St. Petersburg, Fla. (May 28, 2013) – Today was the first day of the ICSA/Gill Coed National Championship, co-hosted by the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Eckerd College and the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. The top eighteen collegiate sailing teams in the nation reported to the regatta venue on Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla. to compete for the Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy, awarded to the winning team. The trophy was donated by a group of nationally known yachtsmen as a memorial to Henry A. Morss, a Boston yachtsman and 1907 Bermuda Race winner, as well as a Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumnus and benefactor.