The MIT Sailing Pavilion, College Sailing, Sailing Videos

The MIT Sailing Pavilion, the first facility constructed for college sailing, was built in 1936. It is now known as the birthplace of today's collegiate sailing. The first ten Dinghy Championships of the newly organized Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association (ICYRA) were sailed on the Charles River in MIT's fleet of cat-rigged, wooden Tech Dinghies. To this day, MIT continues to host more college regattas than any other site in the country.

MIT provides practice time for local colleges and high schools who do not have boats and sites of their own. The Pavilion is open to anyone with an MIT ID. They offer weekly learn-to-sail classes free to members of the MIT Community. (Published on Jun 28, 2013)

MIT Sailing: http://sailing.mit.edu/

Fall 2015 Schedule: http://collegesailing.org/racing/fall2015

Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association (ICYRA) http://collegesailing.org/



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Extreme Reaching Laser Sailing Breaks Mast (video)

Extreme reaching Laser Sailing - Broken Mast -  
Extreme reaching Laser Sailing Breaks Mast (video above): "I'm 17 years old, I went out sailing it was 25 knots, with big waves. However, after ten minutes, my mast came down. Just memorable and amazing moment."

Champions Sailing Cup: Great Britain secure two golds
Great Britain secure two golds at the third leg of the Champions Sailing Cup series in Weymouth and Portland.
www.bbc.com/sport/0/sailing/27726738

Extreme Sailing Series heads to Russian waters
Oman Daily Observer
ST PETERSBURG — With less then four weeks until the Extreme Sailing Series global tour heads to Russian waters for the first time, the teams are ...

Rainbow Sailors secure spot in Finals of ICSA National Championship
KHON2
ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – The University of Hawai'i coed sailing team secured a spot in the final round of the ICSA Gill Coed National Championship ...

SAILING: Clean sweep for Patience and Willis
Dorset Echo
RACING stepped up a gear on the third day of the Sail for Gold Regatta yesterday, withsailors revelling in big breeze, strong gusts and spells of ...

US Sailing Introduces New PHRF Support Service
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Portsmouth, RI (June 4, 2014) – US Sailing now offers a PHRF Support Service designed to manage sailboat data and rating information for fleets.

Village People: Sailing for sport and for fun a lifelong passion for Griff Williams
Auburn Citizen
They were invited to the Skaneateles Sailing Club by a friend, and they promptly joined. As they became familiar with the rules of sailing, they moved ...

Washington College Sailing Places 12th at ICSA Co-Ed National Championship First Round
WashingtonCollegeSports.com
ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. -- The Washington College sailing team finished 12th of 18 teams in an ICSA/Gill Co-Ed National Championship first-round ...

British Yachter May Have Seen Missing Malaysian Flight While Sailing in Indian Ocean
Boston.com
The Phuket Gazette reported that Katherine Tee, 41, was sailing across the Indian Ocean with her husband, Marc Horn, as part of a 13-month voyage ...

Oceania Sailing 2014 - 120 sailors participate in the event in Nouméa
Sail World
From June 7th to June 10th, 2014 the Oceania Sailing will be organized in Nouméa. Six countries of Pacific Islands will be present in New-Caledonia ...

Epic Antarctic sailing adventure ends as yacht Elinca returns to Falmouth
This is The West Country
An epic sailing adventure that began in Falmouth ended back in the port recently after a voyage of more than 20,000 miles which took the crew of the ...

USF Continues to Compete in National Sailing Championships | University of South Florida St ...
By Jessica Blais
The USF Sailing Teams are wrapping up a successful spring season. The USF Women's Team placed 17th overall in the Sperry Top-Sider ...
University of South Florida St....

Scottish Landfall | Cornell Sailing Publications and Events
By Jimmy Cornell
Aventura's 560 miles voyage proved that she is undoubtedly a comfortable, fast and easy to sail passagemaker. We shall spend a few days in this ...
Cornell Sailing Publications and Events

Stage is set for a spectacular Bosphorus Cup | VSail.info
By Valencia Sailing
VSail.info will be in Istanbul to cover what is, undoubtedly, the premier sailing event of the eastern Mediterranean. Stay tuned for four days of ...
VSail.info

Russia plots course for Olympic sailing glory - Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk
The collapse of the Soviet Union left sailing high and dry, but now a new generation ofsailors is hoping to recapture past successes.
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../russian-sailing-olympic-glory.html

ICSA: Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association » GILL COED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, SEMI ...
collegesailing.org
The top 36 collegiate sailing teams in the nation reported to the regatta venue on the St. Mary's River in St. Mary's City, Md. to compete for 18 spots in ...
collegesailing.org/.../gill-coed-national-championship-semi-fin...

No. 2 Bulldogs Sail Day One of Semifinals - Yale Bulldogs - Yale University Athletics
yalebulldogs.com
MARY'S CITY, Md. – The Yale coed sailing team began the ICSA Western Semifinals today at St. Mary's. After the first day of racing, the Bulldogs sit in ...
www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/c-sail/2013.../20140603mcekg4

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Rolex Capri Sailing Week, Day 2 video

Rolex Capri Sailing Week | Day 2 video above -  52SuperSeries

International Maxi Association: "Capri, May 22. Wind foils coastal race - A valiant effort was made by the race committee to hold a coastal race today for both the Maxi and Barclays 52 Super Series classes at Rolex Capri Sailing Week, organised by the International Maxi Association in conjunction with Yacht Club Capri. Sadly this came to an end when the fleet ran out of breeze off Capri's dramatic coastline. Soon after midday, the Maxi fleet was first to get ..."

2014 Rolex Capri Sailing Week - Capri (Italy): 18-24 May, 2014
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TP 52 Super Series
Live tracking - Results

News & Features | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Site : Robertissima Claims Honours In Rolex Capri Sailing Week's Volcano Race: "Roberto Tomasini Grinover's Robertissima III has been officially confirmed as the winner of the first Maxi encounter at Rolex Capri Sailing Week 2014 - the 230 nm Volcano Race...."

Debris found in search for missing yacht Cheeki Rafiki in the middle of the Atlantic - Mirror Online: "....A spokeswoman for the US Coast Guard said: "I can confirm that we have received reports (of debris) from the sailing vessel Malisi. They have found some debris in the search area. We can't tell at this time if they are from the Cheeki Rafiki as there were no identifying marks on them. "The debris was a plank of wood and a small piece of floating foam, but there was nothing identifying the Cheeki Rafiki. Obviously it is a possibility, and we are definitely treating it very seriously and incorporating that into our search, but I can't say for certain that it was from the Cheeki Rafiki."..."

Sailing 47000 miles in legendary Hawaii canoe
The Seattle Times
“We could be sailing around the world on a high-end yacht, but we're not,” said Chad Kalepa Baybayan, one of five master navigators who take shifts ...

Smooth sailing for the Saunders brothers
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The Saunders brothers will soon set sail on a summer-long journey they hope will lead them to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Graeme and Jacob ...

Women's, coed sailing head to nationals
The Dartmouth
For the third straight year, the coed and women's sailing teams both qualified for the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships.

Sailing along with a message
Daily Mining Gazette
In the evening, Mark and Katya Gordon used photos and video to tell their family's story of sailing and climate advocacy to a wider audience, also at ...

Staples sailing ends season with Gold Cup success
Westport News
The Staples High School co-ed sailing team has finished another positive season, according to coach Dylan Abel, that included a third-place finish in ...

Sailors relay on Lake Elizabeth
San Jose Mercury News
Fremont Sailing Club hosted 11 teams at Lake Elizabeth Sunday for a day of sailing family fun and going for first place during the group's El Toro ...

Sailing: Silvers Marine Scottish Series - 40th year promises to be best yet
Herald Scotland
The Scottish Series, celebrating its 40th year with a new headline sponsor in Silvers Marine, opens with today's Clyde Challenger passage race from ...

US Coast Guard committed to missing Cheeki Rafiki sailors search
Telegraph.co.uk
The crew members on board the yacht Cheeki Rafiki went missing as they were returning to Britain from a sailing event in Antigua in the Caribbean ...

Tango G and Lionheart winners of the opening day of Menorca Maxi
My Sailing
Tom Whidden, strategist on Magic Carpet3 and Dennis Conner's tactician in six America's Cup campaigns, described it as some of the best sailing he ...

Coconut Grove Grapevine: Sailing Camp offered by Grove Sailing Club
By Grapevine
The Coconut Grove Sailing Club (CGSC) is offering Summer Youth Sailing Instruction and Camp for both CGSC members and non-members. Student ...
Coconut Grove Grapevine

Book Review: Sailing Alone Around the World | JAR
By Jesse Rogerson
My supervisor and I perused the used book collection (as I so love to do) and nothing really stood out to me, except for Sailing Alone Around the World ...
JAR

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Sailing World Cup Hyères Medal Races videos

Sailing World Cup Hyères Medal Races - Highlights videos (playlist) above
Nacra 17 Medal Race - Vittorio Bissaro and Silvia Sicouri (ITA) took Nacra 17 gold following an Australian mistake which saw them sail the wrong course.
Laser and Laser Radial Medal Race - Tom Burton (AUS) overcame Andy Maloney (NZL) in the Laser whilst Evi Van Acker (BEL) fought hard to take Laser Radial gold.
Finn Medal Race - Pieter Jan Postma (NED) was the happiest man in Hyères after he picked up his World Cup gold in his career.
49er and 49erFX Medal Race - It was a repeat of the World Cup Mallorca podium in Hyères as Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) walked away with 49er honours and Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA) picked up 49erFX gold.
470s Medal Race Highlights - Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) returned to winning ways in the Men's 470 whilst Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (NZL) made it four Women's 470 wins on the bounce.
RS:X Medal Race Highlights - Germany's Moana Delle brought her Olympic sailing career to a glorious end as she claimed gold in the Women's RS:X at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères.
Piotr Myszka (POL) had Men's RS:X gold wrapped up in advance of the Medal Race.
More info: http://www.sailing.org/worldcup

SAILING: Megan bags a bronze in Hyeres
Dorset Echo
The British Sailing Team secured their first medals of this final leg of the ISAF SailingWorld Cup series, with the Sonar team adding gold to their World ...

Two gold and three bronze for Australia at ISAF World Cup Hyeres
My Sailing
The Australian Sailing Team raced to two Olympic class gold medals in the 470M and Laser at ISAF Sailing World Cup in Hyeres, France. Laser sailor ...

Medals confirmed at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Hyères, France (April 26, 2014) – From the words of the sailors competing at ISAF SailingWorld Cup Hyères it was a beautiful ending to a perfect ...

Sailing co-op opens hatch
Nanaimo News Bulletin
Van Isle Sailing Co-op will launch its sailing season with an open house Sunday (April 27). The not-for-profit sailing co-op is inviting the public to ...

Tasmania's Three Peaks Race to start from Devonport in 2015
My Sailing
For 25 years the Australian Three Peaks Race has been an iconic event on the Tasmanian calendar. A unique combination of offshore sailing and ...

Nika has another big day at RC44s as weather rolls through
My Sailing
Chris Bake's crew has been sailing solidly, if not exceptionally, all week and currently lies fourth, a very redeemable 10 points off the lead. After an ...

Sailing: Women's 470, Men's 49ers win gold
Radio Sport
Two gold and two silver medals for New Zealand at the Sailing World Cup in France. Olympic gold medallists Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have ...

Big changes at the front of the Clipper Race over night as tactical battles take off
My Sailing
"It shows how intense this matched fleet racing can be, as we now know that all boats are performing equally and being sailed expertly by their crews, ...

Navy seizes a TONNE of heroin worth £160million hidden on tiny sailing boat
Daily Mail
News agencies described the vessel as a dhow, a traditional African and Middle Eastern sailing boat, although no sails were erected when it was ...

Fresh faces at the top of RC44 Cascais Cup | VSail.info
By Valencia Sailing
Posted on 26 April 2014 by Valencia Sailing. [Source: RC44] Newcomers are causing a mix-up in the fleet, including a change of leader going into the ...
VSail.info

Captain JP's log: Favourite Sailing Books: Part 2
By JP
Ok he is a sailing mate but there's another reason for this being on the favourites list. In the era of GPS and chart-plotters you lose something if you ...
Captain JP's log

ICSA: Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association
FOWLE TROPHY CONDITIONS AND STANDINGS ...
collegesailing.org
The Conditions for the LEONARD M. FOWLE MEMORIAL TROPHY have been updated to reflect the change in format of the Spring Championships.
https://collegesailing.org/.../fowle-trophy-conditions-and-stand...

Captain of sailboat that sank in brutal Atlantic storm tells of harrowing escape | Mail Online: Their ship broke apart and sank about 900 miles northeast of Bermuda - "'We were preparing to die,' sailboat owner Leonard Rorke, 55, of the United Kingdom, told the Coast Guard in a recording posted to the agency's website. He, wife Lisa Rorke, 50, and 29-year-old Henri Worthalter, of Belgium, and a dog named Dexter were instead saved by the crew of a passing freighter.The 49-foot-sailboat Blue Pearl sank Thursday evening after being badly battered from two days of storms, Leonard Rorke told the Coast Guard. 'We were bailing water. It was life and death,' he said in the recording. 'We're very grateful. We are very, very lucky.' The sailboat sank after the bulkhead broke up and the vessel began taking on water, he recalled. 'We had lost everything.' Except for their Jack Russell Terrier."

Yacht missing with three on board - national | Stuff.co.nz: "Two helicopters have been making shoreline searches today around the bottom of the South Island for an overdue yacht with three people on board. The 7.5-metre Munetra left Bluff on April 16 headed for Preservation Inlet at the southwest of the South Island. Police Southland area commander Inspector Lane Todd said the yacht had not been heard from since its departure. It had been due back in Bluff around April 22. Police were alerted two days ago by the employer of the skipper who had not turned up for work. At a briefing last night local fishers told police conditions were quite rough for three or four days after the yacht left Bluff. It was hoped the yacht had found somewhere to shelter out of the weather, Todd said. The skipper was a 33-year-old German who had lived in Southland for a few years. He was thought to have two women with him, although details were still being confirmed...."

Sailboat passes under power line, ignites in Dundalk | Maryland News - WBAL Home: "Electricity arched onto the mast of a sailboat that passed under power lines Thursday night, causing an explosion. Three people had to jump overboard to escape the flames. What area residents found most frightening is the fact the sailboat's mast never actually came in contact with the power line...."

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