Members of the Bates College Club Sailing Team race Sunday across Taylor Pond in Auburn. The student-run team competes in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association conference in the fall and spring, according to the team’s commodore, Ethan Baker, a junior from Jackson, New Hampshire. The Bates sailing team has used Taylor Pond for its home base for more than 30 years, and Sunday was its last sail before heading home for the summer. The Bates students are, from left: Ethan Baker, Olivia Demerath, Gray Dinsel, Anthony Zucchero, Colby Green and Lucy Edmunds. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Colby Green and Lucy Edmunds of the Bates College Club Sailing Team race Sunday across Taylor Pond in Auburn in an International FJ. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Ethan Baker and Olivia Demerath of the Bates College Club Sailing Team race Sunday across Taylor Pond in Auburn in an International FJ. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Members of the Bates College Club Sailing Team give Olivia Demerath high-fives Sunday during the team’s last practice on Taylor Pond in Auburn before summer break. Demerath of St. Paul, Minnesota, is to graduate May 28 from Bates, possibly making Sunday her last time sailing on Taylor Pond. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Ethan Baker of the Bates College Club Sailing Team pushes an International FJ sailboat Sunday toward Taylor Pond in Auburn. The college’s sailing team has used the Taylor Pond Yacht Club as its home base for more than 30 years. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Peter Garcia, coach of the Bates College Club Sailing Team, gets out ahead of the student-run team Sunday to set the racecourse at Taylor Pond in Auburn. Garcia of Auburn has coached the team for about 10 years. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Colby Green and Lucy Edmunds of the Bates College Club Sailing Team race Sunday across Taylor Pond in Auburn in an International FJ. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Members of the Bates College Club Sailing Team race Sunday across Taylor Pond in Auburn. The student-run team competes in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association conference in the fall and spring, according to the team’s commodore, Ethan Baker, a junior from Jackson, New Hampshire. The Bates sailing team has used Taylor Pond for its home base for more than 30 years, and Sunday was its last sail before heading home for the summer. The Bates students are, from left: Anthony Zucchero, Gray Dinsel, Olivia Demerath, Ethan Baker, Lucy Edmunds and Colby Green. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal