MAISA News

SPERRY WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, FINALS DAY 1 NEWPORT, R.I. (May 27, 2015) – The Sperry Women’s National Championship continued today on Narragansett Bay, co-hosted by Brown University, Salve Regina University and New York Yacht Club. Eighteen collegiate teams advanced from the previous two days of competition in the semi-finals to make it to the finals racing. The teams are vying for the national title and the Gerald C. Miller Trophy.

TOP EIGHTEEN TEAMS ARE SET FOR SPERRY WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS NEWPORT, R.I. (May 26, 2015) – Racing continued today on Narragansett Bay in the second day of the Sperry Women’s Semi-Finals. Twenty-eight collegiate sailing teams from across the nation qualified to compete in these semi-finals to determine the top 18 teams who will advance to the finals, which begin tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. The 28 teams are divided into two fleets of 14 teams, Western and Eastern Semi-Final groups, the top nine from each fleet will make up the 18 teams who compete in the final.

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 25, 2015) – The 2015 Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s series of National Championships began today on Narragansett Bay in Newport, R.I. with the Sperry Women’s Semi-Final Championship co-hosted by Brown University, Salve Regina University and New York Yacht Club. The semi-finals are the precursor and qualifying event for the Sperry Women’s National Championship Finals, which will begin Wednesday, May 27 at 9:30 a.m.

UPDATE: While the US has selected an open and youth representative for the 2015 ISAF Team Racing Worlds, July 20-24, we have been offered two more spots in each division. The minimum age requirement for the Youth Division is that all competitors shall be at least 14 years old on 31 December 2015. All competitors entering the Youth Division shall be under 19 years of age on 31 December 2015 (i.e. born after 31 December 1996). Evidence of age shall be submitted to ISAF no later than the close of registration (the ISAF Technical Delegate may extend this deadline).

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 20, 2015) – The Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s (ICSA) three national championships, Sperry Women’s National Semi-Final and Final Championship, LaserPerformance Team Race National Championship, and the Gill Coed Dinghy National Semi-Final and Final Championship commence Monday, May 25. The women’s event will last for four days immediately followed by the team race championship on May 29, lasting for three days and the coed championship on June 1, lasting for four days.

Notice of 2015 Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association of North America, Inc. Annual Meeting. 10:00 Sunday, May 24, 2015 at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court Sailing Center in Newport, Rhode Island.

In accordance with the Conditions for the College Sailing Championships, the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association releases the berth allocations for the 2015 Championships. These allocations are based upon the information provided in the 2015 Conference Annual Participation Reports.

The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has accepted the invitation to the LaserPerformance Collegiate Cup on behalf of the United States. The ICSA will select a team of 6 or more US collegiate sailors to compete for the Cup in August this year.

Hutchinson and Roble Honored at US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtsman & Yachtswoman of the Year Awards Ceremony NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 26, 2015) – After having moved to the west coast for the past three years, US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtsman & Yachtswoman of the Year Awards ceremony returned to the iconic Model Room at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan to celebrate the sailing accomplishments of Terry Hutchinson (Annapolis, Md.) and Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wisc.).

ANNAPOLIS, MD, Jan. 23, 2015 – Beneteau America announces its sponsorship of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA), the governing authority for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada.