Sailing.

Sailing. The Princeton University Yacht Club, which maintains facilities for sailing and racing on Lake Carnegie, was founded in 1928. In that same year, a ``Big-Three Regatta'' in eight-meter yachts initiated intercollegiate racing and also provided an auspicious beginning for the Princeton Sailing Team, which was skippered to victory by Arthur Knapp, Jr. '28.

Intercollegiate competition was firmly established in 1930 with the McMillan Cup (donated by William McMillan '28), which endures as the premier regatta. Princeton has won this event seven times, more than any other competitor.

With the passage of time, the yachts have become boats and the regattas more numerous. Princeton has continued to field successful teams, winning the National Intercollegiate Dinghy Championship three times.

With the advent of coeducation, the sailing team expanded its membership to include women. The women's team has been notably successful, winning the National Women's Intercollegiate Championship three out of the first four years of its existence.

In 1976, the facilities of the Yacht Club were enhanced by construction of the Lockwood Pirie '27 Boathouse on Lake Carnegie, made possible by the generosity of alumni and other Friends of Princeton Sailing.

H. C. Curtiss, Jr.

From Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton University Press (1978).

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