Walt Brown

New board members are Walt Brown, founder of Layline, and George Day, the publisher and editor of Blue Water Sailing magazine.

Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Layline was founded by Walt Brown in 1986 when he was racing Lightnings and could not readily find cool new parts and tricks.The business grew from the shed in his backyard into a mail-order catalog and now includes an online sailing superstore."Lots of people who become avid sailors are introduced to sailing in college," said Layline President Walt Brown.He hopes that college racers will "take a non-sailing buddy sailing" and believes that those in the sailing business have a responsibility to advance the sport, something he hopes to do through Layline's sponsorship of the team racing championship.College sailing has grown from its beginnings in the 1890s as an informal club sport, into a co-educational sport with approximately 200 active colleges participating.

Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Layline was founded by Walt Brown in 1986 when he was racing Lightnings and could not readily find cool new parts and tricks.The business grew from the shed in his backyard into a mail-order catalog and now includes an online sailing superstore.

"Lots of people who become avid sailors are introduced to sailing in college," said Layline President Walt Brown.He hopes that college racers will "take a non-sailing buddy sailing" and believes that those in the sailing business have a responsibility to advance the sport, something he hopes to do through Layline's sponsorship of the team racing championship.

College sailing has grown from its beginnings in the 1890s as an informal club sport, into a co-educational sport with approximately 200 active colleges participating.