History
The MIT Sailing Pavilion, the first facility constructed for college sailing, was built in 1935. It is now known as the birthplace of today’s collegiate sailing. A number of colleges had sailing clubs in the late 1800s; however, these were primarily social clubs consisting of private boat owners. The first ten Dinghy Championships of the newly organized Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association (ICYRA) were sailed on the Charles River in MIT’s fleet of cat-rigged, wooden Tech Dinghies. To this day, MIT hosts more college regattas than any other site in the country. In the fall of 1994, it hosted the ICYRA’s first annual Women’s Singlehanded Championship in Laser Radials. MIT provides practice time & facilities for local colleges and high schools that do not have boats and sites of their own. The sailing teams from Northeastern University & Winsor Academy practice and race from the MIT Pavilion.
