2022 X Boat champion Owen Kohut and crew Ivar Eiseman won a hard-fought regatta at the senior X boat Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) regatta at Clear Lake, IA. This is remarkable, since it is Owen’s first ILYA Champs senior…
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Sailing school activities, including lesson plans, videos, drills, enrichment materials, and more for youth sailing instruction. This tag search will get you access to over 130 resources. Includes individual sailing school activities, as well as comprehensive curriculum documents.
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How do you build excellence and inclusiveness in your sailing team? The Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) sponsored a clinic for instructors on this topic. Mark Maas and Chad Carstens, two successful local high school coaches led the discussion. Mark…
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In polling, we learned that many sailing schools need an up-to-date curriculum guide. As a result, the Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) has developed a racing curriculum. This curriculum includes input from ILYA coaches, sailing schools, and external references. This…
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Basic jib trim on a dinghy is not difficult, but beginning racers need to know a few things. In this post, we discuss the importance of the jib and a simple approach to setting the jib leads and sheeting. Why…
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You probably don’t want to imitate the picture above, but you can raise your sailing game if you learn to hike harder and smarter. Hiking takes effort, but by being fit and using proper technique you can get better results…
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As a follow-up to our series on Upwind Mainsail Trim, we wanted to sharpen our skills at analyzing upwind sail shape. With the help of a former sailmaker, we photographed sails and studied their “flying shape.” This post discusses what…
