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
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
Zim Sailing Enters as New Competition in the Small One-Design Sailboat Market WARREN, RI – June 3, 2009 – Zim Sailing emerges as the country’s third independent full-service small one-design sailboat manufacturer, specializing in production of Optimist and Club 420 dinghies. Unique from its competitors, Zim’s focus is to provide the best value … Read More
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Youngest to sail solo non-stop unassisted around the World Jessica Watson is setting out to become the youngest person to sail solo non-stop and unassisted around the World. Since Joshua Slocum first sailed singlehanded around the world in the late 1890’s, sailors of all nationalities and ages have been drawn to this ultimate challenge: The Everest … Read More