CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Sailing is scheduled to compete at the NEISA Singlehanded Championships in Cranston, Rhode Island, and a pair of local regattas on the Charles River – the Hatch Brown Trophy and Regis Trophy.
 
The annual NEISA Singlehanded Championships are slated for Friday, Sept. 12-Saturday, Sept. 13. The Hatch and Regis Trophies, meanwhile, are one-day events that will take place on Saturday.

Forecast

NEISA Singlehanded Championships | Cranston, R.I.

Sunny skies will set the scene for sailors on Friday, with temperatures ranging from the mid-60s to low-70s. The wind will shift from the northeast to east-northeast before finishing out of the east (7-8 knots). Saturday will be more of the same with a wider range in wind speed (3-8 knots; NE, E, ESE, SE, SSE).

Hatch Brown Trophy, Regis Trophy | Cambridge, Mass.

Saturday looks to be pleasant with mostly sunny skies in the forecast. Temps will be between 63 and 71 degrees, with winds out of the southeast (4-9 knots).

What to Know

• The Crimson is coming off a highly successful first week on the water, opening the 2025-26 campaign with four top-3 finishes and several encouraging performances at a fifth regatta.
• Harvard won the Harman Cup in Maine, posted runner-up efforts at the Charles Invitational (Charles River) and Harry Anderson Trophy (Connecticut), and placed third at the Toni Deutsch Trophy (Charles River). The Crimson also had three entries (9^th, 10^th, 13^th) at the Harvard Invitational, with all three boats logging at least one top-5 finish over the course of the weather-shortened regatta.
• The Crimson enters the NEISA Singlehanded Championships looking to repeat on the open side and improve upon an impressive 2024 showing on the women's side. A year ago, Robby Meek captured the open championship, finishing with 18 points, which was well ahead of the runner-up, who finished with a 39. Meek turned in an excellent finish line of 8-1-1-3-1-3-1. In the women's event, now-sophomore Kate Danielson came in second place, while then-junior Sophia Montgomery came in fourth after competing at the Paris Olympic Games.
• This same weekend 12 months ago also included competition at the Hatch Brown and Regis Trophies. Harvard registered a third-place effort at the Hatch Brown, tying with Boston College (189), but earned the better spot in the final standings due to the number of high-place finishes. Over at the Regis, Harvard turned in a seventh-place performance with 165 points.
• The Crimson will be looking for its first Hatch Brown Trophy since 2017, and its first Regis Trophy since at least the 2008-09 campaign.
• Shifting focus back to the NEISA Singlehanded Championships, Harvard is looking to go back-to-back on the open side for the first time since winning three in a row from 2006-08, when Clay Johnson won in 2006 and 2007, and Kyle Kovacs took home the hardware in 2008. The Crimson has six titles in the open event. Sloan Devlin won Harvard's only women's championship, emerging victorious in 2006.

Up Next

Harvard is scheduled to compete at four regattas next weekend, Sept. 20-21. On tap for the Crimson are the NEISA Match Racing Championships (New London, Conn.), Hoyt Trophy (Cranston, R.I.), Mrs. Hurst Bowl (Hanover, N.H.) and Hood Trophy (Medford).