By Airwaves writer Julia Brighton, awesome photos by Priscilla Parker During the weekend of February 14–15, nearly thirty college sailing teams from across the country gathered in Charleston, South Carolina, to compete in the Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta (SCOR). Ned Goss, the Varsity Offshore Coach at the College of Charleston, spoke emotionally about how much … Read More
Questions? Please email Zach Brown: [email protected] –too late for press, but Connecticut College will be there too! For more information please email Zach Brown: [email protected]
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
By Airwaves Writer Martha Pitt Across the country, high school and youth sailing is continuing to grow, and subsequently the number of junior sailors looking to sail at the college level – many have their eyes on teams at the top of the college rankings. As it stands now, with few exceptions, the same collegiate … Read More
……under scrutiny Last month, Airwaves writer Zach Brown published an article on “Meet The New Collegiate 420.” This article presented information on LaserPerformance’s new 420 design made specifically for college sailing, with the overall design focus of … Read More
Editors Note: We encourage more response from our readers on College Sailing Dinghies, past present & future, and we have had a lot of feedback from Zach Brown’s original article on the LaserPerformance Collegiate 420. We thought this piece on the Rondar Firefly was particularly well done and illuminates not only the boat, but it’s … Read More
By Airwaves writer Zach Brown (please add your comments in our online forum at the bottom of this article.) The announcement of the new Collegiate 420 by Laser Performance sprung an interesting discussion about the many boats available to collegiate sailing programs around the country. There are more dinghy manufacturers and more boat options … Read More
Sail1Design would like to officially welcome another new member to the Airwaves team, Kelly Stannard, whose bio is below her first news story. Enjoy Summer is over, college sailors have to say goodbye to the Jr. Programs where they have taught, done last minute back to school shopping, packed and unpacked their cars and many … Read More
By Airwaves writer Zach Brown It’s an exciting time to be involved in high school and college sailing. Even in the face of an economic downturn, new programs are popping up all over the country. Teams are receiving more support from their Universities in the form of money or varsity status. And the governing … Read More
By Maggie Lumkes Photo courtesy of Franny Kupersmith With an abundance of schools and sailing programs to choose from, many junior sailors don’t know what to expect at the college level, or how to find the right school for them. Below are ten tips from some of the most successful coaches in the field … Read More