The Brown University sailing team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Brown University in

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, United States. The team is a member of the

New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association The New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) is one of the seven conferences affiliated with the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) that schedule and administer regattas within their established geographic regions. NEISA ...

, which is part of the

Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association 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. History The fir ...

National championships

In 1991, Brown University became the first Ivy League University to win the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy for best overall collegiate team. In addition, Brown has won 7 national championships: *2 Dinghy National Championships (1942 and 1948) *5 Women’s Dinghy National Championships (1985, 1988, 1989, 1998 and 2019)

Sailors

Ragna Agerup Ragna Agerup (born 22 June 1995) is a Norwegian Olympic sailor and a Junior World champion. She represents the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club in Oslo and New York Yacht Club in New York City. Her college team was Brown University in Providence, RI. ...

was named Women's College Sailor of the Year in 2019, and

Ted Turner Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he fo ...

was inducted into the

America's Cup Hall of Fame The America's Cup Hall of Fame, located at the Herreshoff Marine Museum of Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, honors individuals for outstanding achievement in the America's Cup sailing competition. Candidates eligible for consideration include skippers ...

in 1993 and the

National Sailing Hall of Fame The National Sailing Hall of Fame is a nonprofit educational organization that promotes sailing and racing by recognizing individuals who have contributed to the sport, highlighting sailing's contribution to the American culture; and demonstrating i ...

in 2011.

Glen Foster Glen Seward Foster II (August 14, 1930 – October 1, 1999) was an American sailor. He won a bronze medal in the '' Tempest class'' with Peter Dean at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of th ...

in 1972; Kris Stookey in 1996, Kevin Hall and Katie McDowell in 2004; and

in 2016, are Olympic sailors from Brown.

Fleet

The fleet consists of 18 Zim

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s, 18 LaserPerformance Z420s, 4

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, and a

Vanguard 15 The Vanguard 15 is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Bob Ames as a one-design racer and first built in 1992.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 54-55. Houghton Mifflin C ...

and is supported by two motorboats.

Venue

The home venue of the team is the Ted Turner Sailing Pavilion, located at the Edgewood Yacht Club, approximately 4 miles from campus.

References

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External links

Website
Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association teams Brown Bears sailing