While reading period and final exams still remain a few weeks away, the Harvard sailing team faced its toughest test of the fall season this past weekend.

With its most important regattas of the fall season scheduled for next weekend, the Harvard sailing team took a break from its normal fleet-racing competition to participate in team racing this past weekend. Team racing is a format of racing in which three boats from each school compete and a school’s cumulative score is added up to determine the winner.

After three weekends of rather limited action, the Harvard sailing team took part in two of the most competitive regattas of the fall, as both the co-ed and women’s squads qualified for their respective Atlantic Coast Championship regattas taking place later this season.

The Crimson sent a co-ed contingent to the Moody Trophy Regatta held in Rhode Island, where Harvard sailed away with a second-place team finish.

The Harvard sailing team continued its string of strong performances this past weekend.

The Crimson sailing squad relied on some key veteran leaders to hopefully set the tone for the remainder of the fall season.

The Harvard sailing team opened its 2010 fall season this past weekend in rather familiar waters, as the Crimson traveled to four regattas throughout New England.

The Harvard sailing team has experienced mixed results throughout this season. While one of its A-division boats may come away from a regatta pleased with its performance, its B-division counterpart may be somewhat disappointed with its less-than-impressive finish. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the women’s and co-ed squads find themselves in rather different positions and with fairly different mindsets entering the closing weeks of their seasons.

As the semester nears its final weeks, the workload is beginning to pile up for many Harvard students, and for the Crimson sailing team, life is no different. The squad competed in the busiest weekend of its spring campaign, with five regattas held at various campuses around New England.

Given the rare opportunity to compete during the week, the Harvard sailing team sent a young contingent to sail in ...