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
By Elizabeth Dudley Sunday April 29th marked the end of the 2012 USODA KO Optimist Team Trials hosted this year by the Brant Beach Yacht Club in Brant Beach, New Jersey. 186 optimist sailors from around the country came to vie for a chance to represent the United States at the IODA World Championships, the … Read More
04/09/2012 For Immediate Release Warren, RI. – Zim Sailing is pleased to announce that its already highly successful product line of Optimist, C420 and CFJ will expand to include the Byte CII dinghy. In 1996 the Byte was the first centerboard class recognized by ISAF. In 2004 the CII rig was developed and … Read More
By Margaret Boehm The second time was the charm for Chicagoan and Team USA member Bob Willis. After not making the U.S Olympic Team in 2008, Willis changed his training style and went full-throttle into his campaign for the London 2012 Olympics. After three long years of training, Willis was named a member of Team … Read More
By Martha Pitt Over the past few years, match racing has really sprung up on the scene and taken the spotlight for one design sailors – the sport has been added to the Olympics on the women’s side, added to College Sailing as the Sloop Championship, and with new efforts in media promotion the America’s … Read More
By Airwaves writer Elizabeth Dudley We are right in the middle of the spring sailing season, and even as I sit in the warm Maryland weather of March, I can still remember the cold New England spring practices and regattas. The ones where you arrive on site and all you think is, “Really? Why do … Read More
By Martha Pitt Every year, the US Sailing Center in Martin County, Florida hosts one of the most competitive 420 regattas in the country – the 420 Midwinter Championship. The country’s top junior sailors travel to the hopeful warmth of Florida sun to compete in the three day regatta over President’s Day weekend. This year, … Read More
By Airwaves Contributor Vince Casalaina Here’s what Stan had to say about guiding Groupama 3 around the world in 48 days 7 hours and 44 minutes shaving two days off the previous record circumnavigation. He talks about how the navigator plays a crucial role in getting the boat in the optimum wind and wave … Read More
By Martha Pitt Last month, 120 teenage sailors from around the country made their way to Long Beach, California to compete in the 2012 US Sailing ISAF Youth World Qualifiers. The regatta took place in 29er skiffs, International 420s, Laser Radials, and Techno 293s and spanned over three days of scheduled racing. Though the event … Read More
PRESS RELEASE. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. December 22, 2011 The 2011 J/24 East Coast Championship is pleased to report that: Our infrastructure will be leveraged to aid in Japanese Tsunami Relief When Sumio Shimoyama and his team travelled from Japan to compete in the 2011 J24 East Coast Championship, few of us knew what an … Read More
By Elizabeth Dudley, Airwaves writer A 7th grader at Buckingham Brown and Nichols school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, blue fleeter Henry Marshall is the overall Opti winner for the 2011 Orange Bowl hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club in South Florida. Beating out second place by only two points, and third place by only three, … Read More
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Sail1Designerof the Month – Toms River High School South Sailing Team, Toms River NJ;winners of the 2011 National Great Oaks Championship BY Sail1Design’s MARTHA PITT The Toms River team is a small but dedicated group of sailors, with just ten on the roster for this past fall season. Led by senior captains Charlie Nunn … Read More