The Dartmouth Dartmouth dominated sailing teams from across the eastern seaboard this past weekend, winning the prestigious Coed Atlantic Coast Championship.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff This weekend's weather system gave the Big Green sailors a chance to showcase their skills in everything from light to gale force winds as they dominated the competition and qualified for the coed, women's and freshmen Atlantic Coast Championships. The Big Green's coed sailors headed to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this weekend for the Schell Trophy, where winds ranged from five to 20 knots on Saturday and 20 to 50 knots on Sunday.
This weekend spread the Big Green sailors from the murky waters of Boston to the beautiful shores of Annapolis, testing the team's grit and drive in a mix of big breeze and light wind. Dartmouth sent a veteran team of Kate Hacker '07, Killarney Loufek '07, Betsy Bryant '08, Andrew Loe '06, Erik Storck '07 and Ben Sampson '08 to the Coast Guard Academy for the Hap Moore Team Race. Dartmouth's experience paid off, as the Big Green finished with 13 wins and three losses, good for second in a field of 12 of the nation's best teams.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth sailors battled strange winds and stormy weather in one women's and three coed regattas over the weekend. After last weekend's singlehanded and four-person sloop qualifying events, the Big Green returned to competition in two-person boats this weekend.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff While others were relishing their final days of summer vacation, the Dartmouth sailing team began preseason practice and competition on Sept.
Courtesy of Dartmouth sailing Once again the Dartmouth sailing team held its own as a New England nautical powerhouse, finishing third in the New England Dingy Championships and securing a bid to College Sailing Nationals. The New England Dingy Championship, hosted by Brown University on May 6-7, featured 18 of New England's best collegiate sailing teams fighting for only four qualifying spots. Collegiate sailing tests the brainpower and muscles of 18 two-person teams, each striving to outmaneuver opponents and cross the finish line first in a series of 20 minute-long races. Nearing the end of competition, Brown and Boston College had run away with the first two qualifying spots, but Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were in a battle for the third and fourth spots.