News from Oakcliff Sailing Center

April Showers Sailors

with Awesome Events

Breeze On Down Now!

April 5, 2011

Greetings!

Our 2011 Sailing Season is ON! Boats and breeze came together last weekend for some wonderful Early Bird Match Racing on Oyster Bay. This week we'll launch IRC big boats for Sunday's practice session. And there's a special invitation out to all interested volunteers to join us in making our events a success from every angle. Plant your passion at Oakcliff and we'll help it grow!

In This Issue

Saturday 'Custom Fit' AM Seminars & PM Sailing

Early Bird Match Racing: Results & Notables

Volunteers Key to Winning Events

Saturday:Health, Wealth and Sailing Stealth

Start Saturday at Oakcliff with your choice of personal fitness andfinancial seminars, beginning at 10 a.m.

America's Cup athletic trainer Diane Wall kicks off the morning with a group stretch and workout. Don't worry if you haven't started working out for summer yet. We can still help you. Sign up now for your custom fitness assessment.

If you're less athletically inclined, head next door,

where Hunt Lawrence talks wealth health - the better to support your sailing habit. All are welcome! Just please show up on time for all events.

You'll have time afterward to join match racing sailors gathering at high noon for our Early Bird Match Racing Regatta. We plan to sail 'til 5 p.m.

Remember, we're all improving our knowledge and skills so come enjoy doing just that at these unique events at Oakcliff.

Grade 5 Match Racing Off to a Great Breezy Start

Shields at the Topmark More than 35 match racing enthusiasts put their all-out efforts into a great day on the water Saturday, with short courses and shifty winds testing tactical and boat-handling skills. Northwesterly breezes built from 12 knots to 20 +, with big 25+ knot gusts during afternoon racing.

A dozen support crew and race committee members kept the seven flights of racing rolling along as eight teams took part in Oakcliff's first Grade 5 match racing event of the season. Racing was deceptively close and action-packed, with tie-breakers determining 4th-7th places. The event served as a great opportunity for everyone to get their heads in the game for this week's Saturday racing and upcoming Grade 5-2 events here at Oakcliff.

Here are Saturday's results: 1st - Jamie Ebenau; 2nd-Alec Snyder; 3rd-Doug Shannon; 4th- Andreas Giacoumis; 5th-Vincent Marchetto; 6th-Ben Sternberg; 7th-Anthony Pulgram; 8th-Mike Quaglio.

There is still room for one more team on Saturday, April 9. It could be yours! Sign up now for sailing, race committee or umpiring assistance. All sailors are needed and expected to serve as umpires when not racing. It's a great perspective to take onboard for your next start!

Early Bird on the Bow Tender to Match Racing Fun

Event Housing & Umpire Volunteers Needed

Volunteers with room in their hearts and homes for sailors, let yourselves be known! We need people to volunteer to house our out-of-town participants for the May 5-8 Spring Match Racing Grade 3 Clinegatta and our Oakcliff International Grade 2 Match Racing Regatta sailors, race organizers and volunteers as well.

Please go to our website calendar to register your interest in volunteering.

If you are interested in umpiring for any of our events, you are always welcome (and needed) to ride with the umpires and learn as you go. You can register as an umpire volunteer as well, by clicking on the event on our calendar. Just show up an hour early to the event for the pre-race umpire meeting. Email race@oakcliffsailing.org or call 516-802-0368 for more information.

So when you're at home, check out our website and activities, and when you're not, come on down to Oakcliff - to sail, volunteer and to meet and enjoy others who share our vision of raising the level of sailing and sailors in the U.S., and right here in Oyster Bay!

Sincerely,

The Oakcliff Sailing Team

There's More to Do at Oakcliff Sailing

Here's a handy hint when using our oakcliffsailing.org website calendar. When you see MORE on a date, be sure to click on it, to see all the planned events. You don't want to miss out on anything this summer, as our sailing summer schedule fills up.

AYC Spring Series

IRC Practice Now!

We're launching the Farr 40s and the Ker 11.3 this week! Don't forget IRC practice sessions are slated for this Sunday, April 10 and Saturday, April 23. If you are sailing with us in the AYC Spring Series, April 30-May 1 and May 7, you must participate in one of these sessions. There is still room so go to the website calendar now and sign up!