Doublehanded Yale Women's team hiking out and steering

Women’s Dinghy Championships


The first two days of racing will be the semi-finals, which is divided into two 14-team regattas. These teams have qualified from their conferences to compete in this portion of the championship. The top nine teams from each group will then advance to the finals round – an 18-boat regatta, which will take place on the last two days of the championship.  In previous years eighteen teams raced in the semi-finals to determine the nine teams that would face nine teams that had previously qualified for the finals.

In 1961, the New England Women's Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEWISA) was formed when New England no longer permitted women to sail in varsity regattas. Eventually NEWISA, and her sister organization, the Middle Atlantic Association of Women Sailors (MAAWS), organized the first women's nationals in 1967. Policies and procedures for the event were set at the ICYRA annual meeting in 1970, and in 1978 the results of the Women's Nationals were first included in the scoring for the Leonard Fowle Trophy.

Year Event Website Venue
2024
MIT, Boston, MA
2023
USMMA, Kings Point, NY
2022
Tulane University
2021
US Naval Academy
2020 N/A
2019
Brown at Sail Newport, Newport, RI
2018
Old Dominion University
2017
College of Charleston, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, SC
2016
San Diego Yacht Club, North San Diego Bay, California
2015
New York Yacht Club & Sail Newport, Narragansett Bay, Newport, RI
2014
U.S. Naval Academy, Severn River, Annapolis, MD
2013
University of South Florida and Eckerd College, Magnuson Hotel, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, FL
2012
Austin Yacht Club, Lake Travis, Austin, TX
2011
Columbia Gorge Racing Association, Cascade Locks, OR
2010 University of Wisconsin, Lake Mendota, Madison, WI
2009 St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
2008 New York Yacht Club & Sail Newport, Narragansett Bay, Newport, RI
2007 Old Dominion University, Elizabeth River, Norfolk, VA
2006 College of Charleston, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, SC
2005 Austin Yacht Club, Lake Travis, Austin, TX
2004 Columbia Gorge Racing Association, Cascade Locks, OR
2003 University of Michigan & Grosse Point Yacht Club, Lake St. Clair, Detroit, MI
2002 University of Hawaii, Honolulu Harbor, Honolulu, HI
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980 University of Michigan, Detroit, MI
1979 Chicago Yacht Club, Lake Michigan, IL
1978 University of California, San Diego, Mission Bay, San Diego, CA
1977 New York Maritime
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967