MIT Engineers sailing

MIT Sailing Team
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UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ConferenceNEISA
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
VenueWalter C. Wood Sailing Pavilion
Area of CompetitionCharles River
NicknameEngineers

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

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MIT has won 14 national championships:

Sailors

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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

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MIT developed their own dinghy in 1935, the Tech Dinghy, to be used by the team.

Venue

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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

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  1. ^ "Sailing Program". MIT Athletic Department.
  2. ^ "ROBERT H. HOBBS SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD". Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association.
  3. ^ "Walter C. Wood Sailing Pavilion". MIT Athletic Department.
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