MIT Engineers sailing
| MIT Sailing Team | |
|---|---|
 | |
| University | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Conference | NEISA |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Venue | Walter C. Wood Sailing Pavilion |
| Area of Competition | Charles River |
| Nickname | Engineers |
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The MIT sailing team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The team is a member of the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association, which is part of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association.[1]
National championships
[edit]MIT has won 14 national championships:
- 12 Dinghy National Championships (1937, 1938, 1939, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 and 2018)
- 2 Women’s Dinghy National Championships (1971 and 1973)
Sailors
[edit]Alan Sun in 2000 and JM Modisette in 2005 won the Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award.[2]
Horacio García in 1960; John Marvin in 1956; and Paula Lewin in 1992, 1996 and 2004, are olympic sailors from the MIT.
Fleet
[edit]MIT developed their own dinghy in 1935, the Tech Dinghy, to be used by the team.
Venue
[edit]The home venue of the team is the Walter C. Wood Sailing Pavilion, located on the Charles River. The building was completed in 1935.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sailing Program". MIT Athletic Department.
- ^ "ROBERT H. HOBBS SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD". Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association.
- ^ "Walter C. Wood Sailing Pavilion". MIT Athletic Department.