Summer is over and Professional Boats will sell it’s rental fleet of Tornado Coach Boats in excellent condition. This summer season was really intense for our rental team at Professional Boats Our rental season in numbers: 10 events attended Classes: C420, Optimist and Laser Travel: 9,700 miles traveled by our trucks and trailers Clients: 14 … Read More
Sailing Teams, Take Notice: Professional Boats is Selling it’s Charter Fleet of RIBS!!!
Summer is over and Professional Boats will sell it’s rental fleet of Tornado Coach Boats in excellent condition. This summer season was really intense for our rental team at Professional Boats Our rental season in numbers: 10 events attended Classes: C420, Optimist and Laser Travel: 9,700 miles traveled by our trucks and trailers Clients: 14 … Read More
Coaching at IODA Worlds: How it Reshaped Me as a Coach
By Bernat Gali Bou Lakewood Yacht Club Head Opti Coach USNT Coach ODP2 Gulf Coast Regional Coordinator ‘’It has been almost a year since I actually coached at my first IODA World Championship, and eventually my first IODA Event ever (as coach and as a sailor), and sure feels like it just happened yesterday with … Read More
Reflections & Lessons from a Summer Sailing Instructor
By Airwaves Writer Sarah Hendrickson Sailing for Success The interviewer across the table told me he had one more question before we wrapped up. “I’ve been dying to ask this whole time – can you tell me more about your sailing experience? You have your Coast Guard Captain’s License??” I smiled and began answering the … Read More
International Regattas: Experience, Friendships and Team Work
By Airwaves writer Bernat Gali I’ve recently come back from Pwllheli, Wales, after coaching one of the USA Summer International Teams which participated at the Volvo Gill Open Optimist British Nationals. This is so far my 4th International Regatta with Team USA, and considering I’ve barely been 3 years coaching in the US and just … Read More
Coaches Locker Room: Trust & The Mental Game in Optimist Sailing
By Airwaves Optimist Reporter Bernat Gali Bou The Optimist class is commonly the first step for many youngsters who decide to try sailing for a wide range of reasons: family tradition, the love for the water, the area where they live…whichever is the reason, the sport of sailing is quite bipolar: or you love it, … Read More
Optimist Sailor Development: Coach & Athlete Relation vs Parent Involvement
By new Airwaves Optimist Reporter Bernat Gali Bou Optimist Sailing is without a doubt a unique class among the wide range of existing fleets in the Sailing World. Targeted solely for kids, none has got the history, the curriculum and the reputation the Optimist Class enjoys around the World, and that’s why it has remained … Read More
Coaching Drills
Article Written by Dave Elsmo, Head coach of the Wisconsin Sailing Team As with our first installment we will be continuing to overview the most effective drills for team growth. We will continue with coach-led drills as the third part perspective can be invaluable in whittling away the bigger corrections so sailors can concentrate on … Read More
Start hiring for summer 2017!
By Airwaves writer Taylor Penwell The dust from the summer program might be settling but if you are involved in a junior sailing summer program, you know that it requires year round attention. Of course the best situation your club could be in is that the junior sailing director, head instructor or whoever runs the … Read More
Coaches Locker Room: The Importance of Teaching Sportsmanship To Our Young Sailors
By Airwaves writer Racheel Bennung Coaching sailing is a great job, whether you do it full time, part time, or seasonal, nothing is greater than being on the water teaching our youth the joy of sailing. However, sailing can also be one of toughest sports to teach. One of the biggest reasons for this is … Read More
The First Years as a Sailing Coach
By Northeast Airwaves writer Paige Hoffman With summer sailing in full swing, the peak of competitive sailing is at its height. Summer race teams and recreational classes alike are running all over the country. Everyone remembers the first time they started their journey as a sailor. Some didn’t begin sailing until high school or college, … Read More
Communication Breakdown: Somethin’ You Outta Know
By Airwaves Writer Rachael Silverstein Communication and team Trust. At one point or another in our sailing careers, most of us have encountered the challenge of dealing with a teammate who forgets the age-old saying, “there is no I in ‘team.’” These people, who I often think of as forever-singlehanded sailors, do not always realize … Read More
Information for International Sailing Coach Job Applicants
Sail1Design has developed a worldwide presence in the sailing industry job placement service market. For summer-only and coaching jobs, we now also have a great deal of international candidates, highly qualified, who are interested in working in the United States. We hope this page helps you in your search for a sailing coach job in … Read More