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YALE
Branford, Connecticut

The Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, established in 1881, is the oldest collegiate sailing club in the world. Located on a beautiful rocky cove in Branford, CT., the club is a state of the art sailing facility and home to the Yale Varsity Sailing Team. The fleet consists of twenty-four 420 racing dinghies, augmented by FJs, Lasers, windsurfers and three safety launches. The sailing area is located on open water and boasts what may be the finest wind and waves in all of college sailing. When the Westerly blows in the fall and spring, waves regularly build to 6 feet and the team practices surfing their boats down the breaking rollers.

Wind Conditions: Sail Flow • NOAA - New Haven

Wind Forecast: NOAA • Windcast • NWS Hourly • Aviation • iWindsurf Meteogram

Tide Table: WWWTides • TidesonLine

Maps: Google • Wikimapia • Racing Region Chart

Other Links: CT Wind Speed Map • Weather Underground

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Summer and early fall are light/moderate sea breezes. As the fall progresses fronts become more frequent and strong northerlies off the land provide flat water shifty conditions while Westerly or easterly breezes provide large, well formed waves. The cove is quite shallow which pushes the waves up in aggressive conditions resulting in some excellent small boat racing conditions.
- Z. Leonard, ct (x)

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