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Today was the last day of the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship, the final of three high caliber spring college sailing national championships that were run out of host site Sail Newport Sailing Center at Fort Adams by host school Brown University with support from Dartmouth College and NEISA. It was very close racing in the harbor today in Newport, R.I. and it was not until the last beat of the last race that the College of Charleston came out on top winning the national title and the Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy.

A wind delay this morning kept sailors onshore until enough filled in to have a 12:10 p.m. harbor start. Winds filled in from the southeast and stayed light to moderate in the afternoon. The last races of the day brought some stronger pressure and hiking conditions. There were big oscillating shifts across the racecourse challenging the sailors to stay in phase and sail fast.

The first day of Finals racing in the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship began today hosted by Brown University with support from Dartmouth College and NEISA. The top eighteen college teams advanced from the previous two days of Semifinals racing to make it to this event and compete for the Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy.

Winds were light this morning, so the sailors were delayed a little over an hour before the first race got underway. When the wind increased from the south the conditions for the day were light to moderate averaging about 6-8 knots with a few higher puffs – there were only a few moments of hiking conditions.

It was the final day of Semifinals racing in the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championships, hosted by Brown University with support from Dartmouth College and NEISA. The competition has been narrowed down to the top 18 teams, who will advance to racing in the finals tomorrow morning out of host site Sail Newport Sailing Center at Fort Adams.

Today was the lightest breeze day overall in the national championship series. The winds started strong in the morning up to about 12 knots from the north, but lightened up in the day. The winds were oscillating and right when it was getting to be too light at the end of the day, pressure built up again for the last races.
 
Hobart and William Smith Colleges held onto their lead from yesterday throughout the day today. Their A-division team placed in the top three in every race today and B-division stayed in the top ten, giving them a solid lead in front of second place team Yale University. Yale moved up from third place yesterday and Boston College finished the day in third place overall, moving up from fourth place yesterday.

Today was the first day of the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship Semifinals hosted by Brown University with support from Dartmouth College and the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA). Host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park is where the top 36 college sailing teams in the nation are vying for 18 spots in the championship finals, which will begin on Thursday, May 30.

The semifinals are divided into two fleets, an Eastern and Western, each with 18 teams. The top nine teams from each fleet will advance to the finals on Thursday. The sailors are racing on windward leeward courses in FJs and Z420s. Today the Eastern fleet sailed FJs and the Western fleet sailed Z420s. The fleets will switch boats tomorrow.

Racing was completed today in the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship in Newport Harbor out of host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park. This is the second of three, spring college sailing national championships hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by Harvard University. The top sixteen collegiate team racing teams in the nation competed for the national title and the Walter C. Wood Trophy and Yale University won the title.

The second day of racing in the LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship was a full day. The sixteen top teams in the nation were cut down to the top eight and finally the top four today. The regatta is taking place out of host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I. Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by Harvard University are hosting the events.

There was a light to medium sea breeze this morning from the southwest, which steadily picked up with gusts up to 18 knots at the peak of the winds, but it lightened up to around 8 to 10 knots later on, which made for great team racing conditions. The holiday weekend boat traffic caused some challenging chop for the competitors and racing late into the evening made for a long and tiring day.

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 25, 2019) – The first day of racing in the LaserPerformance College Sailing Team Race National Championship got underway today at regatta host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I. The regatta is hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by Harvard University. Sixteen of the best college teams across the nation qualified to compete in this event for the Walter C. Wood Trophy, awarded to the winning team.

The format for this event is a series of round robins. In the first round all sixteen teams race each other once. This round determines places 9-16. The top eight teams then advance to a single round robin, which determines places 5-8. The top four remaining teams advance to a “final four” another single round to determine places 1-4.

The Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year and Women’s All-Americans and Honorable Mentions were announced during an awards presentation following racing in the Sperry College Sailing Women’s National Championship at Sail Newport Sailing Center.

The Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year is awarded annually to an individual who has performed at the highest level of competition in district and national championships. The ICSA All-America committee evaluates with great detail all of the finalists’ results and calculates the winner.

Quantum believes that women sailors should receive the same recognition that male sailors receive in the sport to acknowledge their excellence in sailing and continue to foster the growth of women’s sailing.

Racing concluded today in the Sperry College Sailing Women’s National Championship hosted out of Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park, in Newport, R.I. The regatta was hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by the University of Rhode Island. After four days of tough competition Brown University won the national title and Gerald C. Miller Trophy.

The last day of racing began in windy conditions. The sailors did not catch a break today as the winds held a steady 18 to 22 knots with higher gusts around 28 knots from a north-northwest direction. Because of the high winds fighting the current in the harbor there was also a significant chop around 1 to 2 feet high. The chop lessened a bit by the end of the day when the wind shifted right, moving in the same direction as the current.

Racing continued today in Newport Harbor, out of host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park, in the Sperry College Sailing Women’s Final Championship. The top 18 women’s teams in the nation are vying for the national title and Gerald C. Miller trophy. Today was the first day of racing in the finals. The events are hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by the University of Rhode Island.

The sailors completed ten races today on windward-leeward courses in both Z420s and FJ’s. The conditions were cloudy and cool with a mostly southerly breeze ranging from about 10 knots on the lighter end to 18 knots by the last races of the day.