Sail1Design is pleased to bring you our coach panel’s ICSA Team Race Rankings Update #2. LOTS of data to digest and update!!! Remember to click on the team’s ranking link to read Coach Panel Comments! Thanks to our panel: Chris Klevan (Stanford), Ken Legler (Emeritus), John Mollicone (Brown), Isaac Clark (U Penn), and Johnny Norfleet … Read More
High School Sailing's National Championship Qualifiers
The Results are in! 20 teams from around the country qualify to represent their districts at the Mallory National Championship! 2013 Interscholastic Sailing Association’s Fleet Racing Championship, hosted this year by Chicago Yacht Club, is scheduled for May 11th – 12th. The 20 top high school teams from around the country who have qualified … Read More
Yale Has 2 Fleets of 6 FJ's Available! (12 total)
S1D Brokerage & Marketplace Spotlight: Yale University has re-offered two fleets of 6 FJ Sailboats. These boats were thought to be sold, but since the deal fell through, they are now available at a very reasonable price. The first fleet consists of six 1999 & 2003 Vanguard FJ’s and are $3000 each. Click HERE to see … Read More
NESSA Makes Big Changes to Team Racing Qualification System
NESSA Makes Big Changes to Team Racing Qualification System to Allow for More Sailing By Airwaves Writer Maggie Lumkes New England is testing out a new qualification system for High School Team Race Nationals this spring. NESSA has changed their qualification format a few times over the past decade in an effort to best serve … Read More
ICSA Team Race Rankings, 10 April 2013
Compiled & managed by Martha Pitt 10 APRIL 2013: Lots more movement in the rankings this week, after some sleeper teams have awakened at a few more team race events over the past two weeks! Yale makes the biggest jump from 7th place in the previous rankings up to 2nd this week, after winning the SNETR and the … Read More
Coaching Sound Bites, by Ken Legler
Coaching: Telling them ain’t learning them. (From Gary Bodie’s grandfather) “Make that kick,” instead of “Don’t miss.” (From Former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson) “Sail clean,” instead of “Don’t foul.” If you are not improving, you are going the other way (From former NHL coach Dave Lewis) General Success: The team that wins is not … Read More
ICSA Team Race Rankings March 27 2013
28 March 2013: Not too much movement in the top of the rankings this week, Stanford still sitting in number 1 with a few more regatta wins under their belt, followed by Charleston, Georgetown, and BC solidly in second, third, and fourth respectively. St. Mary’s took a jump up to fifth, passing Brown and … Read More
ICSA Team Race Rankings, 14 MARCH 2013
Coordinated by Airwaves Editor Martha Pitt With a few more team race regattas on the books, the strong team race teams are beginning to emerge from the pack. The four interconference team races over the past two weekends have given ample opportunity to teams to prove that they are strong right out of the gates: … Read More
ICSA Team Race Rankings, February 27 2013
Though the season has just begun and not much team racing has taken place yet, teams are already thinking through the season and preparing for their conference qualifiers for Nationals! Two weeks ago, down at Eckerd the Mendelblatt Team Race took place, Stanford, with a strong showing, came away with the win. This past weekend, … Read More
College Race Management 101, by Ken Legler
“Quality and Quantity.” College race management is the MASH unit of race committee work. It’s fast and dirty with a minimum of formality. One person with one small and nimble boat can run perfectly good and efficient college races. A second boat is needed for team racing, big fleet races that require a Port-line boat, … Read More
Venue Profile: St. Mary's College
by Ken Legler St. Mary’s College of MD, Horseshoe Bend on the St. Mary’s River The sailing conditions of St. Mary’s College of Maryland on the St. Mary’s River are superb for college sailing. The river is lined with scenic estates and farmland. The area is best described as bucolic. The river runs seven miles … Read More
A Closer Look at Navy's Sailing Venue
By Ken Legler Navy hosts the largest college regattas in the country. With their armada of multiple fleets of dinghies they can run events with four divisions on the water all at once. Their Navy Fall Invite and Truxtun Umstead regattas each put 80 dinghies on the water. Their location puts them within a ten … Read More
ICSA Team Race Spring Season Outlook
ICSA Team Race Spring Season Outlook. Sail1Design previews, by district, the teams to watch for the 2013 spring college sailing season. All photos courtesy of Ken Legler Sailing. By Ariwaves writer Martha Pitt