Sailing Team Profile

By Emily Beck

The Trinity Sailing Team is "alive and growing," said team captain Dan MacKeigan. "In two years since we revived it from the ashes, we have made great strides in both the quantity and quality of our sailing."

The team will begin practice on the weekend of March 5th, when the temperature of the water is no more than 30 degrees. We'll see how long the 50 people on the roster are able to stick with it! Under these freezing, possibly dangerous weather conditions, it is of utmost importance that the sailors be equipped with necessary safety precautions. (A person can die in 30 degree water in a matter of seconds.) The college has recently given the team $4,900 to acquire dry suits, life jackets, and other essential sailing requirements.

For the first time the sailing team has a coach-- Art Dufrense. In the past he has coached at the Coast Guard Academy in New London and has a vast range of racing experience aboard boats such as a J/24 and a Laser. The team will practice weekly at the Coast Guard Academy. Because the team has arranged an agreement with the Essex Frostbite Yacht Club to take part in their spring and fall racing program, the team is now able to race every Sunday during the season.

The most difficult teams against which Trinity will compete this spring are Coast Guard, Tufts, Harvard, M.I.T., Conn. College, Univ. of Rhode Island., and Yale. The toughest regatta is called the Dinghy Championship, held at the end of the season in May.

"Our objective is to use the little time we can afford to practice in an intensive and enjoyable manner," said MacKeigan. "We are dedicated students that are striving to become better sailors."

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