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Open Dinghy Championships

This is the oldest of the five national championships. By tradition and stature it is considered THE national championship. The first ten competitions (1937-46) were held at the MIT Sailing Pavilion which served as the focus of college sailing in the early years. From 1947 on, the sites of the ICSA championships have been rotated amongst the member conferences. There are seven geographic conferences, and qualification for the nationals is earned first through the conference championships and then through the ICSA Dinghy Semifinals. The number of berths to the semifinals is determined by the number of regular and provisional member schools in each conference. The top nine teams from each of the two semifinals advanced to the nationals.

The dinghy nationals must be sailed in two person dinghies not less than 11 feet, nor more than 15 feet in length. The regatta format consists of two-division fleet racing, the most commonly used format in the ICSA. The school with the best combined scores for the two divisions wins the national championship. High point scoring was used until 1968. Low point scoring has been used since then.

Year	Event Website	Venue
2024		MIT & Harvard, 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		St.Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD
2013		Magnuson Hotel, St. Petersburg, FL
2012		Austin Yacht Club, Lake Travis, TX
2011		Columbia Gorge Racing Association, Cascade Locks, OR
2010		University of Wisconsin, Lake Mendota, Madison, WI
2009		St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, CA
2008		New York Yacht Club, Narragansett Bay, Newport, RI
2007		U.S. Naval Academy, Severn River, Annapolis, MD
2006		College of Charleston, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, SC
2005		Austin Yacht Club, Lake Travis, TX
2004		Columbia Gorge Racing Association, Cascade Locks, OR
2003		University of Michigan, Detroit, MI
2002		University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
2001		University of Rhode Island, Harbor of Refuge, Narragansett, RI
2000		U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Long Island Sound, Kings Point, NY
1999		Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
1998		Tulane University, Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA
1997		Portland State University, Willamette River, Portland, OR
1996		University of Wisconsin, Lake Mendota, Madison, WI
1995		University of Southern California, Alamitos Bay, Long Beach, CA
1994		U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Thames River, New London, CT
1993		Old Dominion University, Lower Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk, VA
1992		College of Charleston, Charleston Harbor, Charleston, SC
1991		Tulane University, Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA
1990		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1989		Chicago Yacht Club, Lake Michigan, IL
1988		Stanford University, San Francisco Bay, Richmond, CA
1987		U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Long Island Sound, Kings Point, NY
1986		Tufts University, Mystic Lake, Medford, MA
1985		Old Dominion University, Lower Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk, VA
1984		Chicago Yacht Club, Lake Michigan, IL
1983		University of Texas, Gulf of Mexico, Corpus Christi, TX
1982		University of Southern California, Alamitos Bay, Long Beach, CA
1981		U.S. Naval Academy, Severn River, Annapolis, MD
1980		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1979		Chicago Yacht Club, Lake Michigan, IL
1978		University of California, San Diego, Mission Bay, San Diego, CA
1977		U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Thames River, New London, CT
1976		U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Long Island Sound, Kings Point, NY
1975		Chicago Yacht Club, Lake Michigan, IL
1974		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University & Tufts University, Boston Harbor, Boston, MA
1973		Tulane University, Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA
1972
1971		U.S. Naval Academy, Severn River, Annapolis, MD
1970		University of Wisconsin, Lake Mendota, Madison, WI
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961		U.S. Naval Academy, Severn River, Annapolis, MD
1960		Wayne State University, Lake St. Clair, Detroit, MI
1959		Brown University, Upper Narragansett Bay, Providence, RI
1958		Occidental College, Newport Harbor Yacht Club, Newport Beach, CA
1957		U.S. Naval Academy, Severn River, Annapolis, MD
1956		Wayne State University, Lake St. Clair, Detroit, MI
1955		U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Thames River, New London, CT
1954		Claremont Colleges, Newport Harbor Yacht Club, Newport Beach, CA
1953		U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Long Island Sound, Kings Point, NY
1952		Ohio State University, Toledo Yacht Club, Maumee River, OH
1951		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1950		University of California, Berkeley, Newport Harbor Yacht Club, Newport Beach, CA
1949		University of Michigan, Whitmore Lake, Ann Arbor, MI
1948		U.S. Naval Academy, Severn River, Annapolis, MD
1947		U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Thames River, New London, CT
1946		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1945		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1944		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1943		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1942		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1941		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1940		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1939		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1938		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA
1937		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles River Basin, Cambridge, MA

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Open Dinghy Championships