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Woman's Semifinals May 30 : The 2012 Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s series of National Championships began today on LakeTravis in Austin, Texas with the Sperry-Topsider/ICSA Women’s Semi-Final Championship. The Semi-Finals are the precursor to the Women’s National Championship slated to begin Thursday, May 31 at 1p.m. CDT provided that all qualifying races are completed. The events are co-hosted by the University of Texas Sailing Team and the Austin Yacht Club. Teams arrived to cloudy skies, 77 degrees and a light rain this morning at Austin Yacht Club. Winds were from the south-southeast at about nine knots. As the day progressed the skies cleared to reveal sunshine on and off and temperatures soared to the high 80s and low 90s with south-southeast winds staying around 10 knots.

Yacht Club.

Woman's Semifinals May 30

Woman's Semifinals May 31 : Racing continued at the Austin Yacht Club venue on Lake Travis today wrapping up the Sperry Top-Sider/ICSA Women’s Semi-Final Championships and beginning the Sperry Top-Sider/ICSA Women’s National Championships.

Woman's Semifinals May 31

Woman's Semifinals June 1 : Racing got underway around 10 a.m. in 5-6 knots of breeze from the northeast. Temperatures were in the high seventies to start the day. B-division hit the water first for races 3B and 4B. The sailors race on a windward/leeward course four times around, a W4, which has a downwind finish.
Light winds prevailed the rest of the day, 6-10 knots from a southeasterly direction and the temperature was in the high 80s.
Staying in velocity and in phase on the racecourse was the name of the game as shifts continued to roll down the course, much like they did during yesterday’s racing.

Woman's Semifinals June 1

Woman's ICSA Championships June 2 : Today was the last day of racing for the Sperry Top-Sider/ICSA Women’s National Championship on Lake Travis in Austin, Texas.
There was more wind today, gusts up to 14-16 knots from a southeasterly direction, the same shifts—long persistent shifts—like
the previous days, moved across the course. The shifts could last for a whole upwind or downwind leg and if the sailors were not in phase with them they could gain or lose places quickly depending on which side of the course they were on. Racing was close all day, but in the end Boston College prevailed with Yale University second and the University of Rhode Island third.

Woman's ICSA Championships June 2

Team Racing June 3 : Today was the first day of racing for
the ICSA/APS Team Race National Championships on Lake Travis in
Austin, Texas. The event is co-hosted by the University of Texas
Sailing Team and the Austin Yacht Club. Fourteen collegiate teams from
across the nation qualified to compete for the Walter C. Wood Trophy,
awarded to the winning team at the ICSA/APS Team Race National
Championship.

Team Racing June 3

Team Racing June 4 : Racing began today around 10 a.m. with the Silver single round robin, which determines who is awarded places 9-14. Winds were from the southeast 4-6 knots and the temperature was about 80 degrees under cloudy skies. The water was flatter today, since it is a weekday and there was less motorboat chop. Forty-three races total were completed between the Silver and Gold fleets.

The winds stayed pretty light all morning, but it was enough to keep the racing going. The University of Wisconsin dominated the Silver
round and won all five of their races with 1,2 combinations. Placing behind them was the University of Miami with only one loss to Wisconsin.

Team Racing June 4

TEAM Racing June 5 : The third and final day ofthe ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship on Lake Travis in Austin,Texas. This event is the second of three collegiate sailing nationals co-hosted by the University of Texas Sailing Team and the Austin Yacht Club this spring. After three days of racing excitement the College of Charleston walked away with the Championship title. There are over 100 photos of the last race at the end of the gallery.

TEAM Racing June 5

Coed Championships June 6 : This was the first day of racing for the Coed National Dinghy Championship. With winds in the 3-10 knot range and shifty, Georgetown University dominated in the twelve races that were able to be completed today.

Coed Championships June 6

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Coed Championships June 8

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