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

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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