Sailing

Our professional sailing staff provides instruction using the Club’s 23 ft Sonars, fleet of Sunfish and Lasers. The Devon Junior Yacht program provides instruction in a variety of dinghies including Optimists, Sunfish, Lasers, Club 420s. Campers compete in numerous PGJSA regattas on the East End and in Connecticut.

Weekly one-design racing occurs from June through September with one of the largest fleets of Alerion Express 28s in the United States as well as One Design dinghy and PHRF racing.

OPEN REGATTAS

The Club welcomes youth and adult sailors to enjoy the steady breezes and safe sailing conditions of Gardiner’s Bay with several open events each year. The annual Peconic Gardiner’s Junior Sailing Association (PGJSA) regatta draws hundreds of youth sailors from all over Suffolk County and the tentative date for this year is Wednesday, August 10th. For more than 50 years the Club has hosted sailors from the North and South Forks to compete in the 24-mile Lawrence E. Clarke ‘Round Gardiner’s Island race.  For 2022 the race is scheduled for August 27.

53rd 'Round Gardiners Island Race - Saturday, August 27th, 2022

Labor Day Sunfish Regatta - Saturday, September 3rd, 2022