growing the sport Archives

Creating Growth in Lightning Class

June 5th, 2018

The International Lightning Class Association’s Boat Grant program begins its 12th season by announcing three teams which are the 2018

June 4th, 2018

Our sport (and the media) does a disservice when the bright lights are primarily aimed at the latest and greatest

June 4th, 2018

When the Wianno Yacht Club (Osterville, MA) signed up to host the 2015 Chubb U.S. Junior Championships, members and boat

June 3rd, 2018

Now 25 years old, American Justin Thomas is presently the #1 ranked golfer in the world. How did he get

May 23rd, 2018

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt I have done more one design sailing than anything else. I like the community formed by

May 22nd, 2018

Kurt Hoehne reports from the Pacific Northwest on what we all know but bears repeating (and repeating). “At what point

May 10th, 2018

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt When I was a junior sailor during the 1970s, fleets of Sabots, Lasers, and Lehman 12s

May 7th, 2018

by John Pearce, Youth Director, US Sailing With Opti Team Trials over, and the high school sailing season winding down,

May 7th, 2018

While racing a 40-footer in an overnight race on the Puget Sound, with rampant attrition among the fleet, the conversation

May 1st, 2018

The second running of the Women’s Match Race Clinegatta opened the door for eight teams of mostly women sailors (but