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2019 US Sailing Junior National Championships Report, Final Results

Race Day 3, Sunday August 11 Full results can be found HERE The final day of the US Sailing Chubb Junior National Championships provided all the excitement of a contested […]

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2019 US Sailing Junior National Championships Report, Day 1

Redwood City, CA,  –Friday August 9 By Charles Barclay Race Day 1:  For complete results click HERE The US Sailing Chubb Junior National Championships draws sailors from all regions of […]

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29er World Championship Results

Gdynia, Poland, 8/3/2019 — The 2019 29er World Championship was held from 26 July to 03 August this year in Gdynia, Poland, and featured 175 teams from around the world. […]

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Back to the Future with Chris Snow

After a vastly successful & enduring career in the sailmaking business, most of it with North Sails, Chris Snow now moves on to pursue new challenges. Chris has been atop […]

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2019 Club420 National Championship Results

The 2019 c420 National Championship was held at Sail Newport 22-24 July 2019. Below are the top 12; for a list of full results, you can view them HERE

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2019 World Youth Sailing Championship Results: Americans Claim Gold in Girls 420 & Girls 29er

Gdynia, Poland, 21 JULY 2019 — Team USA finished 3rd overall in the World Youth Sailing Nation’s Cup (same finish position for our World Optimist Team this year too), and […]

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Club 420 Class Hull Conformity Update & Response from PS2000

In an effort to provide information to our community, below is a press release from Sturgis Boat Works regarding the recent issue with PS2000 club420’s and their subsequent de-certification. Sail1Design […]

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Greens Farms Academy is Hiring a Head Sailing Coach!

Greens Farms Academy is Westport, CT based K-12 private school looking for an experienced Varsity High School Sailing Coach. The team competes in the Fairfield league of NESSA and consists […]

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2019 i420 World Championship Results & Report

From the http://2019worlds.420sailing.org site, the final results are in for the 2019: Congratulations to our new 420 Class World Champions, Martin Wizner/Pedro Ameneiro (ESP) in the Open, Vita Heathcote/Milly Boyle […]

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NEWS: Club 420 Class Office Releases Statement on Hull Measurement Conformity Determination

UPDATE 7/11/2019: c420 Class releases statement The Club 420 Class, for many years the gold standard of youth double-handed sailing in North America, today released a statement outlining a decision […]

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2019 S1D/GILL 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 youth, high school, college, and […]

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Santiago “Tino” Galan Coach Profile

By Airwaves Writer Taylor Penwell Santiago Galán is an Argentinian born sailing coach with decades of experience. He has become a fixture of coaching in the US Virgin Islands. During […]

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Diverse and Talented Crowd Expected for Quantum Snipe Nationals

In about 1 month when the first signal is set at the Quantum Snipe Nationals, there will be collegiate all Americans, Olympians, world champions and a Rolex Yachtsman of the […]

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Team USA Wins St. Thomas International Optimist Team Race Championship

Story Courtesy of Optiworld St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Dialing in the right combination of scores proved the secret to success for Team USA Worlds, who won the TOTE Maritime […]

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Quantum Sails Powers First ClubSwan 36 for Groundbreaking Launch

Press Release from Quantum Sails:   On Monday, June 3, 2019, Quantum Sails powered the groundbreaking ClubSwan 36 for its official launch and first round of sea trials. Quantum Sails is […]

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Don’t Hate the Player, Change the Game: Supporting (and changing) Women’s Adult Sailing

By Airwaves writer Pearson Potts– As dinghy team racing has lulled in recent years in the U.S., young, post-college sailors have substituted dinghies for inter-yacht club keelboat team racing. There […]

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Zim Sailing Profile: Big News Just Released at Institutional Sailing’s Go-To Company

NEWSFLASH! Adam Werblow to join Zim Sailing! Scroll down to learn more. By Airwaves writer Pearson Potts Picture this: it’s 2008, you wake up your job laid you off and […]

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2019 S1D/Lon Gundie High School Sailing Team of the Year Announced!

Sail1Design is very happy to announce that Lon Gundie is our new title sponsor of the High School Team of the Year Award. This award, modeled somewhat along the lines […]

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2019 Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year, Fowle Trophy, Hobbs Sportsmanship and All-America Team Announced

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 31, 2019) – At an awards ceremony following racing for the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship at Sail Newport Sailing Center at Ft. Adams, the honors […]

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College of Charleston is the Gill Coed National Champion

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 31, 2019) – Today was the last day of the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship, the final of three high caliber spring college sailing national championships […]

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