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
“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
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
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. 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
Mildly resembling that mad scientist from Back to the Future, both in action and in thought, Fran Charles continues to push our community, and sometimes drag others, toward sailing innovation. Because it is often very comfortable to get stuck in the past, using antiquated ideas, equipment, and rules, over and … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Zach Brown Biscayne Bay Yacht Club hosted almost 200 future college sailors and twenty-six universities at the 2012 Orange Bowl College Night. The night started off at 5 pm as college sailing coaches and representatives poured into BBYC’s bottom floor and set up their tables. Each coach or team representative brought information … Read More
Some sailing things to think about when choosing a college… Bill Jorch, Airwaves Writer Editors Note: Sail1Design would like to welcome Bill Jorch to the Airwaves team. Bill is a Georgetown grad, was a member of the sailing team there, and now lives in Annapolis, MD with his wife. We look forward to Bill’s contributions … Read More
Questions? Please email Zach Brown: zach@sail1design.com –too late for press, but Connecticut College will be there too! For more information please email Zach Brown: zach@sail1design.com
This letter was published this morning on the ICSA List-serve and sent directly to Sail1Design. It follows our earlier publication here Earlier this fall, the NEISA Executive Committee approved a directive that has forced the ICSA President to convene a special meeting of the ICSA Board of Directors to discuss the sponsorship contract with … Read More
By Airwaves writer Martha Pitt Attention sailors: Want to experience high level sailing in a competitive boat, have all of your sailing paid for this summer while receiving mentoring from a class veteran? The International Lightning Class Association has just the opportunity! The Lightning Boat Grant Program offers sailors age 19 and older the … Read More
By Airwaves Staff Writer Elizabeth Dudley We have had the coaches point of view on what one should do if considering college sailing thanks to Maggie Lumkes article “Thinking About Sailing in College? Check out These Ten Tips Straight from College Coaches” that was posted in August. Now it’s October. The new freshman class is … Read More
By Kelly Stannard Having started up just a year ago, UMass Dartmouth is now a fully funded women’s varsity team, with 13 sailors and three coaches. This team does not have the typical start-up story like most other teams in NEISA or other districts. Most commonly, a school has several enthusiastic sailors who start … Read More