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Believe, Belong, Achieve: A Campaign by Francesca Clapcich with 11th Hour Racing

On September 10th, pro athlete Francesca Clapcich announced her campaign to drive climate justice and foster belonging within the sporting community. Clapcich is no stranger to a challenge. An Italian […]

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Road Warrior Blues: Advice for Sailors who Trailer

[Editors Note: I imagine most reading this story has their own trailer incident story as well. Please add yours to the comment section below this article or send directly to […]

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Protected: S1D/North Sails Clinic Notes

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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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2019 US Sailing National Sailing Programs Symposium Recap

Last week US Sailing held the National Sailing Programs Symposium in Jacksonville, Florida. Each winter US Sailing hosts a National Sailing Program Symposium or Leadership Symposium. Last winter was the […]

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Creating opportunities with Bow Sailing

Bow Sailing is a non-profit organization based out of the Virgin Islands whose mission is to empower local Caribbean youth through sailing and mindfulness life skills. The meaning of the […]

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The Genesis of One Design Success: Planting Seeds for the Future

This past weekend, Severn Sailing Association & the Annapolis Vanguard 15 fleet hosted the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Championship. In years past, one would expect V-15’s to arrive en masse, on car […]

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S1D Announces Team Racing Umpire School

UPDATE: Severn Sailing Association to hold “Team Race Winter League“, and in so doing, to launch the Umpire School! Umpires will get a chance to referee team race games and […]

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Profiles in Pro Sailing: Rozalia Project’s Rachael Miller

  Rachel Miller arrived at her vacation cottage on an island in the Gulf of Maine and flew into action.  Disgusted by all of the marine debris in the water […]

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STEM Modules Diversify Sailing Programs

As community and yacht club sailing programs gear up for the summer by hiring instructors and pulling boats out of the storage shed there’s more and more talk of STEM.  […]

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Sailors Helping Sailors: The Eastport YC Foundation

Sailing Scholarships Available If you live in the Annapolis area or near the Chesapeake Bay, find a little bit of free time to fill out Eastport Yacht Club Foundation’s scholarship […]

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