Press Releases

“One Hull, One Dream, One More Win” Pearson Potts and Yankee Creole Racing are first team to qualify for 2018 US Match Race Championship Yankee Creole Racing at the prize-giving  From left: Bob Savoie (bow), Johanna Kinkade (trim), Dylan Vogel (trim), Pearson Potts (skipper), Bryce Kopp (pit), and...

For the first time in American history, there is a clear pathway to the America's Cup! Staying true to our goal of building American leaders through sailing, we are proud to announce that Oakcliff has partnered with Bella Mente Quantum Racing, the only announced American...

Festivities and Foul Weather at Oakcliff’s Halloween Regatta OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK (October 29, 2017) – Nine teams came out for Oakcliff’s Annual Halloween Regatta. With sunny skies and an average 10 knots of breeze, day one served up the perfect conditions for this competitive but...

OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK (October 15, 2017) – David Storrs and his international team won the Prince of Wales Bowl but it was second-place finisher Pearson Potts and the Yankee Creole Race team who walked away with the title of US Match Racing Champion. Chris...

OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK (October 8th, 2017) – Olympic hopefuls from three countries battled it out at Stage 3 of the Oakcliff Triple Crown Series where nearly $50,000 of prize grants were awarded. With two days of breeze in the mid to low teens, racing...

 Oakcliff Triple Crown Stage 2: Perseverance Pays Off OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK (October 1, 2017)  –  Survival was the name of the game on day one of Stage 2 of the Oakcliff Triple Crown Series. Pouring rain and a 15-knot Northerly gusting 18 left the competitors...

Eleven teams from eight different countries gathered in Oyster Bay for the 2017 Oakcliff International Grade 2 Match Race Regatta. Among them was Women's Match Race World Champion, Anna Östling and her all-women’s team from Sweden. In addition to Oakcliff regulars like Pearson Potts and...

Consistency was queen at the second annual Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race Regatta Oyster Bay, N.Y. (August 27, 2017) – Nine teams and twenty seven competitors were served a mixed bag of conditions at the second annual Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race Regatta for sailors with adaptive needs.  Pauline Dowell...

OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK (August 6th, 2017) – This weekend was the most exciting match racing Oakcliff has seen all summer! Nine teams battled fiercely and, after 7 flights on day one, there was a five-way tie for first! Surprisingly, top-ranked skipper Peter Holz was...