JibeTalk
The Junior Sailing blog for the Junior Sailing Association of the Long Island Sound.

  • 2013 Dennis Conner - Ed du Moulin Junior Match Race
    Ed du Moulin, the founder of the Knickerbocker Cup, and Dennis Conner, America’s Cup skipper of Stars and Stripes, thought it would be a good idea in 1992 to set up a match race for the junior sailors on Manhasset...

  • 2013 Carl Van Duyne Advanced Racing Clinic
    American Yacht Club is proud to announce that it will be the host to the 2013 Carl Van Duyne Advanced Racing Clinic presented by the Long Island Sound Youth Sailing Team (LISOT) and the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island...

  • 16-24 year old Match Racers
    Activity in match racing and team racing in the U.S. has never been stronger. Dave Perry, who is an active match racer, as both participant and coach, provides his perspective on this shift in this article from Scuttlebutt. Also check...

  • Train Your Own Trainer for Safe Powerboat and CPR/AED/First Aid Courses
    There are various methods to assure your club’s junior instructors and coaches have the proper certification of important safety skills, such as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, First Aid and Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/FA/AED) and Safe Powerboat Handling (SPH): 1) Delegating the task...

  • Race Management Seminars in US Sailing Area B
    US SAILING is offering Race Management Seminars this winter and spring. The One Day Race Management Seminars (ODRMS) listed here provide the training and test for certification as a Club Race Officer, which is a new requirement for clubs hosting...

  • New Year's Frostbite Regatta in Manhasset Bay
    If don't have warm-weather plans for the holiday break, head over to Manhasset Bay to race InterClub dinghies on Dec 30 and Jan 1 (no racing Dec 31). Ideal 18, Lasers and other frostbite one-design class sailors are also invited....

  • Helping After Super Storm Sandy
    Yesterday we saw a notice from the Connecticut Red Cross encouraging volunteers to email if they would like to help in the aftermath of super storm Sandy. And today we saw Facebook notices from Dinghy Shop in Amityville and Oakcliff...

  • Parkin wins Junior Match Race Again
    Jack Parkin (Riverside YC) triumphed for the second year in a row in the Junior Match Race series held at Manhasset Bay YC in late May of this year. The Dennis Connor/Ed du Moulin Junior Match Race Trophy will be...

  • A Reflection on the Beach Point Overnight Race
    Casey Crowley is a Junior Instructor and Junior Big Boat Sailor from Black Rock Yacht Club. Even before she started sailing Optis, Casey grew up sailing on her dad's boat and has ever since been particularly drawn to big boat...

  • At Dorade, Sailors Look Outside the Boat
    By Alison Brett, American Yacht Club Cedar Point Yacht Club's crew on Expresso rushes to catch up with their competitors during the first race Monday morning. Leave it to the Dorade to force sailors from western Long Island Sound to...