What is different about USC Sailing from other college sailing programs?
The main advantage we have at USC is the weather. While other competitive programs have to wait for the ice to melt, the most we have to wear at practice for warmth is a spray top. Our location in Long Beach on Alamitos Bay allows for practice in two different bays, as well as outside the harbor on the open ocean. Because of our affiliation with the US Sailing Center, we have the use of many kinds of vessels. We sail mostly CFJs (the norm for west coast college sailing) as well as 420s and Lasers. Larger sailboats are available for team-bonding trips to places like Catalina Island. Our facility and equipment allows us to host major regattas, both collegiate and beyond. Our team is very close both on a competitive level and a social level. Where else can you compete against some of the best sailors in the country (including several All-Americans) and have so much fun with them after practice? You need not be the most expert sailor to be a valuable member of our team – anyone with the am
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