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2017 S1D College Sailing 101 Symposium Notice

Come join us for the 3rd Annual Sail1Design College Sailing Symposium! This event has become very popular and worthwhile for aspiring college sailors, and parents too! Last year we had […]

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ICSA News: #6 Charleston wins Danmark Trophy; Cornell wins Susan Rogers Women’s Interconference; #1 Georgetown wins MAISA Match Race; SAISA Women’s Singles and more…

By Chris Klevan October 4, 2017– #6 College of Charleston won the 75th edition of the Danmark Trophy, held at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. The Danmark, […]

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College Sailing News: Week 4 Report

#13 Dartmouth wins St. Mary’s Fall Interconference; Laser sailors qualify for Nationals; #11 Stanford wins Sail-off! September 25, 2017                       […]

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College Sailing Kicks off the Fall Season

September 12, 2017–The first two weeks of the 2017 ICSA College Sailing Season are in the books. The effective season opener for the Atlantic Coast teams is the Henry A. […]

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Welcome to the 2017 College Sailing Fall Season!

After a summer of rest, coaching gigs and internships, sailors return to their respective schools and look to the water, the 2017 ICSA Fall Season is upon us. With regattas […]

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COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON WINS GILL COLLEGE SAILING COED DINGHY NATIONAL TITLE

  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (June 2, 2017) – Today was the last day of the Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship, hosted by the College of Charleston. This is the final […]

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School Profile: Eckerd College Sailing Team

Eckerd College, and up-and-coming sailing school, is making waves in the ICSA. They just qualified for, and finished 9th overall, in the ICSA Team Race Nationals, and also are competing […]

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COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON WINS LASERPERFORMANCE TEAM RACE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (May 28, 2017) – Racing was completed today in the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship on the Cooper River hosted by the College of Charleston. This is […]

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2017 SPRING COLLEGE SAILING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SET TO BEGIN IN CHARLESTON

CHARLESTON, S.C. (May 16, 2017) – The Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s (ICSA) three spring national championships, Sperry College Sailing Women’s National Semi-Final and Final Championship, LaserPerformance College Sailing Team Race National […]

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ICSA News: Conference Championships!

#1 Yale Wins New England Championship Photo by Ken Legler April 30, 2017– Sunday morning at the Savin Hill Yacht Club showed an early, stiff seabreeze. “Brisk,” said PRO Alden […]

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Women’s Conference Championships in both MAISA and NEISA

#12 St. Mary’s College of Maryland showed that they’re the best women’s team in MAISA with an emphatic win at the MAISA Women’s Championship at the Naval Academy. Seniors Greer […]

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ICSA News: The Pacific Coast Conference sends their women to Nationals

April 16, 2017– The Women’s Pacific Coast Championship was held at UC San Diego over the weekend. What looked like champagne conditions were met with excellent sailing. Trailing after the […]

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High School Sailing: MASSA Mallory Qualifier Results & Report

By Airwaves HS Reporter Camille White The MASSA District Championship in Kings Point, NY was a two day event in which 18 of the best teams from the Mid-atlantic region […]

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ICSA News: The Team Race regular season culminates in dramatic fashion. What does this mean for the rest of the sport?

The Fowle Trophy, New England’s Team Race Championship was sailed on Mystic Lake, home of the Tufts University Jumbos. Forty degree weather and massive, unwieldy puffs greeted the sailors, Saturday […]

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Spring 2017 ICSA Team Race Rankings #3

Brought to you by Dynamic Dollies Another two weeks have gone by and another batch of exciting team race regattas.  Since our last rankings, we saw the major regattas: Jan […]

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ICSA News: Women Start the Queue for Nationals; Team Racers Look for Momentum Heading into Conference Championships

Let us begin with a correction from last week’s article; It was stated that the top 4 finishing teams from the SAISA Women’s Championship were advancing onto the National Women’s […]

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ICSA News: Yale Wins the Graham Hall

March 19, 2017– We have been waiting all season to see the number one ranked Yale University Bulldogs at work. The wait ended as the 4-time consecutive champion arrived at […]

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ICSA News: Boston College Shows Up to Win the St. Mary’s Team Race.

March 12, 2017–Winter reigns on as the College Sailing spring season continues in MAISA and SAISA. The St. Mary’s Team Race at St. Mary’s College in Maryland, The Navy Spring […]

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ICSA News: Exciting racing in SAISA and MAISA!

March 6, 2017 — Sub-freezing temperatures and gale-force winds kept NEISA from racing, however, team racing is heating up elsewhere in the first weekend of March.         […]

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College Sailing kicks off its Spring Season!

College Sailing kicks off the Spring Season!  Boston University Terriers charge to the win at College of Charleston Women’s Regatta, the UCSB Gauchos pull out a gritty win over Stanford […]

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