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  • Priddy and OToole Trophies

    This past weekend finally saw some seasonally appropriate sailing conditions across New England. Panthers sailed in the Priddy Trophy at Sacred Heart on Saturday, and the OToole Trophy at Mass Maritime on Sunday. The Priddy was sailed as the New England Freshmen Championship. Middlebury sent two teams racing in a single division, represented by Allie…

  • NEISA Dinghy Tournament

    This past weekend saw the Panthers competing at the Fall Dinghy Tournament at Providence College. Sailing for A fleet were Alex Baskin ’19 and Erich Wu ’19, with Warren Galloway ’21 and Gaby Beaulieu ’20 racing for B fleet. Saturday saw winds building throughout the day for two and a half rotations, and bullets won…

  • Week 7 in Boston

    This past weekend saw the Panthers competing at the Oberg Trophy at MIT. There were three divisions racing, sailed by Alex Baskin ’19 and Erich Wu ’19 in A fleet, Ben Arquit ’20 and Rebecca Freeman ’18 in B Fleet, and Rayne Parker ’21 and Jeanelle Tsai ’21 for C fleet. Both days saw variable…

  • End of Season Wrap up: Spring 2017 Windward Panther

    Well that’s a wrap on the season. Here’s our bi-annual report, the Windward Panther. Windward Panther Spring 2017   The season started strong with a 12 sailor force traveling from Middlebury to Santa Cruz for Spring Break. We carried the momentum to the NE Dinghy Tourney, grabbing second place and earning a bid for the…

  • Championship Weekend #2: Coed Dinghy Champs and Little 3 at Lake Dunmore

    Though it feels like we just started our spring season, this last weekend was our final weekend of competitive sailing. Our spring season essentially starts early December, when we select and sign up for various regattas for the following calendar year. Sailing team activities take a brief hiatus over winter break, but J-term calls for on-campus…

  • Championship Weekend #1: Women’s and Freshman Champs, Leadership, and more!

    Another exciting weekend for the Middlebury Panthers sailing team! This year’s NEISA Women’s Championship, the Reed Trophy, was hosted by Brown University at Edgewood Yacht Club. Seventeen of NEISA’s teams sent their top female sailors to compete for the Reed Trophy. Knowing that the competition would be stiff, featuring some of NEISA and college sailing’s…

  • Spring Season Weekend 3! Panthers sailing Big Breeze in Boston

    Despite some of our previous regattas on the Charles River featuring minimal breeze and lousy weather, the most recent installment of Middlebury’s spring sailing season was significantly more enjoyable. With sunny skies and big breezes, the Panthers sent six sailors for a three-division regatta to the MIT Boathouse. The beautiful weather, assisted by a fresh…

  • Spring Sailing Underway: Spring Break, NE Dinghy Tourney, Fundraiser update

    The Middlebury Panthers season is currently in full swing after a long week in Santa Cruz, CA for the team’s annual spring break training trip. Despite the waters of Lake Dunmore still being frozen into the end of March, Middlebury’s late spring break provides the team with a solid week of consistent practice prior to…

  • The 2016 Windward Panther

    Having had a few weeks to fully reflect on our season, it is safe to say that the 2016 fall sailing season was a very successful one for the Panthers. We experienced new highs and new lows, sailed in more difficult regattas, and pushed ourselves to improve our ranking in NEISA. The team was unified…

  • Middlebury College Sailing, by the numbers

    Now that the season is officially over, with most of our boats completely packed away in the ‘sheep barn’, we can spend a few minutes to reflect on the last three months. We could write all day how hard the sailors worked, that they sailed a lot, how they far they traveled, etc. Instead, we…