The weather could not have been more perfect for the first two days of the Oakcliff Sailing Advanced Match Racing Clinic. Yesterday was all about boat handling and getting to know the boats and the positions. Today we were mixing it up with the great help...
Straight after a very successful two weekends of racing our IRC fleet, the Advanced Match Race Clinic lead by Dave Perry will start tomorrow, Tuesday May 5th. Out of town skippers including Sally Barkow will join the building local Oakcliff Sailing Team for...
We are very excited that the sun is coming out and the crews are showing up for the second weekend of racing at American Yacht Club. All three of our Ker designed boats will be out as well a Farr 40. Each boat...
Last weekend the 43 sailors and 4 boats were a force to be reckoned with on the Division One Race Course at AYC's Spring Series. The 20 knots, rain and lumpy seas challenged but everyone made it onto the boat and came home a...
Tuesday drills will begin at 5:30 on the dock at OBMC and an all-day clinic with Dave Perry will be held on Friday. Saturday and Sunday the intensity will ramp up as Oakcliff hosts the ABC Qualifiers for the US SAILING Match Race Championship. Racing will...
The day started with it blowing "dogs blowing off chains" but the 35 Oakcliff sailors were hopeful the forecast was correct. The match racing fleet prepped the boats and went in search of a race course to tuck up into out of the brunt of the...
Easter weekend was spectacular in the northeast, and three of us were out on the Hudson River with the Open 60s, Estrella Damm, and W Hotels. The boats are here in New York in preparation for a match racing record run from Ambrose Light to...
Dave Perry has already had the crowd laughing, gasping and learning with stories and video on match racing. Deb Capozzi will join us later and the day will finish off, as many good sailing days do, with casual but lively conversations while resting elbow on...
The 5 days since the open house have been busy in the boat shop. Everyone who took a tour of the Center was amazed at how many boats are in the shop and being worked on. The Ker 11.3 is the big repair. I am Laminate...
The good news is that our Acorns are hard at work learning about laminate repair. The bad news is that the Ker 11.3 was damaged during last year’s Manhasset Bay Fall Series. The silver lining is that every person in the Oakcliff program is currently...