Press Releases

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...

July Grade 4 Press Release OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK (July 30, 2017) – Competitors were served a mixed bag of conditions at Oakcliff’s July Grade 4 Match Race Clinegatta. Despite a rainy, big-breeze forecast that had PRO Patrick Burks worried, the conditions on Saturday turned out...

Oakcliff Triple Crown – Stage 1 Press Release OYSTER BAY, NY (July 23, 2017) – The conditions at the Oakcliff Triple Crown Series, Stage 1, hit the sweet spot today with 8 knots gusting 12 out of the East. Playing the shifty puffs and deciding which...

Saplings Show What They're Made of at June Grade 4 Match Race Regatta with Coaching by Dave Dellenbaugh OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK (June 24, 2017) -  Saturday morning began with torrential downpours and talk of a postponement at Oakcliff’s June Grade 4 Match Race Regatta. Seven teams gathered...

April 10, 2017 – The Oakcliff Development Team has begun work with Vestas 11th Hour Racing.  The first team, consisting of graduates Sean O’Halloran ‘16 and Madeline Gill ’12 have spent the past two weeks elbow-deep in the hard work of preparing a Volvo Team. Vestas...

Oakcliff Sailing announced the Oakcliff Triple Crown Series, a ground-breaking plan to reward athletes for their hard work and provide significant financial resources to assist them in achieving Olympic glory. The Triple Crown Series will consist of up to six regattas to be held annually in...

Credit: Andrea Watson, Sailing Press INC Class 40 team being presented the trophy for Third Place for Division IX, from left to right: Effie Marie Smith, Chris Ross, Tim Kent, Andres Guerra-Font, Karine Jansen, Commodore James Arnemann OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK (August 3, 2016) - Mixed conditions...