{"id":230819,"date":"2026-04-14T05:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230819\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T05:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:42:09","slug":"palm-beach-atlantic-sailfish-place-8th-at-saisa-womens-sailing-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230819\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish Place 8th at SAISA Women’s Sailing Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"AA cubist interpretation of the competitive energy and dynamic movement of a women’s collegiate sailing championship.St. Petersburg Today<\/p>\n

The Palm Beach Atlantic University women’s sailing team placed eighth overall in their inaugural appearance at the SAISA Women’s Fleet Race Championships for the Ann Boyd Trophy, held April 11-12 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Competing against 12 of the conference’s top programs, the Sailfish earned a respectable finish in their first time at the prestigious regatta.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/p>\n

The SAISA Women’s Fleet Race Championships is one of the most competitive collegiate sailing events in the Southeast, featuring the region’s top women’s sailing programs. Palm Beach Atlantic’s eighth-place finish in their debut shows the Sailfish program is making strides and gaining experience at the highest level of collegiate sailing.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

In their first appearance at the SAISA Women’s Fleet Race Championships, the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish women’s sailing team competed against 12 other schools from across the Southeast Athletic Sailing Conference. Despite being newcomers to the event, the Sailfish were able to secure an eighth-place finish overall.<\/p>\n

The SAISA Women’s Fleet Race Championships were held April 11-12, 2026 in St. Petersburg, Florida.This was the first time the Palm Beach Atlantic women’s sailing team competed in the prestigious regatta.<\/p>\n

The players<\/p>\n

Palm Beach Atlantic University<\/p>\n

A private Christian university located in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a competitive women’s sailing program.<\/p>\n

SAISA<\/p>\n

The Southeast Intercollegiate Sailing Association, the governing body for collegiate sailing in the southeastern United States.<\/p>\n

Ann Boyd Trophy<\/p>\n

The championship trophy awarded to the winner of the SAISA Women’s Fleet Race Championships.<\/p>\n

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\n What\u2019s next<\/p>\n

The Palm Beach Atlantic women’s sailing team will look to build on their eighth-place finish and return to the SAISA Women’s Fleet Race Championships next season with more experience and a goal of finishing even higher in the standings.<\/p>\n

The takeaway<\/p>\n

Palm Beach Atlantic’s debut appearance at the prestigious SAISA Women’s Fleet Race Championships demonstrates the continued growth and competitiveness of the Sailfish women’s sailing program, which is making strides at the highest levels of collegiate competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a A cubist interpretation of the competitive energy and dynamic movement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-230819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}