Racing

The Class Association is celebrating these milestones by hosting the first Viper 640 International Championship, with sailors competing for a prestigious new trophy open to Viper teams from around the world.

This year’s ALIR, held July 28 – 31, 2016 encompassed several firsts while remaining true to its longstanding traditions.

Clemmie Everett (Rye, N.Y.) and her crew, who took home the Bengt Julin Trophy for winning the 2016 International Women’s Keelboat Championship at American Yacht Club on Friday

Team Patriot is this year’s top fundraiser, donating over $6,000 to Hospice. Pictured at the Mega Party at Mystic Shipyard are ( l – r) Gowan McCavity, Paul Phillips, Sean Burridge, Toby Halsey, Courtney Moore, Carol Mahier (Executive Director of Center for Hospice Care), Tom Longo, Skip Whitaker and Dave Doyle.

The Newport Bermuda Race has long been well known for the variety of the challenges it throws at sailors.

Join us on the starting line Friday, August 5, 2016 and help create some new BBR memories to shape the event for the generations to come. Visit buzzardsbayregatta.com for details and registration.

Hosted July 15-17, 2016 by the WaterFront Center in Oyster Bay, NY, the inaugural Clagett/Oakcliff Match Race event is open to both adaptive and able-bodied sailors from the US and international sailors.  Racing rules specify that at least one person on the boat should identify as having a disability. On hand to provide coaching in boat handling, boat speed, and match racing will be five time and current US match racing champion Dave Perry (Pequot Yacht Club, CT)….

Pauline Dowell, a blind sailor who lives aboard a boat in Boston Harbor, won the 2016 Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta for sailors with disabilities.

This philosophy led to the creation of the Warrior Sailing Program, an official program of the USMMA Sailing Foundation in Kings Point, NY.

Sagamore Yacht Club, Oakcliff Sailing and the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center (ADRC) have set plans in motion to expand this year’s Alzheimer’s Regatta & Awards dinner.