Race Information, News, Events and Announcements
Champlin’s Marina & Resort
We're THRILLED to announce our newest offering at Champlin's: a launch service from the mooring field to our one-of-a-kind Block Island resort and extensive onsite dining options. We can't wait to get this service started!!
2024 Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet
April 6, 2024 1800 Hours The Hounds, Stonington Register Online. Download Registration Form
Winter Luncheons!
Happy New Year from the Off Soundings Board of Governors!! Take a break from the recent holiday havoc and enjoy a quiet lunch with your fellow Off Soundings sailors. Off Soundings will be having winter luncheons as follows: Tuesday, January 30th – Noon – The Fisherman Restaurant, Noank, CT Learn more > Thursday, February 8th…
2021 Winter Speaker Series
Lecture 4. On Tuesday April 27 at 7:00pm. Tides and Tidal Currents in Eastern Long Island Sound presented as a virtual discussion via Zoom by Frank Bohlen, John Burnham, and Carl Fast.
Fall 2021 Video
September 17 -18 2021. Sponsored by the Race Committee of Off Soundings. Video production by MYSTV and Steve Sattler Films.
Off Soundings Gear From Team One Newport – Order Online
Be sure to get your Off Soundings gear!! For a number of reasons gear is NOT going to be sold at the race parties as has been past practice. BUT we still have Team One top quality OSC gear!! Jackets, hats, T-shirts and more all with a beautiful Fall Series logo. To order gear go to the Team One link -- Off Soundings -Team One Newport (team1newport.com). Please share this link with your crew!!
Off Soundings Donates to Block Island Medical Center
Dave Dickerson, past commodore of both the Off Soundings Club and the Cruising Club of America, said the two boating clubs pooled their resources and donated $4,000 to the Block Island Medical Center. Dickerson said another $500 will be donated to the Rescue Squad in the fall.
Jazz Voyage to Bermuda – Rod Johnstone
Clay and I are about to test Jazz, J/99 #40, on a round trip to Bermuda.starting from Stonington on Sunday morning.
Membership Meeting & Awards
Board of Governors is well-aware of the outbreak of a respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, COVID-19. The well-being of our members is our highest priority. Based on a list of precautions recommended by the CDC and other government agencies the flag officers have decided to postpone the awards dinner and annual membership meeting. A new date and location will be provided later.
Off Soundings Club – Experience Spring Promo 2019
Nice video from 2018 promoting this years race appears below. Just 2:30 and great footage. Thanks to Principal Race Officer, Greg Gilmartin, for putting this together. Share the link with crew and fellow racers and get the word out!
Off Soundings Fall Race Report
By Principal Race Officer - Greg Gilmartin - It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. All the times counted. The 2018 season for the Off Soundings Club was another good year with the usual variety of breezes and tidal currents playing their games on the racers who participated.
Safety Committee Announcement – Seth Olsen
The OSC Safety Committee is looking forward to 2018 racing season, and hope you are too! An important part of pre-season preparation is ensuring that your crew's safety certifications are up to date per OSC's SER:
Off Soundings Club 2017 Race Committee Report
In an era where tradition is trashed and you’re only as good as your next event, the Off Soundings Club continues to do pretty well. Maybe it’s because we have a long “tradition”, which means we’ve done a lot of “next” events. I took a quick look at “Reflections”, Bruce Lockwood’s personal chronicle of the club since 1933 to tabulate just how many events have actually occurred. The Club has been in existence since 1934. The first race was held in Spring, 1935 when 11 boats sailed from Block Island to Dering Harbor. Since then, there have been 81 Spring Series and 78 Fall series. Two of the Fall Series were cancelled due to Hurricanes and in the Spring of 1945, with WWII ending, 25 boats sailed from Stamford to Manhasset and then back the next day, but there was no Fall Series that year. Thus the uneven number of Spring and Fall Events in our long history and three years of war.
Fall 2016 Race Highlights
I hope you enjoyed the Off Soundings Club Fall Series. As you are aware, Saturday's race was exciting with a very busy finish, followed by protest and redress hearings. The hearings are completed, the cases are closed and the results have been reviewed, the audio tapes checked and the questions answered. I can report that no changes were apparent in the Podium Finishes as announced Saturday night with the exception of Class H-3 Juliet. The Protest Committee granted Redress to Alliance resulting in First place points award to both Alliance and Balance in Race Two.
Spring 2016 Race Highlights
It was the 79th running of this perennial event and 109 skippers and their crews enjoyed solid breeze, dying breeze, shifting breeze, sunshine, clouds, and drenching rain. 1BI reared it’s ugly tidal head each day and the uncertainty of wind direction, coupled with the variety of wind strength turned tacticians into dart throwers, hoping to end up in the wrong place at the right time. What happens on Block Island, stays on Block Island, and often, only happens on Block Island.
Fall 2015 Race Highlights
Changing conditions, challenging racing and a solid weekend of racing entertainment was held for nearly 100 boats and their crews. There was even an impromptu diving contest in the 3 hour wait on the calm waters of Gardiner’s Bay Saturday. In the end, two races were sailed and trophies were dispersed.
Spring 2015 Race Highlights
The race committee, Greg Gilmartin and company, along with Henry DuPont's Nor'Easter, did an excellent job in conducting the races on both Friday and Saturday. They deserve a lot of credit sheparding 13 classes and 118 boats.
Sea Scouts and Off Soundings
As many of you will recall we invited a contingent of local Sea Scouts to join us at the Charles W. Morgan Rendezvous last summer and they were incredibly grateful for the opportunity. They are very interested in racing with us but don't have vessels suited to Off Soundings racing. If you have an opening in your crew for the Spring Series, please consider bringing along one (or several) of these adventurous scouts as they would revel at the opportunity to come racing with our members. This is a great way to make yourself eligible to compete for the Lockwood Trophy and to help foster the next generation of sailors and future Off Soundings members! If you are interested please contact Seth Olson, the Off Soundings Youth Liaison, who is coordinating this with the Sea Scouts, he can be reached at 203-530-3705 or email Seth Olson
Off Soundings at the Mystic Seaport Dyer Dhow Derby
The Off Soundings Club was represented by Jay Spalding (Blue Moon) and his daughter, Lisa, and son, Evan, at the annual Dyer Dhow Derby hosted by the Mystic Seaport.
Dave Perry and Racing Ethics
Why should competitive sailors be concerned with the subject of sportsmanship? Find out in this discussion with a top sailor and thinker.
Club Out-Of-Office Message for Phones Lost Overboard
Ever lose your phone overboard? Here is the un-officially sanctioned voicemail message indicating to callers that it might be a while before you get back to them.
Eileen Ames Fund
In 2010, the estate of Eileen Ames donated the funds that were used to produce the 2012 OSC video, “Passion to Race”. Our goal is to keep the subject fund active and to replenish it so we can produce another video in the near future. In addition to your viewing enjoyment, these videos are an essential part of documenting the history of the Off Soundings fleet.
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Yacht Scoring is a featured packed 100% web based regatta administration and scoring system that simplifies the task of competitor registration, event management, competitor and media communications while providing results in near-real time to competitors and the World following your event on the internet. ... Off Soundings Club Noank, CT, USA ...
Yacht Scoring is a featured packed 100% web based regatta administration and scoring system that simplifies the task of competitor registration, event management, competitor and media communications while providing results in near-real time to competitors and the World following your event on the internet. ... Off Soundings Club Stonington, CT ...
Yacht Scoring is a web based regatta management, regatta administration and regatta scoring system that simplifies the task of competitor registration, event management, competitor and media communications while providing results in near-real time to competitors and the World following your event on the internet. ... Off Soundings: 126.0 / 0. ...
Register To Race on Yacht Scoring. Fall Series. September 13-14, 2024 (deadline August 30). ... The Off Soundings Club is a yacht racing organization with a membership of approximately 500 experienced racing sailors with most members based in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Long Island, and elsewhere in southern New England and New York State. ...
Yacht Scoring is a web based regatta management, regatta administration and regatta scoring system that simplifies the task of competitor registration, event management, competitor and media communications while providing results in near-real time to competitors and the World following your event on the internet. ... 2022 Off Soundings Fall ...
Yacht Scoring is a web based regatta management, regatta administration and regatta scoring system that simplifies the task of competitor registration, event management, competitor and media communications while providing results in near-real time to competitors and the World following your event on the internet. ... 2024 Off Soundings Fall ...
It is awarded annually to the boat in Class A with the best combined results, low point scoring, of the spring and fall races. Prior to 1999, it was awarded to Class A-1. 1957 Temptation - T. Kenneth Boyd. 1958 White Mist - G. W. Blunt White. 1959 White Mist - G. W. Blunt White. 1960 White Mist - G. W. Blunt White.
The Off Soundings Club invites all readers to sign up, register and race on line with Yacht Scoring. You can access registration through the club web site a...
Yacht Scoring is a web based regatta management, regatta administration and regatta scoring system that simplifies the task of competitor registration, event management, competitor and media communications while providing results in near-real time to competitors and the World following your event on the internet. ... 2018 Off Soundings Fall ...
Yacht Scoring is a featured packed 100% web based regatta administration and scoring system that simplifies the task of competitor registration, event management, competitor and media communications while providing results in near-real time to competitors and the World following your event on the internet. ... Off Soundings Club Noank, CT, USA ...
Members · 530. The Off Soundings Club is a yacht racing organization with a membership of approximately 500 experienced racing sailors. Most of the membership is based in Connecticut, Rhode Island, on Long Island, and elsewhere in southern New England and New York State. The club does not operate a shore facility, but concentrates on managing ...
Yacht Scoring is a web based regatta management, regatta administration and regatta scoring system that simplifies the task of competitor registration, event management, competitor and media communications while providing results in near-real time to competitors and the World following your event on the internet. ... 2024 Off Soundings Spring ...
OSC Race Series OSC Fall Race Series Fall Series The Fall Series is sailed in mid-September. The Friday race is usually from New London, CT to a destination on eastern Long Island. On Saturday racing is around the buoys in Gardiner's Bay. Fall Series Details Closing Date: August 30, 2024 Race Dates: September 13-14, 2024…
Off Soundings Club Racing since 1935 Spring Series: June 8-9, 2018 Fall Series: September 14-15, 2018 1. RULES ... The Sailing Instructions and Scratch Sheets for each series shall be posted on Yacht Scoring and mailed to each skipper several days prior to the first race. 8.2. Race documents will not be distributed on the water. 9. SCORING
Scratch Sheet for Off Soundings Club Spring Series is posted -Skippers, 94 boats are ready to go...well, almost! A few last minute details I'm sure will keep you awake as we approach the Spring Series June 10-11 at Block Island. The Scratch Sheet has been Finalized and is posted on Yacht Scoring. There are some changes from the early version.
A fisherman motors off shore from New London on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 as the Off Soundings Club's 85th annual Fall Series yacht race takes place on Long Island Sound in the background.
Off Soundings Club 80th Annual Race Series Spring Series: June 9-10, 2017 Fall Series: September 15-16, 2017 www.offsoundings.org 1. RULES ... The Off Soundings Club Yacht Scoring Events Page will be the primary source of Race Documents including venue information, safety procedures, forms, Entry Lists,
OSC Race Series OSC Spring Race Series Spring Series The Spring Series is sailed in early June. Traditionally, the Friday race is from Watch Hill, RI to Block Island. The Saturday race is in the vicinity of, often around, the Block Island. Spring Series Details Closing Date: May 24, 2024 Race Dates: June 7-8, 2024…
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Yacht Scoring is a featured packed 100% web based regatta administration and scoring system that simplifies the task of competitor registration, event management, competitor and media communications while providing results in near-real time to competitors and the World following your event on the internet. ... Off Soundings Club Noank, CT, USA ...
Off Soundings Donates to Block Island Medical Center. September 30, 2021. Dave Dickerson, past commodore of both the Off Soundings Club and the Cruising Club of America, said the two boating clubs pooled their resources and donated $4,000 to the Block Island Medical Center. Dickerson said another $500 will be donated to the Rescue Squad in the ...