Preseason Ranked 18th!

I am proud to report that we are currently ranked 18th nationally going into the Fall season! Below is an excerpt from the full article in Sailing World.

"U/Pennsylvania will once again have a very strong coed team. Led by Pat Curran and Garth Fasano the Penn team will almost certainly be in the top 20 all year and has a chance to break into the top 5. Penn narrowly missed a chance to compete at Nationals last spring but with the new format they should be a lock to make it to the Nationals this season."

Also check out the complete rankings

Visiting Penn

If you are a prospective student, I want to encourage you to come visit us in the Fall. We will take you around campus, bring you to a class and you can sail with us during practice. Be sure to fill out the recruiting form on the website and we will get in touch with you. See you in the Fall!

The Beginning of Penn Sailing courtesy of Bill Callahan

When I came to Penn in 1948 there was no active sailing program. I heard, from a fraternity brother, Roy Robinson, that it was possible to sail at other schools since we had no boats. Roy had done this on occasion. We were able to go to Princeton, Annapolis, George Washington and Kings Point to participate in regattas. By my sophomore year, we had added a number of sailors and I remember Charley Stewart, Chuck Evans,Warren Eve from Bermuda, Austin Heath, Julian Magnus and Bud Halpert as the "regulars" who were very active. As I indicated previously we were very fortunate to have Dr.Britton Chance as a faculty advisor( as recantly as 2001, at age 88, he was still a staff member at Penn) and, through his efforts and financial help, we were able to buy our first boats, the sloop rigged Fairey Fireflies from England. They were far superior to the single sail dinghies most clubs used so we had lots of visitors when our program became known. Locally, Drexel sailed with us frequently. When we first got our boats we sailed on the river from boathouse row surrounded by rowers but after one year we moved to the Cooper River Yacht Club in Camden where we were made to feel at home and benefitted from a much nicer, sailing oriented situation. I'm not sure how long Cooper River remained as a base but I certainly enjoyed it. When I left in '52, the club was very active and I' m very pleased to see how well it has survived.

Bill Callahan

Schedule

Check out our packed schedule in the Fall with 15 scheduled regattas including big boats, single-handed and Women's regattas!

Results

Full results for the Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 seasons have been posted on the News and Results page.

America's Trophy

A solid success. Besides having a great time, we beat two top 20 ranked teams and had a shot at qualifying for nationals. We sailed only 4 people the whole time through varying conditions compared to other teams that qualified for nationals using several skippers and crews. Overall, we did better than our team has done since 1976 and we expect to do even better with a deeper team next year.

America Trophy

UPenn finished 6th at the America Trophy, our most competitive MAISA regatta! Congratulations to Garth Fasano, Kelley Millane, Pat Curran and Bri Morgan for sailing extremely well and finishing just 3 points out of 5th!