Racing continued today in Newport Harbor, out of host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park, in the Sperry College Sailing Women’s Final Championship. The top 18 women’s teams in the nation are vying for the national title and Gerald C. Miller trophy. Today was the first day of racing in the finals. The events are hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by the University of Rhode Island.

The sailors completed ten races today on windward-leeward courses in both Z420s and FJ’s. The conditions were cloudy and cool with a mostly southerly breeze ranging from about 10 knots on the lighter end to 18 knots by the last races of the day.

The first two days of racing in the Sperry College Sailing Women’s Semifinal Championship has wrapped up and the top 18 teams have been finalized to advance to the finals, which will take place tomorrow and Friday. The events are hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by the University of Rhode Island at host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I.