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2020 i420 Atlantic Coast Championship Results & Report

Indian Harbor Yacht Club, CT — October 4 2020      As most clubs on the northeast coast of the US started to ramp back and close down for the […]

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Full-time Day Charter Crew Job in the USVI!!!

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Rob Deane and the all-new Chesapeake Experience

Rob Deane and ChesX Want One Thing: To Get Everyone on The Water Interview by Connor Olson “If we don’t fit the sport, we’ll change the sport.” Let’s face it…most […]

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2020 ILCA (Laser) Atlantic Coast Championship Report & Results

By guest writer Mariah Rule Norfolk, VA – Ninety boats from the east coast and beyond competed at Norfolk Yacht and Country club for the ILCA Atlantic Coast Championship Regatta 19-20 September. […]

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Profiles in Amateur Sailing: Griffin Gigliotti

By NEW Airwaves Writer Lucas Masiello This summer, I was fortunate enough to coach the Stamford Yacht Club c420 team with renowned 29er sailor Griffin Gigliotti in Stamford, CT. A […]

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: NEWPORT HARBOR Yacht Club – Yacht Racing Director (full-time)

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Annapolis Rigging Company Seeks full-time Rigger!

Annapolis Rigging, the premiere rigging shop in the nation’s sailing capital, seeks a full-time person to come aboard. For more information and to apply, please see the full job ad […]

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Introducing SAILRECRUIT, Your One-Stop Shopping for Youth Sailing & Recruiting!

Sail1Design, after a long build process, is pleased to announce the launch of SAILRECRUIT, a targeted sailing resume submission system and educational tool for up-and-coming youth sailors who wish to […]

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Brown University to Cut 11 Sports… But Elevates Sailing Team to Varsity…!

News Flash: S1D Launches SAILRECRUIT, an online youth/performance sailing resume & education center for aspiring sailing student-athletes. Check it out! Last week, Stanford U. shocked the athletic world when they […]

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Sponsor News: North MNR Optimist Sails Finally Unleashed!

Portland Yacht Club, Falmouth Foreside, Maine.   15 July 2020–  Yesterday at the Portland Yacht Club Summer Optimist Regatta on a cool day with the sun peeking out of cumulus clouds every so […]

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Stanford University Cuts Varsity Sailing Program

Stanford University, whose sailing team has both been very successful on the water, and also in the news for all the wrong reasons in the last year, just announced that […]

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Newport Harbor YC is Hiring: Full-time Yacht Racing Director

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West Coast Sailing Marks 15 Years of Serving the Sailing Community

Sail1Design is pleased to recognize one of our longest partners, West Coast Sailing. On a personal note, I was coaching awhile back at the High School National Championship in Seattle, […]

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S1D/North Sails “C&I” 420 Clinic Report

Organized soon after the State of Maryland lifted boating/sailing restrictions and careful to mind all social distancing policies and procedures, the 29-31 May North Sails “C&I” 420 Clinic found some […]

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Safe Boat Cleaning Tips, brought to you by Zim Sailing

By Bob Adam It is becoming increasingly optimistic that junior programming will take place this summer.  Albeit, the new normal will require significant changes and I admire all the insight […]

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News From East Coast Sailboats: The Melges 15 is Here!

After months of rumors, We can finally talk about Melges’s new boat, The Melges 15.  Melges debut’d the boat on May 19th via Facebook and the Melges newsletter. The press release came out […]

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SailingAnarchy Interview with Coach of the Year John Mollicone

A few weeks ago S1D awarded our Sailing Anarchy/S1D Coach of the Year to Brown University Head Coach John Mollicone (see article below). Sailing Anarchy caught up with John and […]

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Three Forgotten One-Design Dinghy Ghosts

Written by Mary Knauth We are all familiar with the drill of the very dawn of sailing for young children.  Parents eager to either make their kids fall in love […]

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Airwaves Career Center Spotlight: Seasonal Sailing Instructor

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2020 Sailing Anarchy/S1D Coach of the Year Announced!!

Sail1Design has been lucky to be part of some great moments over the years, mostly when we do our job, and take part in recognizing the very foundation of our […]

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