This past weekend nine of our Gamecock sailors participated in the 50th Annual Easter Regatta hosted by Columbia Sailing Club, where J24, J70, and U20 sailors arrived to compete in the three day event. The team fielded Gamecock sailors in both the U20 and J24 fleets, with two boats registered and sailed entirely by Gamecock Sailing. Met with breezy conditions Friday with wind steadily shifting S-SW, all fleets saw three completed races on a traditional windward-leeward course

The Gamecock Sailing dinghy team traveled to University of Tennessee this weekend for North Points #4. Margaux Bacro-Durverger and Ian Christine sailed in A fleet securing a close second place in the lightest wind we have seen in awhile. Mackey and Ashley sailed B fleet and got their first SAISA 1st place! Beforehand there was an hour long postponement on the water where they took advantage of the lull to figure out how the wind, or lack thereof, moved across the river. This

Georgia Tech hosted the Gamecock Sailing dinghy team this past weekend at the 3rd North Points event of the season. Once we made it to Georgia, the team met Coach David and his wife Allison for dinner then camped on Lake Lanier for the night. We were the first team up and ate breakfast before the skipper’s meeting. The course was a windward-leeward with an open gate alternating once or twice around depending on the wind. As a whole, we tied for 5th with UNCW resulting in a

On March 5th, the Gamecock Sailing dinghy team competed at Clemson University for the North Points #2 event. We took second place behind College of Charleston, while beating the Clemson Tigers who came in fourth place! There were postponements and light air but Clemson was a great host. The night before racing we had the opportunity to talk to other teams about attending our invitational and although some have prior commitments there is some great energy around it with a han

A handful of wonderful ladies from Gamecock Sailing were able to attend Charleston Women's regatta hosted at College of Charleston. We were up against 13 talented teams ranging from northern teams like MIT and URI, as well as a few teams from SAISA such as NC State and Eckerd. Margaux Bacro-Duverger and Meriwether Roberts sailed in A fleet and kicked off the first race of the day with a respectable 7th place in 420s. B fleet’s best race was an 8th, skippered by Kate O’Donnell