Off Soundings Club

SAILBOAT RACING IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND

FOUNDED NOVEMBER 7, 1933
INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 4, 1949

Race Series

Spring & Fall OSC Series

Spring Series

June 7-8, 2024 (deadline May 24).

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.

Fall Series

September 13-14, 2024 (deadline August 30).

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.

The Off Soundings Club is more than a crock of rum.

Much more.

However, you can’t have one without the other!

Since 1935, the Off Soundings Club has built a tradition of racing sailboats on Competition, Challenge, Camaraderie, and Crocks. Twice a year the fleet takes on mother nature in the always challenging art of sailboat racing. To Block Island in the Spring. To Gardiner’s Bay in the Fall. 

 

Nearly 100 boats with five hundred crew Compete in a dozen classes. The Challenge is to find the breeze that will take you to the finish line – out front. If that fails, everyone knows how to get to the party, where the Crocks stand waiting to Celebrate the good, and Commiserate with the not so good. The Camaraderie is Contagious! The sea stories are never ending. And there’s another race tomorrow!

Love to race? We’d love to have you join the club and find your own sea story.

Membership

How do I become a member?

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.

If you are a skipper that has never sailed with us the best route is to ask a member to invite you as a guest and sail several series to determine that you are comfortable with the format and conditions, and to meet other members.

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