Oakcliff Sailing

Competitors faced a full range of conditions - from light and variable to gusting 20 - at this weekend’s Grade 5 match race, the first of the season. Matthew Miranda won the event, with Winter Sapling Chris Booher and his team of Oakcliff trainees taking second and Thomas Capozzi taking third. See the full results here: https://theclubspot.com/regatta/bU1e58NmV2/results U.S. Match Racing

Farr 40s Red and Blue are ready to race! The team arrived in Annapolis on Tuesday and have been prepping, testing and cleaning for the Annapolis to Newport race that begins on Saturday. Make sure to follow along on our Instagram story to see what the teams are up to! #ElevateYourGame : @hasslfreephotography #farr40 #oakcliff #annapolistonewport #a2n #annapolis #offshore #offshorelife #offshoresailing #sailboatracing #sailing #racing

"So while women have made great strides in sailing, Riley isn’t content. 'When you shatter the glass ceiling, it’s not the first woman, it’s the third,' she said. 'That’s when you start to get equity.'" Read Dawn Riley's interview with the New York Times about women's rise in the male-dominated sailing world. https://www.nytimes.com//s/sailing/women-competition.html

It’s a beautiful day for our first Grade 5 event of the season! Stay tuned on our Stories to get updates, and check the results here: https://theclubspot.com/regatta/bU1e58NmV2/results

Our Farr 40s are on their way to Annapolis for the Annapolis to Newport race that starts this Saturday! They’ll have nearly a week in Annapolis to do some final touches before the racing starts. #elevateyourgame

Thinking about doing the Midwest Maxi Program but don't want to commit to a whole month on the Great Lakes? Then you're in luck! We've split up our Maxi program into three intensives - the Bayview Mac race, Chicago Mac Race, and St. Lawrence Seaway trip - so you can choose which intensive you would like to participate in. Required training days are commensurate with racing and big boat experience. Check out the program on our website: https://www.oakcliffsailing.org/maxi-acorn-program/.

Oakcliff's "scratch race" practice day was a success Only one broach and no casualties (sails or fingers ). It was an awesome day for training!

Today is day one of the American Yacht Club Spring Series - weekend two! We have three teams of supporters, staff and trainees on our Farr 40s. Follow along on our Facebook and Instagram stories to get a piece of the action! Regatta Craft Mixers

Block Island Race Cancelled: Oakcliff invites ALL competitors to meet at MidSound Buoy 32A. Warning Signal at 1pm - Start at 1:05. Course is: upwind until you have sailed with #3, changed to #4, put up Storm Jib and Storm TrySail and then friggin' send it back downwind with A4s only. Finish line is a far as you want to go ...and then motor home.

Oakcliff is proud of our efforts to stay on the water during the pandemic! Those same safety protocols have also allowed us to get the 2021 season off to an amazing start - and if all goes according to plan, this summer will be our return to normal! #Vaccinated https://www.sailmagazine.com/racing/return-to-racing

Oakcliff Winter Sapling Cullen Zelenka got the chance to work with 11th Hour Racing Team through our partnership which provides Oakcliff graduates with professional sailing internships. Watch a day in the life of Cullen while he worked with the team in Newport on their Imoca 60: https://youtu.be/53u5YGWQH90 Want to be like Cullen? Sign up for our Offshore Academy starting in 2021. https://www.oakcliffsailing.org/programs/academy-programs/

Visited Grain de Sail recently. A very cool concept. They make (amazing) chocolate and coffee and have committed to building this sailing cargo ship to test and eventually expand to larger ships for carbon free transport. They brought wine to America (mais oui!) and will be headed to the Caribbean to pick up coffee and cocoa. We'll be helping them on the future cargo from the US to the Caribbean. Some very cool things about the boat. It only has a 120hp auxiliary engi...ne and hydro and wind generators with solar panels everywhere. To keep schedule without breakages and a crew of 4 serving 12 hour watches, there are redundancies on everything. Check out the rigging. Also some release valves that are automatically deployed with too much load or roll. The one on the Harken cam cleat is super cool. It is made by a person near Lorient *i'll try to remember his name* The wave of the future is sailing from the past? https://graindesail.com/

Racing starts TONIGHT at 9pm for the Prada Cup challenger series! We'll be cheering on American Magic as they race INEOS Team UK in the first race of the first Round Robin. Go team!!

Oakcliff graduate Robyn Lesh hard at work for American Magic!

It's time for another #workoutwednesday! This one, from Winter Sapling Wes Bright, is a little more advanced than last week's. You will need: One TRX One Dumbbell ... A box or stool that you can comfortably step on This workout has a big focus on form - if you don't recognize an exercise, a quick google should bring up good articles about form from the experts (or watch Ariel and Wes demonstrate in the video). Begin the workout with a dynamic warm up (light jogging, jump rope, etc.). Then: TRX Rows (4x10), TRX Body Saws (4x10), Clap/Shoulder Pushups (4x10), Single Leg Romanian Deadlifts (4x10 - 5 per side), Explosive Box Jumps (4x10 - 5 per side), Dumbbell Snatch (4x10 - 5 per side).

Oakcliff is excited to announce we are partnering with the World Match Racing Tour to bring World Tour coaches, athletes and more to Oyster Bay for the Oakcliff Match Racing Academy August 4-16. Polish your high level match racing skills in real race situations, get the inside scoop on umpiring, and learn all the positions on our Swedish Match 40s. Check out more about the Oakcliff Match Racing Academy and sign up on our website: https://www.oakcliffsailing.org/programs/academy-programs/

Check out Dawn Riley's interview with Sail-World about the Oakcliff Helix to the Olympics. Dawn dissects our newest initiative here: https://www.sail-world.com//Dawn-Riley-on-Oakcliffs-Helix-

The Oakcliff team goes out to support the local community at Oyster Says annual tree lighting. Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan and the legendary John Canning light the tree!

Are you missing your gym and looking for ways to get a good workout at home? Look no further! On #workoutwednesday we'll be posting our weekly team workout, designed by staff members and resident fitness guys Francis George and Ethan Johnson. This week's workout focuses on pushing your lactic threshold: To start: 100 sit ups Thrusters (pictured): sets of 27-21-15-9-6-3 100 jump ropes between each set of thrusters... For thrusters, grab whatever weights you have (wine bottles work well for those without a home gym!), but try to stay on the heavier side. Stay tuned each #workoutwednesday for new workouts from Oakcliff!

Something cool to see in NYC!