College of Charleston Sailing: A Rich Tradition
In 1986, 2007, and 2017, the College of Charleston Sailing Team won both the Intercollegiate Dinghy National Championship and the Leonard B. Fowle Trophy, awarded annually to the best overall sailing team in the nation. Only three other teams have ever won both honors in the same year. The team was also the Fowle Trophy winner in 1988, 1998, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2021, and has been second in that competition three times.
Since 1978, the team has qualified 39 times for all annual national collegiate sailing championships, winning 27 of those events. During that time the team produced 128 Men's, Women's and Crew All-Americans, 48 Men's and Women's Honorable Mention All-Americans, five College Sailors of the Year, two Quantum Female Sailors of the Year, and two Sportsmen of the Year. Many team alumni have found success at various national class championships and in international and Olympic competition.
The College of Charleston Sailing Team has been recognized as a champion for many years. The team was formed in 1964 and was a founding member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (SAISA) in that same year. In the world of college sailing, the College of Charleston has developed a very special winning tradition.
INTERCOLLEGIATE SAILING ASSOCIATION (ICSA) NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES (27)
Leonard B. Fowle Trophy (9): 1986, 1988, 1998, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021
Sloop (Match Race) Champions (6): 1991, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2015
Men's Single-handed Champions (7): 1988, 1990, 1991, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017
Women's Single-handed Champions (1): 2006
Women's Dinghy Champions (3): 2006, 2010, 2021
Coed Dinghy Champions (7): 1986, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Team Race Champions (3): 2012, 2017, 2018
SOUTH ATLANTIC INTERCOLLEGIATE SAILING ASSOCIATION (SAISA) CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES (167)
Sloop (Match Race) Champions (28): 1980, 1983-2003, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022
Men's Singlehanded Champions (31): 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984-2003, 2005-06, 2009, 2013, 2015-17, 2019
Women's Singlehanded Champions (13): 1995-99, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2014-17
Women's Dinghy Champions (29): 1979-81, 1984-1986, 1988-1990, 1992, 1994-99, 2001-02, 2004-07, 2013-18, 2021
Team Race Champions (36): 1977-81, 1984-2005, 2007, 2013-19, 2022
Dinghy Champions (30): 1978, 1980-1981, 1984-89, 1991-2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015-19, 2021
ICSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS YEAR-BY-YEAR PERFORMANCE
|
Year
|
Sloop
(Match Race)
|
Women's Singlehanded
|
Men's Singlehanded
|
Coed Dinghy
|
Team Race
|
Women's Dinghy
|
Fowle Trophy
|
|
76-77
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
|
77-78
|
5
|
-
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
16
|
|
78-79
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
8
|
16
|
|
79-80
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
7
|
5
|
8
|
|
80-81
|
5
|
-
|
11
|
10
|
7
|
3
|
5
|
|
81-82
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
16
|
|
82-83
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15
|
13
|
|
83-84
|
6
|
-
|
4
|
10
|
9
|
15
|
6
|
|
84-85
|
2
|
-
|
11
|
11
|
9
|
10
|
6
|
|
85-86
|
5
|
-
|
4/6
|
1
|
2
|
13
|
1
|
|
86-87
|
3
|
-
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
-
|
3
|
|
87-88
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
|
88-89
|
3
|
-
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
|
89-90
|
8
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
6
|
11
|
9
|
|
90-91
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
6
|
4
|
-
|
5
|
|
91-92
|
1
|
-
|
4
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
|
92-93
|
2
|
-
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
|
93-94
|
3
|
-
|
8
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
|
94-95
|
4
|
-
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
|
95-96
|
4
|
-
|
10
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
|
96-97
|
2
|
-
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
|
97-98
|
3
|
-
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
|
98-99
|
1
|
-
|
6
|
9
|
2
|
11
|
4
|
|
99-00
|
4
|
14
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
11
|
4
|
|
00-01
|
2
|
15
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
13
|
4
|
|
01-02
|
2
|
12
|
12
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
|
02-03
|
1
|
-
|
11
|
10
|
10
|
9
|
7
|
|
03-04
|
5
|
9
|
12
|
12
|
9
|
-
|
9
|
|
04-05
|
-
|
7
|
13
|
12
|
9
|
2
|
-
|
|
05-06
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
6
|
|
06-07
|
1
|
1
|
14
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
|
07-08
|
-
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
3
|
5
|
-
|
|
08-09
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
12
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
|
09-10
|
5
|
16
|
6
|
9
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
|
10-11
|
5
|
17
|
6
|
7
|
3
|
13
|
-
|
|
11-12
|
-
|
9
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
|
12-13
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
|
13-14
|
2
|
12/14
|
3/9
|
7
|
9
|
8
|
|
|
14-15
|
5
|
8
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
|
15-16
|
1
|
10
|
3
|
10
|
5
|
17
|
-
|
|
16-17
|
4
|
2/7
|
2/4/5
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
|
17-18
|
2
|
3/5
|
1/2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
18-19
|
5
|
8
|
7/11
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
| 19-20* |
- |
- |
13/14 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 20-21 |
- |
5 |
6/24 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| 21-22 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
17 |
20 |
* 2019-2020 season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic
