Newport Beach, CA- Newport Harbor Yacht Club is seeking an energetic and experienced Head Coach to lead their Junior Sailing Non-Calm program. NHYC is located on the picturesque peninsula of Balboa Island and has fostered excellence in competitive sailing for over 100 years. They offer year-round junior sailing programs for sailors aged 8 to 18 in … Read More
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 HERE ABOUT ANNAPOLIS RIGGING Annapolis Rigging specializes in Yacht Rigging services for cruising and racing sailboats. Right now many of our customers are sailing around the … Read More
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 share their experience, goals, and passion with professional and college sailing coaches. SAILRECRUIT, like our Airwaves Career Center, is the official youth sailor resume bank … Read More
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 announced they were cutting several sports teams, including sailing. Now, today, Brown University followed suit… and the sailing world, ironically, is ironically a beneficiary of … Read More
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 often, the North MNR-Series Optimist sails finally got a chance to stretch their legs, and wow, what a show. This sail, designed and developed by North Sails Mike … Read More
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 along with 10 other teams, the school will cut its Varsity Sailing program after the 2020-2021 season. The global pandemic has placed enormous financial and … Read More
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, and WCS was there, start to finish, with gear, support, and smiles. It is a great company, take a moment to meet the team. Happy … Read More
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 very eager participants, who could not wait finally to get out on the water and get back to sailing. Limited to 6 top local teams, … Read More
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 and dedication that program directors and chairs have put into a safe return to play for our athletes. Countless hours have been put in by … Read More
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 at 11 AM on 5/19/20 with a video and pictures, giving us a good look at the boat and how she sails. The Melges 15 comes in two … Read More
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 spent some time with our new Coach of the Year. Enjoy!!! Sail1Design has been lucky to be part of some great moments over the years, … Read More
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 with the sport – just as they did – or rather join the Green Fleet at their yacht club because “it’s the thing to do” … Read More