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
EIGHTEEN TEAMS QUALIFY FOR COLLEGE SAILING’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
From: media@collegesailing.org Annapolis, MD (May 13, 2012) – Thirty-six college sailing teams descended on the U.S. Naval Academy this weekend for the Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s (ICSA) National Championship Semi-Finals with supporting sponsors U.S. Sailing and Marlow. The Semi-Finals were divided into two fleets, Eastern and Western each comprised of 18 teams from schools across … Read More
ICSA TEAM RACE RANKINGS, Updated 4/26/2012
By Sail1Design’s Martha Pitt: For the first time in our rankings this year, the top four spots are held by teams in four different conferences! Though there hasn’t been too much team racing in the past two weeks, our rankings have made some interesting shifts as our coaches’ panel analyzes the teams that have … Read More
ICSA TEAM RACE RANKINGS, Updated 4/12/2012
YALE BACK ON TOP “The Yale Bulldogs are back where they began the season, atop the ICSA Team Race Rankings, with 2 very strong finishes at the SNETR and the Friis. MAISA has it’s nationals teams sorted out, with Georgetown, St. Mary’s and Hobart-W/S all headed to the top event, and soon all districts will … Read More
ICSA TEAM RACE RANKINGS, Updated 3/29/2012
“In the third set of rankings this spring, Georgetown hangs onto the top spot for the second time. Their collection of strong sailors has made them tough to beat. Climbing back from fourth is Charleston, whose win at the Szambecki this past weekend helped put them in second. Increasingly dangerous, too, is Hobart and William … Read More
Volunteer Coaches-Unsung Heroes of College Sailing
Interview with Villanova’s Matthew Newborn By Margaret Boehm Matthew Newborn, the volunteer coach for Villanova University, has lots to be proud of in his first season. The team has gained massive visibility online and on the water in a short amount of time. Two weekends ago, the team competed in the Charleston Intersectional and placed … Read More
Substitutions in College Sailing, by Ken Legler
By Ken Legler, Head Sailing Coach, Tufts University In other kinds of sailboat racing substitutions of personnel is rare. College sailing is a team sport and some limits do exist. Here are the basic rules: In team racing substitution is unlimited but in fleet racing it is unlimited within each division. Between divisions, skippers can … Read More
COLLEGE SAILING SPOTLIGHT- A New Year, Old Challenges, New Successes: The Villanova Story
By Airwaves writer Margaret Boehm “From my experience over the past four years they [Villanova school administration] have fought us tooth and nail over every little thing we try to do. The people in the athletics administration, along with the risk management department, know nothing about sailing and it terrifies them,” says Andrew Sayre, a … Read More
MIT Sailing is Selling Dinghies & Gear
The MIT Sailing Pavilion is selling a whole bunch of extraneous equipment.Please forward this along to community program leaders who might beinterested in picking up some sailing equipment at very reasonable prices.All equipment should be picked up from the MIT Pavilion ASAP as we do notplan on packing and shipping any of it.Fifteen 2004 … Read More
Sail1Designer of the Month – November – Boston College’s Annie Haeger
By Sail1Design’s Martha Pitt Annie Haeger grew up in the Chicago suburb Lake Forest, sailing in high school there and sailing on Lake Beulah in Wisconsin in the summers. Her impressive resume reaches back into her opti and junior sailing days, where she did extensive training and competing around the country and the world that … Read More
The Recession & College Club Sailing
By Sail1Design’s Margaret Boehm (Our apologies for earlier posting here an un-credited photo of the Bates College Sailing team to illustrate club college sailing. Won’t happen again.) Most sailors must work extremely hard in order to fund their love of sailing. In recent years, professional sailors, junior programs and college teams have had to … Read More
SAIL1DESIGNER of the MONTH: University of Wisconsin, Madison
First in a monthly series of Featured One-Design People, Places, or Things. If you want to submit your “Sail1Designer of the Month” let us know! editor@sail1design.com By Sail1Design’s Martha Pitt For years, collegiate sailing teams from the Midwest district have been struggling to keep up with their competitors on the coasts. Lacking the resources and … Read More
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Win Stoney Burke Regatta- GO BOWS!
By Airwaves Reporter Renee DeCurtis The Treasure Island Sailing Center and UC Berkley hosted the annual Stoney Burke college regatta October 15-16 in San Francisco California. Twenty four college teams traveled from all areas of the west coast including the University of Hawaii and the University of Puget Sound who traveled the farthest. The Stoney … Read More