High School & College News Articles

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 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

2nd Annual Neill Advanced Sailing Clinic Completed with Success, sponsored by Sail1Design –Martha Pitt This year marks the 2nd Annual Neill Advanced Sailing Clinic, hosted by the Chicago Yacht Club Foundation and run by the Chicago Yacht Club Sailing School. The Neill Clinic, sponsored by Sail1Design, is a high level clinic for Club 420s from … Read More