Sailing Club Wins 6 of 6 in Inaugural Outing

Jack Larish

Sporting activities Editor

The Sewanee Sailing Club experienced an amazing to start with outing as an business, winning six out of 6 of their scheduled races. The club competed on March 25 in the Tennessee, Alabama, and Ga Trophy Regatta. The competitor universities ended up Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Georgia, and Auburn.

Michael Edge (C‘25), a co-founder and member of the sailing club, explained what it was like to win the very first at any time regatta the club has competed in, “This regatta was our extremely initially and it was magnificent to come again with a earn.” The club’s A and B divisions every single experienced 3 races on the 25, and Edge noted that, “We were being able to end 1st in all six races.”

Photo courtesy of Michael Edge

“The club was formed in the tumble and this is the 1st calendar year Sewanee has ever had a sailing club, so we have been doing work difficult to get everything up and operating effortlessly,” reported Edge when describing the club’s founding previous semester. Though sailing may be new to Sewanee, a lot of of the club’s associates are acquainted with the sport, “Our staff has a huge assortment of prior encounter. Some individuals competed in substantial school and went as much as nationals when other individuals experienced only recreationally sailed ahead of and had been hardly ever in a aggressive occasion,” claimed Edge.

For a faculty as tiny as Sewanee, it is normally remarkable information when a workforce is equipped to outcompete larger schools. When questioned what the largest reason for the team’s success was, Edge mentioned, “I believe we just have a genuinely talented team of sailors at Sewanee that are ready to do regardless of what it requires to make sure the achievements and longevity of the club.”

In accordance to Edge, the team’s funding has appear typically out of pocket from associates themselves. Edge added that “A generous member at Privateer Yacht Club has been keen to let us apply on their boats.” 

The club retains weekly practices at Privateer Yacht Club, which is in Chattanooga on the Tennessee River. Edge claimed, “In conditions of the rest of the yr, we program on continuing to apply on Sundays, and we are working really really hard to start our learn-to-sail method later this spring.”

Although the workforce is not scheduled to compete in any a lot more regattas this spring, Edge stated that, “We’re searching forward to applying for AFC funding this yr and hopefully possessing sufficient to start touring to extra regattas up coming fall.”

Picture courtesy of Michael Edge