Winter Luncheons!
Take a break after the holiday havoc and enjoy a quiet lunch…
Off Soundings Notice!
The signs are flashing. The Time is now! Registration Deadline for Fall Off Soundings is August 29, 2025 at 2300.
Get ye to Yacht Scoring pronto!
It’s that time of the season…AGAIN! A hurricane is bashing Bermuda, the back to school sales are underway and the Fall Series is about to Beat the Bay in Greenport. The last place you want to be is on the sidelines on September 12 or 13th. This will be the 87th Fall Series in the long illustrious history of our club’s love of the competition against mother nature and our fellow racers. The registration deadline (and we take it seriously!) is August 29 at 2300. Register today.
Yacht scoring continues to be our online home, allowing ease of registration and tracking of your fellow competitors, weather, the NOR and the SIs and other pertinent information. You can link to the registration page through Offsoundings.org. Along the way, suck up the information about what’s gone on in the club and what’s ahead.
Dockwa continues to be your online service to secure a docking slip at Mitchell Marina. The town of Greenport is always welcoming and you can find the spots you like, the ones you’ve been to and maybe a few new ones to feed your crew and slack their thirst. Visit greenportvillage.com.
As usual, the crocks will be filled Friday under the tents at Townsend Marina after racing.
Bring on the Bay,
Get your butt on the Scratch Sheet,
Let’s go Racing!
Off Soundings Club
SAILBOAT RACING IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND
FOUNDED NOVEMBER 7, 1933
INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 4, 1949
Race Series
Spring & Fall OSC Series
June 5-6, 2026
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.
September 18-19, 2026
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.
