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June 26, 2020 (OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK) - Seven teams faced off in Match 40s for Oakcliff’s Grade 3 in Cold Spring Harbor this weekend. Saturday saw light winds across the board, with top speeds around 7 knots as Oyster Bay’s “cocktail breeze” filled in...

Doublehanded Offshore Race winners Erica Lush and Ariel Nechemia lit flares in celebration of their win. © Lexi Pline / Oakcliff Sailing Friday, July 17, 2020 (OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK) - On July 15, Oakcliff’s second annual Melges 24 Doublehanded Distance Race was won by Ariel...

Mark your calendars for this year’s Doublehanded Offshore Race on July 14-15. The race will be held in modified Melges 24s and continuously live streamed for 24+ hours, allowing spectators to watch every step of the way.  Last year’s groundbreaking event demonstrated that doublehanded offshore sailing...

June 20, 2020 (OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK) – The five teams that raced Match 40s in Oakcliff’s June Grade 5 Regatta were served a mixed bag of conditions. The regatta started in a shifty 4 knot Northerly that swung and built to a gusty 10-12...

June 7, 2020 (OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK) - The Oakcliff Quaranteam Regatta had a slow startwith hot and glassy conditions but the Match 40s jolted to life when a thunderhead rolledthrough bringing rain and 16 knots gusting 20 with 30 degree wind oscillations. Out of...

Oakcliff's Performance Party Buff (patent-pending). Keep your face covered while drinking socially. BUY HERE. Oakcliff continues to lead the way towards safe Covid-19 boating as featured in Newsday and Sailing Magazine. Just days after the start of the quarantine, the Oakcliff team began developing a protocol...

GRAD DOING GREAT: CHRIS KENNEDY Chris Kennedy first came to Oakcliff in the summer of 2012 after graduating from the University of Virginia with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. He was one of the earliest Sapling classes and accepted a job offer at Oakcliff at the...

Newport, R.I. (February 5, 2020) – The C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta and Oakcliff Sailing are pleased to announce that the fifth annual Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race Clinegatta for sailors with disabilities will be held on September 18-20, 2020. Sagamore Yacht Club will...

While countless people are breaking out their lederhosens to celebrate Oktoberfest, Oakcliff is bringing in a mechanical bull to the party...