Interview by TY Olsen ABOUT GREG TCO: Can you give us a little bit of background about yourself, sailing and coaching prior to Boston College and the Inter-collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA)? GW: Well, I started coaching college sailing in the spring of 1996 at the University of Vermont (UVM). Prior to advancing to UVM, I … Read More
USODA Announces Partnership with US Performance Academy
USODA is pleased to announce a new partnership with US Performance Academy. USPA is the Online School for Elite Athletes “USODA is pleased to partner with US Performance Academy. The flexibility and quality of USPA’s education is a great fit for sailors who are constantly on the go, training and competing.” -Beth Danilek, Executive Director … Read More
Sail1Design & US Performance Academy Join Forces
Sail1Design is pleased to announce our newest sponsor and partner, the US Performance Academy. Pursue your competitive sailing dreams, unfettered. Designed by athletes and educators, The USPA specifically benefits driven students who are training, traveling, competing, and pushing to the next level. Our online curriculum allows for a flexible school schedule and academic calendar. This … Read More
2022-2023 High School Sailing Team of the Year
Congratulations to Severn School for winning the S1D High School Sailing Team of the Year Award! This award is calculated based on weighted percentages of a teams results in the Baker, Mallory, and Cressy championships, with double weight given to the Mallory and Baker. If there is a tie or uncertainty, we go to season-long … Read More
Stanford Wins ICSA Open National Championship!
NEWS FLASH: Stanford WINS COED National Championship!! From ICSA: KINGS POINT, NY (2 June 2023) – Stanford University took a historic win at the 2023 Open National Championship out of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy after four days of racing on the Long Island Sound. The Open National Championship was the last of three high-caliber … Read More
Harvard Wins 2023 ICSA Team Race National Championship
For final Tech Score results see below or go here Saturday, May 27: Day one of the Open Team Race National Championship started with north winds from 4 to 6 knots. After logging about eighteen races, the wind shut down and sent all teams in for a long wind delay. Schools joined in for other … Read More
Stanford Wins Women’s ICSA National Championship!
That’s a wrap on Women’s Fleet Race Nationals! After 10 races on Thursday and no racing on Friday due to light wind, Stanford University came out on top, winning the championship by 27 points and taking B Division in a landslide. Yale followed in second with 123 points, and BC took third with 138 points. … Read More
2023 S1D Coach of the Year Nominations OPEN!!
We are elated once again to announce that nominations for the 10th annual S1D Coach of the Year Award are now being accepted! There are SO many deserving coaches out there, and so much of this past year to use to choose a new winner. Here is your chance to reflect on your last year of sailing, and nominate … Read More
ICSA Team Race Ranking Update #2!
The plot really thickened during ICSA Week 8..….. and after another two weeks and many team race regattas—Szambecki, ADM Moore, Harris, Duplin, Friis, to name a few– ICSA COED/OPEN and WOMENS rankings are now updated along with panel comments! To see coach comments, just click the bar where the team name appears in the ranking. Many thanks to our … Read More
ICSA Team Race Rankings Update #1
EDIT: Carmen Cowles did not win Women’s Sailor of the year last year. Sophia Reineke was the recipient of the award. We said Carmen won, twice actually. Once in the Yale COED writeup and again in the Dartmouth Women’s one. “I’d like to formally apologize for an error in analysis featured in the first Sail1Design … Read More
ICSA 2023 Team Race Rankings #1: Let the Team Racing Begin!
The race to Stanford, host of the 2023 Women’s ICSA TR Nationals, and King’s Point, host of the COED TR Nationals, is on. Welcome to the 2023 Spring ICSA season, and our first look at who’s whom. Many thanks go to our ranking panel, Chris Klevan (Stanford), Ken Legler (Tufts), John Mollicone (Brown), Isaac Clark … Read More
Announcement: Lightning Boat Grant Program Seeks Applications!
Who Says There’s No Such Thing as a Free……. boat? The International Lightning Class Association is proud to announce another season of our wildly successful Boat Grant Program. This program is designed to fund young sailors who want to experience the high level of competition offered by the ILCA. The International Lightning Class Boat Grant Program had what some … Read More
2021-2022 ICSA All-Academic Team Announced
Courtesy of the ICSA: 2021-2022 ICSA All-Academic Team Announced The 2021-2022 ICSA All-Academic team has been reviewed and selected. This year an impressive 171 student athletes have been named to the team. The ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team recognizes Juniors and Seniors who have participated as a competitor or alternate in seven regattas (2021-2022) and have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or … Read More