Greetings!
Our Bermuda Teams have finally finished after a grueling five days of offshore racing. They are all happy to be back on land and enjoying life in Bermuda. Plus, Sapling Charlie Lalumiere and team are advancing to the 2014 Governor's Cup after their 3rd place finish last weekend in the Rose Cup. Read on for more details about the Bermuda Race, Rose Cup, and all other exciting Oakcliff news!
Don't forget to sign up for Tuesday night match race drills, Wednesday night fleet racing, and Thursday Classics!
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Alvimedica Visits Oyster Bay
Alvimedica, a Volvo Ocean Race Team, visited Oyster Bay on their way to NYC last weekend.
The Alvimedica crew, which includes two Oakcliff alumni, Mark Towill and Charlie Enright, gave onboard tours of Alvimedica on Saturday afternoon to all of the Rose Cup sailors and friends of Oakcliff.
Later on Saturday night, the Alvimedica crew talked about their team to the Rose Cup sailors at Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. Mark and Charlie also discussed how Oakcliff helped provide them the skills they needed to become professional sailors.
All of our Acorns and Saplings Charlie and Colin were fascinated by the boat and wanted to learn more about the Volvo Ocean Race. One of the sailors stepped off the boat and said, "I don't even have a reaction. I'm in shock."
If you want to find out more information about Team Alvimedica, please visit their Facebook page.
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Oakcliff Inspires Youth Match Racers
Last weekend, Oakcliff co-hosted the 2014 Rose Cup with Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club for the first time.
Oakcliff was able to showcase our programs and what we have to offer to youth athletes. Many of the sailors mentioned that they are looking forward to coming back to Oakcliff to learn more about match racing and participate in the program.
The winning team of Christophe Killian, Jack Martin, and Harrison Vandervort qualified for our Halloween Regatta in the fall. Augustina Barbuto also qualified for the US Sailing Women's Match Race Championship that will be held at Oakcliff on July 11-13th.
In addition, our Sapling Charlie Lalumiere, Acorn Conner Harding, Myles Everett, and Mia Steck will be advancing to the Governor's Cup at Balboa Yacht Club in Corona Del Mar, CA on July 14-19th. Congratulations!
For pictures from the event, please click here.
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Acorns go on an Adventure
On Monday morning at 2:30 am, Acorns Kat Shiber, Kate Bjerregaard, Conner Harding, Austin Colpaert, and Stuart Henry helped deliver Dolphin to Mystic Seaport.
Dolphin, also known as the winningest boat on Long Island Sound, will turn 100 years old this year. She will be featured at the Wooden Boat Show in Mystic this weekend.
Before leaving the dock, the Acorns did their own planning, scheduling, budgeting, and shopping for the delivery. For an initial budget for food, they did pretty good job with an overrun of $1.47.
They arrived in Mystic during Tuesday afternoon after staying up all night. They completed a back-stage tour of Mystic Seaport before a dinner at Mystic Pizza.
On Wednesday morning, they woke up bright and early to catch a 7 am Cross Sound Ferry and then head back to Oyster Bay to help with a team building activity for with adventure campers and Wednesday night sailing. That is a full circle line tour!
For more information about the Wooden Boat Show, please click here.
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Temptation, Farr 47, and Jeff Arrive in Bermuda!
Temptation, Farr 47, and Jeff are in Bermuda after leaving on June 20th from Newport, RI!
After several days of light air, the boats finally finished the race early this morning. Jeff MacFarlane finished earlier this morning after passing Temptation and 47 from behind. Temptation and the 47 also had a competitive race after each of them took turns passing each other. Temptation was second to finish out of the Oakcliff teams followed by the 47.
Temptation and the 47 crews are relieved that the race is finished! Sapling Parker said that he is glad that everyone made it safely to Bermuda after a wild 112 hour and 15 minute race on the 47.
Aboard Temptation, Bermuda newcomers Saplings Avi Lessman, Douglas Reynolds, and Jacob Henley quickly learned about the ins and outs of high performance sailing. For example, according to OD, the Saplings had to peel the A3, to the A2, to the, A1 all within three minutes when the breeze started die.
Overall for all teams, it was a slow race. Many other racers considered retiring including the winning boat who only continued on after 2 out of 14 crew members wanted to keep sailing. All our teams learned that if you stay patient and continue sailing that you will still get to the bar and a hot shower in the end.
If you would like to help support our travel teams, please click here.
Congrats to all our teams!
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We hope to see you soon!
Sincerely,
Samantha Pilz
& The Oakcliff Sailing Teams
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Duclays Save an Osprey
While putting a boat away on the beach on Tuesday, the Duclay family found an osprey with a broken wing floating in the water trying to swim away.
According Acorn Killian Duclay and younger brother Sean, the osprey's wing was heavily bleeding, so they called to have the osprey picked up and examined. The man who picked up the osprey, Mitch, called Sean this morning to explain that the osprey has a compressional fracture in its right wing, but it will remain in captivity for educational purposes.
All winter, Killian and Sean were sailing catamarans. They enjoyed sailing so much that they were inspired to to start their own veterans sailing program. They had been at the beach after filming a segment for FiOS television and sailing alongside future Olympians.
Thanks to the Duclay family the osprey will now live a long and healthy life!
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Veterans Wanted
On Saturday, August 9th, the NYST Marine Corps Association will be hosting a regatta. The race will take place around Shelter Island. The Duclay family, who is mentioned above, will be providing the Hobies, training, and gear for the event.
Veterans are required to provide their own food, bathing suit, and entry fee.
If you are interested in the race, please email us here. Spots are on a first come first served basis!
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MARK BOAT OPERATORS, UMPIRES, AND ENTERTAINMENT NEEDED!
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Liz Baylis Clinegatta
This weekend, Liz Baylis will be coaching the June Grade 4 clinegatta at Oakcliff. The clinic will take place on June 26th, and the regatta portion will take place on June 27-29th.
We have following teams competing in the event:
Liz and the Acorns
Doug Shannon
Danielle Gallo and her all women's team
David Storrs
Matt Graham sailing with Acorn Austin Colpaert
Please come out and watch the racing out in West Harbor this weekend!
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Get your Name in Lights
Donate to Oakcliff and your name will be spotlighted on our new donor board. Better yet you get to go sailing. Best yet you are supporting young sailors and aspiring athletes.
Donate here or Call 415 760-7642 or email race@oakcliffsailing.org
Oakcliff Sailing is a high-performance training center for sailors who have progressed beyond traditional coaching methods. We are a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization and located in Oyster Bay, NY. In 2013, Oakcliff Sailing was named a US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider National Training Center.
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