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Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association

January 01, 1970

The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) is a volunteer organization that serves as the governing authority for all sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada.

Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association
AbbreviationICSA
Legal statusAssociation
HeadquartersNorfolk, Virginia, United States
Region served
United States and Canada
President
Mitchell Brindley
Websitecollegesailing.org

History edit

19th century edit

The first college sailing club to be formed in the United States was the Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, established in Branford, Connecticut in 1881, three years before the founding of the Oxford University Yacht Club at the University of Oxford in 1884 followed by the Cambridge University Yacht Club at the University of Cambridge in 1893, the Harvard University Yacht Club in 1894, and Brown University Yacht Club in 1896.[1]

20th century edit

Harvard and Yale held a sailing event in 1911,[2][3] but this was a long-distance 'cruise' rather than a fleet or team race, and only one Yale yacht attended the event. Organized intercollegiate fleet racing began in 1928 between just a few schools in Eight-Metres for the Oliver Hay Trophy, now known as the McMillan Cup.[4][5][6]

The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA)[7] was formed June 16, 1930, as the Inter-Collegiate Yacht Racing Association (ICYRA).

The first inter-collegiate dinghy fleet event, the Boston Dinghy Club Challenge Cup, took place with 34 entrants in 1930 in parallel with the founding of the ICYRA. There was also a major sailing event between Princeton and Dartmouth in 1934, but details of its format are not recorded.[4]

The initial emphasis of the ICSA was very much on fleet racing, rather than team racing, but during the 1930s, team racing between individual colleges started to emerge, with 2 to 4 colleges meeting up, each fielding 2 to 5 boats. Collegiate dinghy sailing blossomed in 1934–36 with initiatives taken by Princeton with its 'Tiger' dinghies (1934),[4] MIT (the famous Pavilion was founded and built in 1935 at the instigation of Walter C. "Jack" Wood),[8] and Brown (1936).[1] The first ICSA dinghy fleet regatta took place in the spring of 1937 at the MIT Pavilion and was won by MIT,[9] with Brown, Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, Williams, and Yale also competing.[10]

In the fall of 1937, 19 colleges took part in another ICSA dinghy regatta at the MIT Pavilion.[11] The Morss Trophy was also first awarded in 1937, being won by MIT[12][13]

Following World War II, collegiate sailing spread across the U.S. and parts of Canada, with ICSA membership rapidly growing to modern numbers. George O’Day (Harvard), Harry Anderson (Yale) and Bill Cox Sr. (Princeton) helped develop the ICYRA team race rules in the 1940s, and these were the forerunners of the NAYRU (now US Sailing) and International Yacht Racing Union (later International Sailing Federation) team race rules.

A regional team racing championship, four-a-side format, first took place in 1950 in the New England District for the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy, a separate trophy from the new Fowle Trophy that is awarded to the best overall collegiate team.[14] National team racing for the Walter Cromwell Wood Bowl, four-a-side format, commenced in 1970 between teams formed with sailors within a particular ICSA district or 'conference', and, since 1977, individuals from one college. The University of Rhode Island was the first winner of the current team racing championship in 1977.[15]

21st century edit

In 2011, a group of Canadian University teams formed the Canadian Intercollegiate Sailing Association (CICSA), based on the ICSA's model. CICSA's two most successful teams, Queen's University and McGill University, also compete in the ICSA.[16]

Teams edit

36 schools launch fully funded varsity teams, while the other 163 are club teams. Varsity teams are:

Structure edit

There are 7 conferences with 200 teams competing in college sailing. The conferences within ICSA schedule and administer regattas within their established regions:[17]

Each conference is supervised by a Graduate Secretary and an executive committee, which comprises both graduate and undergraduate students. Both the Graduate Secretary and the executive committee are elected by representatives from each school in the conference. Each conference conducts local and intersectional regattas and holds district championships in both the fall and the spring.

Championships edit

Main article: Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships

The conference or district championships allow schools to qualify for the Intercollegiate Sailing Association National Championships.

ICSA College Sailing Hall of Fame edit

The ICSA College Sailing Hall of Fame[18] was established in 1969. The Hall of Fame is located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center[19] at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

ICSA Hall of Fame Awards edit

There are several awards that are bestowed upon collegiate sailors at the end of every full racing season:

  • Competitors Division
  • Afterguard Division
    • Campbell Family Award for Lifetime Service
    • Graham Hall Award for Outstanding Service by a College Sailing Professional
    • Outstanding Service by a Volunteer Award
    • Meritorious Service Award

Participation edit

ICSA seeks to promote the sport of sailing throughout North America and encourage participation in the sport among young people. Although both varsity and club teams compete fiercely to qualify for district championships and nationals, the overall goal is to promote sailing and have fun on the water. Thus, most college sailing programs do not require previous sailing experience and encourage widespread participation among students. However, most schools also value students who have high school sailing experience.

Instruction edit

As education and training have been two cornerstones of the ICSA since its inception most college sailing programs offer general instruction to the student body, and in some cases the general public. Often college sailing programs serve to introduce many people to the sport of sailing.

Many college sailors have gone on to race in the America's Cup as well as in the Olympics.

Corporate partners edit

Vanguard Sailboats was an official partner of ICSA for many years and the boatbuilder annually sponsored the ICSA National Championships. More recently, LaserPerformance was the official sponsor.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sailing history page of Encyclopaedia Brunoniana website
  2. ^ Harvard Crimson Archives of 1911
  3. ^ Yale Daily News, Volume XXXIV, No 172, Wednesday, May 10, 1911
  4. ^ a b c Records of the Inter-Collegiate Yacht Racing Association (ICYRA)
  5. ^ Trophy section of US Naval Academy website (Main → McMillan Cup)[dead link]
  6. ^ McMillan Cup)
  7. ^ Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) website
  8. ^ History page of MIT Sailing website
  9. ^ New York Times, April 26, 1937, Page 25
  10. ^ Cornell Daily Sun, Volume 57, Number 153, 1 May 1937
  11. ^ MIT newspaper 'The Tech', Volume LVII, No. 42, November 9, 1937
  12. ^ Inter-Collegiate Regatta Origins 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Trophy section of US Naval Academy website (ICYRA → Morss Trophy)[dead link]
  14. ^ [1] Trophy section of US Naval Academy website (ICYRA → Fowle Trophy)
  15. ^ Personal communication in late 2013 from Ken Legler, Sailing Coach at Tufts
  16. ^ "CICSA National Events". Canadian Intercollegiate Sailing Association.
  17. ^ Schools
  18. ^ ICSA College Sailing Hall of Fame webpage. ICSA website. Retrieved 2011-01-08. All-American and Hall of Fame Awards 2007-04-10 at the Wayback Machine webpage. ICSA website. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  19. ^ See: Navy Midshipmen § Sailing (intercollegiate), Navy Midshipmen § Facilities, and Facilities: Robert Crown Sailing Center. Naval Academy Varsity Athletics official website. Retrieved 2011-01-08.

External links edit

  • Official website

January 01, 1970
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The Inter Collegiate Sailing Association ICSA is a volunteer organization that serves as the governing authority for all sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada Inter Collegiate Sailing AssociationAbbreviationICSALegal statusAssociationHeadquartersNorfolk Virginia United StatesRegion servedUnited States and CanadaPresidentMitchell BrindleyWebsitecollegesailing wbr org Contents 1 History 1 1 19th century 1 2 20th century 1 3 21st century 2 Teams 3 Structure 4 Championships 5 ICSA College Sailing Hall of Fame 5 1 ICSA Hall of Fame Awards 6 Participation 7 Instruction 8 Corporate partners 9 References 10 External linksHistory edit19th century edit The first college sailing club to be formed in the United States was the Yale Corinthian Yacht Club established in Branford Connecticut in 1881 three years before the founding of the Oxford University Yacht Club at the University of Oxford in 1884 followed by the Cambridge University Yacht Club at the University of Cambridge in 1893 the Harvard University Yacht Club in 1894 and Brown University Yacht Club in 1896 1 20th century edit Harvard and Yale held a sailing event in 1911 2 3 but this was a long distance cruise rather than a fleet or team race and only one Yale yacht attended the event Organized intercollegiate fleet racing began in 1928 between just a few schools in Eight Metres for the Oliver Hay Trophy now known as the McMillan Cup 4 5 6 The Inter Collegiate Sailing Association ICSA 7 was formed June 16 1930 as the Inter Collegiate Yacht Racing Association ICYRA The first inter collegiate dinghy fleet event the Boston Dinghy Club Challenge Cup took place with 34 entrants in 1930 in parallel with the founding of the ICYRA There was also a major sailing event between Princeton and Dartmouth in 1934 but details of its format are not recorded 4 The initial emphasis of the ICSA was very much on fleet racing rather than team racing but during the 1930s team racing between individual colleges started to emerge with 2 to 4 colleges meeting up each fielding 2 to 5 boats Collegiate dinghy sailing blossomed in 1934 36 with initiatives taken by Princeton with its Tiger dinghies 1934 4 MIT the famous Pavilion was founded and built in 1935 at the instigation of Walter C Jack Wood 8 and Brown 1936 1 The first ICSA dinghy fleet regatta took place in the spring of 1937 at the MIT Pavilion and was won by MIT 9 with Brown Cornell Harvard Princeton Williams and Yale also competing 10 In the fall of 1937 19 colleges took part in another ICSA dinghy regatta at the MIT Pavilion 11 The Morss Trophy was also first awarded in 1937 being won by MIT 12 13 Following World War II collegiate sailing spread across the U S and parts of Canada with ICSA membership rapidly growing to modern numbers George O Day Harvard Harry Anderson Yale and Bill Cox Sr Princeton helped develop the ICYRA team race rules in the 1940s and these were the forerunners of the NAYRU now US Sailing and International Yacht Racing Union later International Sailing Federation team race rules A regional team racing championship four a side format first took place in 1950 in the New England District for the Leonard M Fowle Trophy a separate trophy from the new Fowle Trophy that is awarded to the best overall collegiate team 14 National team racing for the Walter Cromwell Wood Bowl four a side format commenced in 1970 between teams formed with sailors within a particular ICSA district or conference and since 1977 individuals from one college The University of Rhode Island was the first winner of the current team racing championship in 1977 15 21st century edit In 2011 a group of Canadian University teams formed the Canadian Intercollegiate Sailing Association CICSA based on the ICSA s model CICSA s two most successful teams Queen s University and McGill University also compete in the ICSA 16 Teams edit36 schools launch fully funded varsity teams while the other 163 are club teams Varsity teams are nbsp Boston College nbsp Bowdoin College nbsp Brown University nbsp California State University Maritime Academy nbsp Christopher Newport University nbsp College of Charleston nbsp Connecticut College nbsp Cornell University nbsp Dartmouth College nbsp Eckerd College nbsp Georgetown University nbsp Hampton University nbsp Harvard University nbsp Hobart and William Smith Colleges nbsp Maine Maritime Academy nbsp Massachusetts Institute of Technology nbsp Massachusetts Maritime Academy nbsp Old Dominion University nbsp Roger Williams University nbsp Rollins College nbsp Salve Regina University St John s College nbsp St Mary s College of Maryland nbsp Stanford University nbsp State University of New York Maritime College nbsp Tufts University nbsp Tulane University nbsp United States Coast Guard Academy nbsp United States Merchant Marine Academy nbsp United States Naval Academy nbsp University of Hawaii at Manoa nbsp University of Massachusetts Dartmouth nbsp University of South Florida nbsp Washington College nbsp Webb Institute nbsp Yale UniversityStructure editThere are 7 conferences with 200 teams competing in college sailing The conferences within ICSA schedule and administer regattas within their established regions 17 Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association MAISA Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association MCSA New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association NEISA Northwest Intercollegiate Sailing Association NWICSA Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference PCCSC South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association SAISA Southeastern Intercollegiate Sailing Association SEISA Each conference is supervised by a Graduate Secretary and an executive committee which comprises both graduate and undergraduate students Both the Graduate Secretary and the executive committee are elected by representatives from each school in the conference Each conference conducts local and intersectional regattas and holds district championships in both the fall and the spring Championships editMain article Inter Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships The conference or district championships allow schools to qualify for the Intercollegiate Sailing Association National Championships ICSA College Sailing Hall of Fame editThe ICSA College Sailing Hall of Fame 18 was established in 1969 The Hall of Fame is located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center 19 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland ICSA Hall of Fame Awards edit There are several awards that are bestowed upon collegiate sailors at the end of every full racing season Competitors Division College Sailor of the Year Women s College Sailor of the Year All American Skipper All American Woman Skipper All American Crew Academic All American Team Jim Rousmaniere Student Leadership Award Robert H Hobbs Sportsmanship Award Afterguard Division Campbell Family Award for Lifetime Service Graham Hall Award for Outstanding Service by a College Sailing Professional Outstanding Service by a Volunteer Award Meritorious Service AwardParticipation editICSA seeks to promote the sport of sailing throughout North America and encourage participation in the sport among young people Although both varsity and club teams compete fiercely to qualify for district championships and nationals the overall goal is to promote sailing and have fun on the water Thus most college sailing programs do not require previous sailing experience and encourage widespread participation among students However most schools also value students who have high school sailing experience Instruction editAs education and training have been two cornerstones of the ICSA since its inception most college sailing programs offer general instruction to the student body and in some cases the general public Often college sailing programs serve to introduce many people to the sport of sailing Many college sailors have gone on to race in the America s Cup as well as in the Olympics Corporate partners editVanguard Sailboats was an official partner of ICSA for many years and the boatbuilder annually sponsored the ICSA National Championships More recently LaserPerformance was the official sponsor References edit a b Sailing history page of Encyclopaedia Brunoniana website Harvard Crimson Archives of 1911 Yale Daily News Volume XXXIV No 172 Wednesday May 10 1911 a b c Records of the Inter Collegiate Yacht Racing Association ICYRA Trophy section of US Naval Academy website Main McMillan Cup dead link McMillan Cup Inter Collegiate Sailing Association ICSA website History page of MIT Sailing website New York Times April 26 1937 Page 25 Cornell Daily Sun Volume 57 Number 153 1 May 1937 MIT newspaper The Tech Volume LVII No 42 November 9 1937 Inter Collegiate Regatta Origins Archived 2013 12 02 at the Wayback Machine Trophy section of US Naval Academy website ICYRA Morss Trophy dead link 1 Trophy section of US Naval Academy website ICYRA Fowle Trophy Personal communication in late 2013 from Ken Legler Sailing Coach at Tufts CICSA National Events Canadian Intercollegiate Sailing Association Schools ICSA College Sailing Hall of Fame webpage ICSA website Retrieved 2011 01 08 All American and Hall of Fame Awards Archived 2007 04 10 at the Wayback Machine webpage ICSA website Retrieved 2011 01 08 See Navy Midshipmen Sailing intercollegiate Navy Midshipmen Facilities and Facilities Robert Crown Sailing Center Naval Academy Varsity Athletics official website Retrieved 2011 01 08 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Inter Collegiate Sailing Association amp oldid 1217429907, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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