PCCSC News

With conference championship season in full swing, teams from SAISA gathered at Carolina Yacht Club on Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, this past Saturday to compete in the SAISA Women's Fall Championships. Warm breeze moving from the east to the northeast, and an active current greeted sailors on Banks Channel, conditions that would hold or build as the event continued. From the first race, the Cougars of the College of Charleston grabbed the lead with a 1-2 first set from Alie…

*** Agerup, Reynolds, and Montgomery are the NEISA Co-ed Sailors of the Week*** ***Nordstrom, Loiacono, Mollerus, and Clulo are the NEISA Women Sailors of the Week***

Brown and Yale win NEISA, Cornell and St. Mary’s win MAISA, Stanford wins the West and Charleston wins the South Atlantic to conclude the fall season Unfortunately, we must start by paying tribute to a legend and a multi-decade servant to College Sailing, Dan Winters, who passed over the weekend. In an email forwarded by ICSA President, Mitch Bridley, Maxwell Plarr, Head Coach at Christopher Newport University and successor to Winters had the following to say about his colleague and…

The ringing of eight bells signifies the end of one's watch at sea and traditionally marks the passing of a sailor.   Dan H. Winters fulfilled many roles in his life.  He was a husband, a father, a coach, a friend, a sailmaker, an animal lover, and when he was passionate about something, a well respected adversary. Of all the titles and roles that Dan held during his eighty years on this earth we will remember him because of the great knowledge he bestowed upon us and his…

Annapolis harbor welcomed teams from across the eastern seaboard for the annual Small Keelboat Invitational hosted by the US Naval Academy. Sailed in Navy's fleet of Colgate 26s, this event is a highlight of the fall for many programs with limited keelboat opportunities. After a challenging first race, the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets began their scorecard ascent. This was Georgia Tech's first year participating in the event and the gusty, windy conditions were initially challenging…

MARBLEHEAD, MASS. (October 24, 2019) – The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Match Race National Championship for the Cornelius Shields, Sr. Trophy, is set to begin on Friday, November 1st and will last through Sunday, November 3rd at Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Mass. The event is hosted by Corinthian Yacht Club with support from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Racing will take place in Sonars in and around Marblehead Harbor. The top ten teams from across…

*** Agerup and Mooradian are the NEISA Co-ed Sailors of the Week*** ***Klingler and Webb are the NEISA Women Sailors of the Week***

Boston University showed poise in trying conditions at Connecticut College Boston University won the Coed Showcase Championship Finals hosted by Connecticut College in mostly light and uncertain conditions. Competitors waited on shore for much of the first day of competition before hitting the water for 11 total races between the two divisions on Saturday. The breeze on Saturday started from the SSW and sailors were hiking . However, as the sun set the breeze clocked right to the SW as the day…

The breeze on the Severn wasn't the only thing ready to go at 10AM on Saturday as College of Charleston's Ali Toppa and Hannah Kinder started the Jen Harris Women's Showcase Finals with a bullet and a second putting the Cougars in the early lead. At the top fall showcase finals for women's sailing, the fleet was extremely deep and talented with some of the best women sailors in college competing. Charleston's Toppa and Kinder took the regatta lead into the first rotation and…

*** Jordan, Powers, Mulcahy, Sheridan are the NEISA Co-ed Sailors of the Week*** ***Agerup and Mooradian are the NEISA Women Sailors of the Week***