The Dinghy Race, formerly known as the Secor Volvo Race, was created in 2015 as a way for local Long Island Sound sailors to participate in their own multi-leg, multi-day distance regatta. It ran continuously from 2015-2019, once in 2023, and now returns for its best year yet from August 11-12. This race, organized by … Read More
By Craig Thompson – Eleven teams made their way to the first Region 1 regatta of the season. The Wickford Regatta takes place annually at the start of the season and never disappoints with great sailing, great race management, and great food. This year, the 505’s were sharing the Bravo course with the F18 catamarans. … Read More
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 4, 2015) – Today was the last day of the Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship, co-hosted by Brown University, Salve Regina University and New York Yacht Club. This is the last of three high caliber spring college sailing national championships that were run out of the Sail Newport Waterfront Center at Fort … Read More
NEWPORT, R.I. (May 31, 2015) – Today was the third and final day of the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship on Narragansett Bay. This event is the second of three collegiate sailing national championships co-hosted by Brown University, Salve Regina University and New York Yacht Club this spring. After three days of racing Yale University … Read More
NEWPORT, R.I. (May 28, 2015) – Today was the last day of racing for the Sperry Women’s National Championship on Narragansett Bay co-hosted by Brown University, Salve Regina University and the New York Yacht Club. Eighteen women’s collegiate teams raced for the Gerald C. Miller Trophy and Yale University came away with the win. Racing … Read More
Saturday, May 23: Light winds and choppy conditions made for difficult racing on Day 1 of the 2015 Baker Championships. The race committee were busy with the tricky condition but managed to get 52 races of the 66 race round robin complete on Saturday. St.Thomas Aquinas High School leads going in to Day 2, with … Read More
–FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— By Chris Love – – The West Coast contingent of the American 505 Class showed off its big guns as well as its infantry this past weekend at the Pacific Coast Championship, hosted by Santa Barbara Yacht Club May 15-17. Though the 505 is a dinghy, the boat’s technical prowess and penchant … Read More
Sail1Design is once again very excited to promote a few great team race events as part of our annual grand prix series. This is a big year as it’s the first without any V15 events but features the return of one of, if not the best, team races in the world. Event # 1: Charles … Read More
Saturday, May 9: The first day of the 2015 Mallory Trophy started out with cloudy conditions in Annapolis. The fleet headed out at 1000 but was delayed on the water for a while due to lack of wind. Eventually, a course was set in the Severn River off the Robert Crown Center and 4 Windward … Read More
–FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE– 505 Class All-Stars Rumble at Midwinters St. Petersburg, Fla. — Mark Zagol (Stonington, Conn.) and Drew Buttner (Westwood, Mass.) bested the nation’s top 505 sailors to win the class’ 2015 Midwinter Championship this weekend, breaking a three-way tie in the final race. For the entire six-race series the tricky St. Pete breeze kept the top … Read More
February 9, 2015 Amidst snowstorms and freezing rain in the northeast U.S., 15 Viper 640 sport boat teams made the trip south to sail in sunny conditions with green water. This was the final installment of the three-part Viper 640 Sarasota (FL) Winter Circuit that included weekend regattas in December and January. The Race Committee … Read More
In a “Premiere Sailing” League of its Own: New Series Presents a New Way of Racing…and Thinking CHICAGO, ILL. (January 15, 2015) – The new Premiere Sailing League, America, promises to change the way we think about amateur sailing in the U.S. Announced at the Strictly Sail boat show in Chicago on January 15 … Read More
By Airwaves Writer Tyler Colvin. Any chance I get to escape the weather in New England I typically take, so when I got the call to crew on a boat for the Long Beach Yacht Club’s Butler Cup (Grade 3) I didn’t hesitate. The event, running November 15-16 out of Long Beach … Read More