By Airwaves Writer Lucas Masiello TIDE is a student-led (The Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity) Committee, created to diagnose inclusivity-related issues in College Sailing. In May of 2020, as movements were being started and conversations were being had surrounding racial justice across the United States, a group of sailors from schools across NEISA started a conversation … Read More
College Sailing TIDE- What it is and why we need it
By Airwaves Writer Lucas Masiello TIDE is a student-led (The Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity) Committee, created to diagnose inclusivity-related issues in College Sailing. In May of 2020, as movements were being started and conversations were being had surrounding racial justice across the United States, a group of sailors from schools across NEISA started a conversation … Read More
Introducing SAILRECRUIT, Your One-Stop Shopping for Youth Sailing & Recruiting!
Sail1Design, after a long build process, is pleased to announce the launch of SAILRECRUIT, a targeted sailing resume submission system and educational tool for up-and-coming youth sailors who wish to share their experience, goals, and passion with professional and college sailing coaches. SAILRECRUIT, like our Airwaves Career Center, is the official youth sailor resume bank … Read More
College Sailing Post Mortem: With the Season Gone, Seniors Miss It More Than We Think
By Airwaves writer Aidan Morgan We are more than two weeks past the day Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) cancelled the Spring 2020 season, and college sailors are missing the competition now more than ever. With physical graduations being cancelled, or in some cases postponed until a more convenient date, everything has been going wrong for … Read More
Against All Odds, High School Sailors Attempt to Salvage Spring Season
By NEW Airwaves writer Aidan Morgan In a surprise to many, Interscholastic Sailing Association (ISSA) has yet to cancel the entirety of their Spring sailing season. The ISSA announced during the second week of March that the season was suspended until the first weekend of April, similar to what Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) initially did. … Read More
COVID-19 “Corona” Virus Halts College Sailing Season
Corona Virus Halts College Sailing Season By Aidan Morgan This COVID-19 situation is one of a kind. A situation that is momentarily going to change the world of sports everywhere. World Sailing cancelled the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Genoa (understandable since it is in Italy). The NBA is suspended. The NCAA March Madness Tournament … Read More
College Team Racing is Back!!! 2020 S1D/Dynamic Dollies ICSA Team Race Rankings #1
College Team Racing is back! Sail1Design is pleased to publish the first of many Spring 2020 ICSA Team Race Rankings, brought to you by Dynamic Dollies. Our ranking panel this spring includes: Johnny Norfleet (Fordham), Charles Higgins (Tulane), Martim Anderson (Yale), Cori Radtke (Bowdoin), and Clinton Hayes. Rankers are asked to rank their top 16 … Read More
Lightning Boat Grant Program – Accepting 2020 Applications!
Lightning Boat Grant Program – Accepting 2020 Applications! This summer, the ILCA will provide two boats to promising young sailors like you! Now in its 14th year, the program covers regatta entry fees, some travel expenses and a knowledgeable mentor to get you started. You will enjoy the best equipment and will meet some really fun … Read More
Lon Gundie Delivers: HS Team of the Year Point Loma Dons New Team Shirts!!
Sail1Design is very happy to announce that Lon Gundie is our new title sponsor of the High School Team of the Year Award. This award, modeled somewhat along the lines of college sailing’s Fowle Trophy, recognizes the best overall sailing team in the country. Lon Gundie supplies the performance sailing world with incredible technical base-layer apparel, and along the … Read More
ICSA News: Conference Championships Conclude the ICSA Doublehanded Season
Brown and Yale win NEISA, Cornell and St. Mary’s win MAISA, Stanford wins the West and Charleston wins the South Atlantic to conclude the fall season October 28, 2019– Written by Chris Klevan Sadly, we must start by paying tribute to a legend and a multi-decade servant to College Sailing, Dan Winters, who passed over … Read More
USA Sailors, NEWSFLASH: The i420 Class has Doubled the Team USA quota for the 2020 World Championship!!
All USA sailors wishing to compete at the International 420 World Championships must qualify and be selected by the US I420 Class Association. Sailors may qualify to apply by earning qualification points based on the formula outlined below or by being selected as a “wild card” by the US I420 Class Association Selection Committee. The … Read More
ICSA News: Boston University wins the Fall Coed Championship
Boston University showed poise in trying conditions at Connecticut College October 21, 2019 Written by Chris Klevan– Boston University won the Coed Showcase Championship Finals hosted by Connecticut College in mostly light and uncertain conditions. Competitors waited on shore for much of the first day of competition before hitting the water for 11 total races … Read More
ICSA News Update #4: Brown continues its dominance in Women’s Sailing
Written by Chris Klevan The Women of Brown University stay atop women’s sailing in winning the Jen Harris Women’s Showcase Finals. Brown University won the Jen Harris Women’s Showcase Finals held at the US Naval Academy in what was a truncated, 20 race event due to lack of wind. The Brown Bears showed their depth … Read More