizabeth Dudley, Airwaves Writer Sail1Design is excited to introduce our newest team member, Elizabeth Dudley. Elizabeth grew up sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. She went to The Gunston School where she sailed and was captain of the Varsity Sailing Team. Elizabeth also attended and graduated from Boston College in May 2011 with a Bachelor … Read More
PDRacer upcoming World Championpship Race The Puddle Duck Racer is a fast growing sailboat club where members build their own boat and then compete with them in fun and goofy ways, and sometimes in very serious conventional buoy racing. The Puddle Duck Racer is the easiest boat in the world to build. All the hulls … Read More
Sail1Design is excited to announce our newest sponsor, Sail Pro Cameras. For coaches, and sailors who want to get better on their own, this camera provides incredible “on-board” footage. As a former coach, I am very impressed with this system, and feel it is an essential training tool for elite sailors, beginners, and everyone in … Read More
Extreme 40‘s Racing Series Take off on Boston Harbor Day One of the Act Four: Extreme 40s Regatta greeted race teams with typical Boston Harbor conditions; puffy shifty winds that challenged teams sailing and tactical abilities to the utmost. The race course, situated on the south side of the harbor nestled against Fan Pier, featured … Read More
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 23, 2011 Olympic Silver Medalist Scott Steele to Provide Free Coaching for J/24 ECCThe 2011 Hillman Capital Management J/24 East Coast Championship (ECC) is pleased to announce theaddition of another fine coach to assist competitors free of charge at this world class event. Olympic SilverMedalist Scott Steele will help to … Read More
JBoats annouced that they will begin, in 2012, producing a new J, the “J/70 Speedster,” and it is billed as a One-Design boat!! To learn more: http://www.jboats.com/j70/
Melges 24 Worlds Video on Sailgroove.org Sailgroove is producing daily highlights and interviews from the Melges 24 Worlds in Corpus Christi, TX, USA. Videos are posted each night after racing from Wednesday May 18 to Saturday May 21, 2011. All videos are and will be available at http://www.sailgroove.org/coverage/238746-Melges-24-Worlds-2011 Videos can be embedded into any webpage via … Read More
www.j24eastcoastchampionship.com PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2011 North Sails’ Nick Turney to Provide Free Coaching for J/24 ECC The 2011 Hillman Capital Management J/24 East Coast Championship (ECC) is pleased to announce the addition of another fine coach to assist competitors free of charge at this world class event. Nick Turney, of North … Read More
Have a smartphone? Now you can get the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) on your Android or your iPhone – YOU-TACK!Pro, The Racing Sailor’s Illustrated Guide. You get: The Rules with Illustrations and Comments; 42 quizzes with 3D animations and a Scoreboard to track your answers; all the Signals and the International Flags; … Read More
J24 Fleet Going Techie, By Airwaves Editor Jen Vandemoer Mitchell The J24 East Coast Championship, which will be held in Annapolis, MD October 28-30, is going to be a modern event thanks to Mark Hillman, his company Hillman Capital Management and other supporting sponsors. Hillman has been competing for many years in the J24 class … Read More
By Airwaves Editor Jen Vandemoer Mitchell Match racing, called the fastest growing discipline in sailing, has many people captivated and a lot of people still trying to understand it. Most are familiar with match racing due to the renowned America’s Cup, which had its first challenge race in 1870. Match racing is a one-on-one … Read More