HISTORY MADE IN ANNAPOLIS!
NC State Sailing finishes 3rd at College Sailing's National Keelboat Championship, earning the program's first-ever National Championship podium finish!
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We keep posting about this b/c it's really hard for anyone unfamiliar w/college sailing to understand just how significant #NCState's performance was at College Sailing's Keelboat National Championship.
Based on university provided resources, its David (us) v. Goliath (them).
Facts about #NCState's podium finish at #CollegeSailing National Championship this past wknd:
- NCSU beat 3 service academies & 4 maritime academies
- NCSU owns ZERO keelboats for training
- NCSU's the only team w/out a dedicated keelboat roster
- NCSU has NO paid coaches
@smpuryear We mostly race dinghies, ~14 foot, double-handed boats (2 crew members) and the centerboard is removable; keelboats in this case are 44-feet long, a crew of 9-10, and the keel remains fixed.
NC State tied for the most race victories at this year's #CollegeSailing Keelboat National Championship, winning both the opening and final races of the nine-race series.
Only four of the ten competing teams won a race, and #NCState was one of them.