US Women's Match Racing Championship July 10-13   

America's top female match racers will compete aboard the world's largest fleet of Swedish Match 40s. Not only will the winning team be named a National Champion but they will also earn a spot to compete at the Buddy Melges Cup in Sheboygan, the 2014 US stop on the Women's International Match Race Series (WIMRS).

 

NACRA 17, 49er & 49erFX US National Championship August 22-24 

Once again international teams will join Oakcliff's home fleet of 24 high performance skiffs and catamarans to swarm the waters of Oyster Bay.  The action packed regattas and intense training camps are designed to help Olympic hopefuls looking towards Rio.       

 

 

Oakcliff International  September 3-7

 

US Intercollegiate Sloop Nationals*  November 14-16

The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) will hold the keel boat national championships in Oyster Bay in November.  The top 10 college teams who qualify through their conferences will match race Sonars on loan from SCYC and just possibly... in the snow.  

 

You will get better. Your team will get better. Your fleet racing will get better.

 

Many sailing teams, especially the winning teams, can get stuck in a racing rut.  They know by looking at the scratch sheet where they will place, so may push just hard enough to make it to the podium.  The challenge and much of the fun is lost.

 

Boat owners tend to speak fondly of their early victories, when their team was working out the kinks and they clawed their way to the top.  This phase is usually where the lasting teamwork and the camaraderie  were built.

 

We can't promise that your team will relive those glory days, but we can guarantee that by placing  your team in coached match racing at Oakcliff that everyone's skills will be sharpened.  Your bow guy might be able to get around a W-L in his sleep, but suddenly he will need to hustle in an intense luffing match near the leeward mark.  You trimmers will be called upon to throw sails through jibes and trim constantly as the boat is literally doing circles. 

 

Here's our prescription for beating your fleet racing slump:

Dave Perry Onshore Clinic  

 

23 Weeks of Tuesday Night Match Racing Drills!

 

5x5: 5 Grade 5 Regattas

September Grade 4 Clinegatta

Set this as your end goal and get expert feedback on your team's season 

 

 

That is THIRTY opportunities to get better!

 

For the complete 2014 Calendar click HERE

 

For a custom plan for your team, yourself, or a member of your crew email or call us at 516-802-0368.

 

 

By now you should have received a letter or email as a part of our first annual appeal.  If you have any questions you are welcome to call me on my cell 415 760 7642.  We hope we can count on your support and for those who have already donated 

THANK YOU SO MUCH - YOU ARE WONDERFUL!!!

Working to Change the Face of American Sailing
Scuttlebutt

 December 10, 2013

Read it HERE

Oakcliff A Major Force
Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot
December 27, 2013

Read it HERE

Even though Oakcliff is still officially closed for the Holidays our dedicated program director Bill Simon and volunteer extraordinaire Bruce Cook are hosting an Advanced Umpire Seminar

This seminar is a review of the changes to Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix D (Team Racing) Q (Fleet Race Umpiring); Rules of Thumb for Match Racing; and a free form discussion of topics identified by participants in the program. This is intended as a continuing education opportunity especially designed to be of interest to racers as well as umpires.  Although the test will only be for people who are currently certified umpires.