We are elated once again to announce that nominations for the 10th annual S1D Coach of the Year Award are now being accepted! There are SO many deserving coaches out there, and so much of this past year to use to choose a new winner. Here is your chance to reflect on your last year … Read More
2022 S1D Coach of the Year Nominations Open!
We are elated once again to announce that nominations for the 10th annual S1D Coach of the Year Award are now being accepted! There are SO many deserving coaches out there, and so much of this past year to use to choose a new winner. Here is your chance to reflect on your last year … Read More
2021 S1D/Sailing Coach(es) 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 sport: youth, high school, college, and one-design sailors. Reading nomination letters, hearing from our community about unsung heroes, sharing in the joy of the winners…… … Read More
2021 Sailing Anarchy/S1D Coach of the Year Nominations Open!!
Greetings, sailing fans. As sailing revives and we see regattas slowly inch back to some version of normalcy, we are elated once again to announce that nominations for the S1D Coach of the Year Award are now being accepted! There are SO many deserving coaches out there, and so much of this past year to … Read More
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 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
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 sport: youth, high school, college, and one-design sailors. Reading nomination letters, hearing from our community about unsung heroes, sharing in the joy of the winners…… … Read More
2019 S1D/McLaughlin Optimist Sailor of the Year Announced!!!
Sail1Design, in cooperation with McLaughlin, is pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Optimist Sailor of the Year: Gil Hackel!This year we had some excellent nominations, making it a challenge to determine a clear winner. Remember we only choose from nominated sailors! Here’s a bit from his nomination letter: 2019 has been a great … Read More
Nominations Open for the 2019 Optimist Sailor of the Year!
Thanks to McLaughlin for sponsoring this award! Optimist sailing, for so many, is where it all starts. In fact, there may be no healthier one-design class in North America than the US Optimist Class. Sail1Design is proud to salute this boat, the people involved in the class, but most importantly, the kids who get out … Read More
Lon Gundie Delivers: HS Team of the Year Point Loma Dons New Team Shirts!!
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 of college sailing’s Fowle Trophy, recognizes the best overall sailing team in the country. Lon Gundie supplies the performance sailing world with incredible technical base-layer apparel, and along the … Read More
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 one-design sailors. Reading nomination letters, hearing from our community about unsung heroes, sharing in the joy of the winners…… makes the whole Sail1Design project, now … Read More
2018 S1D/McLaughlin Optimist Sailor of the Year Announced!
Sail1Design, in cooperation with McLaughlin, is pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Optimist Sailor of the Year: Tommy Sitzmann. This year we had some excellent nominations, making it a challenge to determine a clear winner. Remember we only choose from nominated sailors! That said, S1D/McLaughlin would like to note publicly that Cort Snyder … Read More
2018 Sail1Design High School Team of the Year Announced!
For the second year in a row, Point Loma HS has won the Sail1Design HS Sailing Team of the Year Award. Last year, PLHS had a great season, and earned the title; this year, they outdid themselves, winning both the Mallory and the Baker…. both very convincingly. Coach Steve Hunt was also nominated again for … Read More
2018 S1D/Gill Coach of the Year Announced
17 June 2018, Annapolis, MD — 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 one-design sailors. Reading nomination letters, hearing from our community about unsung heroes, sharing in the joy of the winners…… makes the … Read More