Sail1Design is pleased to bring you our coach panel’s ICSA Team Race Rankings Update #2. LOTS of data to digest and update!!! Remember to click on the team’s ranking link to read Coach Panel Comments! Thanks to our panel: Chris Klevan (Stanford), Ken Legler (Emeritus), John Mollicone (Brown), Isaac Clark (U Penn), and Johnny Norfleet … 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! [email protected] 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
Maine Maritime ACADEMY WINS World’s Largest College Sailing Regatta
LARCHMONT, N.Y. (Oct. 11, 2011)–The Storm Trysail Foundation (STF) and Larchmont Yacht Club teamed up to run the world’s largest college regatta over Columbus Day weekend, with 400 collegiate sailors racing on 47 offshore boats ranging from 35 to 44 feet. Schools came from across the country to compete in the placid waters of … Read More
College Sailing 2011-2012 Season Outlook
Put together by Martha Pitt, with contributions from Ken Legler, Bill Healy, Brendan Healy, Ward Cromwell, and John Vandemoer. As we look forward to the 2011-2012 College sailing season, much remains to be seen regarding strength of many teams as last year’s graduating class held many of the top spots around the country. This year … Read More
BOSTON COLLEGE WINS THE 2011 GILL / ICSA DINGHY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The final day of sailing on the Columbia River Gorge brought great conditions & a title defended. Cascade Locks, OR (June 1, 2011) – Today was the last day of the Gill/ICSA Dinghy National Championship. The winds on the Gorge cooperated and the competitors were able to get in a good day of … Read More
GILL/ICSA DINGHY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DAY 2
Despite a long morning postponement the sailors had great afternoon breeze and racing in day two of the Championship. Cascade Locks, OR (May 31, 2011) – Today was the second day of the Gill/ICSA Dinghy National Championship on the Columbia River Gorge. The day began with little wind until around noon when the … Read More