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Video: On the water with MIT sailors

The MIT Sailing Pavilion, the first facility constructed for college sailing, was built in 1936 and is known as the birthplace of today's collegiate sailing.

Melanie Gonick, MIT News

July 3, 2013

Four sailboats on Charles River

Watch the video: http://video.mit.edu/watch/the-mit-sailing-pavilions-75-years-of-life-on-the-water-24943/

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