International Lightning Class Association May 3, 2024 Tarpon Springs, FL Since the inception of the International Lightning Class Boat Grant Program in 2007, over 45 young teams have enjoyed the incredible level of racing and camaraderie the Lightning Class offers. 10 of these teams continue to actively race in the class today. The Lightning Class … Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 16 February, 2010 LaserPerformance Partners with Simon Cooke to launch Infused Foils globally LaserPerformance announced today that its parent company Full Moon Holdings, will partner with Infused Foils. Infused Foils is led by Simon Cooke and is known world-wide for producing high performance centerboard’s and rudders for a variety of products … Read More
Airwaves occasionally features a one-design class in our newsletter. Interested in having your class featured? Write us and let us know! The Fusion 15 was designed by America’s Cup designer Steve Killing as a middle-ground between flat-out racing skiffs and the heavier traditional boats many sailors learned on. As such, the Fusion 15 is fast … Read More
A Profile of Maine’s Community Sailing Center, by Airwaves Amanda Salvesen Across the country, community sailing programs for adult and junior sailors are becoming increasingly popular. They sponsor clinics, host regattas, and give lessons for sailors from every age and experience level. One such program is Sail Maine. Sail Maine sprang from humble … Read More
College Sailing: A Brief Past, Present, and Future Prior to 1970 there were many different kinds of boats in college sailing. Competitors would show up at nationals having never even seen, let alone sailed, the class of boats to be raced. One year it was Lido 14s and Lehman 12s, both great boats and … Read More
Check out the BMW / Oracle YouTube presentation on this amazing technological development: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dySXmkAEy1A
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 3, 2009 LaserPerformance Launches the Vapor Optimist Portsmouth, RI – On November 16th LaserPerformance will launch a new Optimist branded the Vapor. The Optimist has long been a part of LaserPerformance’s (previously Vanguard) line up. However, with the Vapor, LaserPerformance will be bringing production back to the US. … Read More
August 21st, 2009 – Clinic August 22nd & 23rd – Regatta for the Natalie J. O’Neil Trophy The 6th annual running of the BYC WOW event (previously known as the BYC Women’s Invitational) includes a one day racing clinic followed by 2 days of competitive women’s keelboat racing. The Friday racing clinic will be … Read More
Virtual Sailing Comes to Annapolis! 2004 Australian Woman Sailor of the Year Krystal Weir approaches the top mark during a workout. The VSail Trainer is designed to/for: • Bring new people into sailing • Rapid training under controlled safe conditions • Competition coaching • Physiological fitness assessment • Training during poor weather … Read More
Zac Sunderland Set to Break Record for Youngest Sailor to Go ‘Round the World On June 17 of last year, at age 16, Zac Sunderland set out – by himself – aboard an Islander 36 that he bought with his own money earned from summer jobs, in an attempt to become the world’s youngest person … Read More
Broadening the Appeal of 420 Youth Sailing: Is it time for a new class? By Jim Myers, of Intensity Sails Is it time for a new class? The club 420 has been a very successful boat for young sailors in junior programs, all the way to collegiate sailors. There are those, however, who think the … Read More
Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 3:00pm eastern time on ESPNU For the fifth year ESPNU’s presentation of college sailing features the top young sailors competing for this trophy that dates back to 1937. Onboard cameras and microphones highlight the action of 123 sailors from the most competitive 18 schools in the nation. On the final … Read More
Reprinted with thanks to and permission from SCUTTLEBUTT. Full text of article is here: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/blog/2009/06/youth-coaching.html It would be hard to imagine competing in a regatta and winning 7 out of 12races… particularly a major championship. It would even harder to imaginehaving that score line and not winning the event too. However, that was howthe U.S. … Read More