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The ILYA, Roble/Shea Sailing, and SailZing, LLC are partnering to bring you a series of video webinars with ILYA’s Olympic qualifiers, Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea. The series is geared to high school, college and adult sailors at all skill…

Bill Draheim is a multiple class national champion.  Here he explains how he uses shroud telltales to quickly identify wind shifts, using an example from a practice session in which one sailor was slower to react to a lift. Recognize…

Watch as Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea field questions from Lake Beulah Yacht Club (LBYC) members. Many of their remarks address the preparation and mental aspects of performing at a high level. Steph and Maggie qualified for the 2020 Olympics,…

The beauty of solo practicing is that you can work on a wide range of techniques and abilities without having to rely on anyone else except your crew and perhaps some emergency rescue service being present. Eric Twiname, in Sail,…

Many sailors spend time sailing the windward leg as part of their pre-race routine. Bill Draheim has a different approach: stay in the starting area and observe the other boats. He shares this approach in a post on the Quantum…

Race 1 of the 2020 MC Midwinters at Lake Eustis Sailing Club was sailed with 60 boats in very light air (2-5 mph). The RC made the course very short (0.2 miles) in order to stay within the only part…