{"id":3123,"date":"2024-01-16T17:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T17:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:57:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:57:29","slug":"dawn-riley-of-oakcliff-sailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/16\/dawn-riley-of-oakcliff-sailing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawn Riley, National Sailing Hall of Fame and America&#8217;s Cup Inductee"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dawn Riliey was inducted into the Class of 2022 of the National Sailing Hall of Fame. We circle back to Dawn Riley for a follow up interview on her nationally recognized sailing programs at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oakcliffsailing.org\">Oakcliff Sailing<\/a> out of Oyster Bay, NY and her personal pursuits.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dawn_Riley\">Dawn sailed in three America\u2019s Cup races<\/a> and two Whitbread Round the World races, and was the first American to accomplish this feat.\u00a0She was the watch captain on\u00a0<em>Maiden<\/em>, the first all-women\u2019s entry in the Whitbread race, and was the team captain of the first all-women\u2019s team in the America\u2019s Cup. She later established the America True Foundation to encourage youth participation in sailing.\u00a0Since 2010 she has run Oakcliff Sailing dedicated to\u00a0<em>Building American Leaders Through Sailing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jan 16, 2024 Interview with an update from Dawn Riley on Racing worldwide in 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Audio 250) Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile and Rick Tittle: Dawn Riley\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/903479716?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oct 22, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Audio 187) Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile and Rick Tittle: Nathan Outerridge; Dawn Riley\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/763981628?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/11\/dawn-riley\/\">June 2019 interview with Dawn Rlely<\/a> on Sail Sport Talk <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is a excerpt from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nshof.org\/inductees\/riley-dawn\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nshof.org\/inductees\/riley-dawn\/\">National Sailing Hall of Fame about Dawn Riley, written by Gary Jobson<\/a>:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Dawn Riley was serving as the 14 year-old Commodore of the Junior Yacht Club of the North Star Sail Club in Michigan, she declared that she was going to sail in the America\u2019s Cup and race around the world one day. She has achieved her early dreams and gone beyond as a competitive racer, champion of women in sailing, and teacher to many aspiring young sailors. In her autobiography written with Cynthia Goss, \u201cTaking the Helm,\u201d she makes a strong case that women can be equally competitive with men in offshore sailing. She has raced around the world twice \u2013 first aboard \u201cMaiden\u201d in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race and then as skipper of \u201cHeineken\u201d in the 1993-94 edition of the Whitbread. In between races she joined Bill Koch\u2019s \u201cAmerica3\u201d campaign as a crew member. The team successfully defended the America\u2019s Cup in 1992. Riley was the only female member of the sailing team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riley joined the all-women\u2019s crew aboard \u201cMighty Mary\u201d for the 1995 America\u2019s Cup and used the experiences she learned during both campaigns to launch her own Cup challenge, \u201cAmerica True\u201d in 2000. She was the captain of the team that made the semi-final round. In 1999 Riley was named Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year for her victories on the match racing circuit. She is a graduate of Michigan State University and was on the sailing team. Riley has served on many Boards including the Women\u2019s Sports Foundation (1999-2006). She served as President of the Foundation in 2003-2004. Riley has also served on the Board of the US Sailing Association, the governing body of sailing in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riley managed the French \u201cAreva Challenge\u201d for the 2007 America\u2019s Cup in Valencia, Spain. In 2010 she was hired by Hunt Lawrence to run Oakcliff Sailing in Oyster Bay, New York. Oakcliff has a mission to train sailors in the skills of offshore sailing, match racing and Olympic sailing preparation. She is an advocate of mixed sailing (men and women on the same boat) and says \u201cI\u2019ve seen an all-male crew because I\u2019ve been the only woman on the team, and I\u2019ve been on mixed teams. I love mixed teams. The dynamic is different, but it is a more complete team. You\u2019ve got enough different perspectives that you have better decision making capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019 a feature film on the 1989-90 Whitbread Race, \u201cMaiden\u201d told the story of Riley and the rest of the resourceful crew and their quest to prove that women can compete in blue water racing. She recalls \u201cWe started the race and many people thought we were going to lose and cry and all that kind of stuff and we won two of the hardest legs with all women aboard. When you are away from land and there are only ten people on the boat, it doesn\u2019t matter if they are male or female. There are absolutely no jobs women can\u2019t do offshore.\u201d She continues, \u201cIn my opinion, the last frontier for women in sailing is in decision making roles. Women in leadership with decision making powers is where we need to go. The next step is for more women to own their own boats.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sail Sport Talk is an audio and multi-media broadcast on 10 platforms to 82 million people in 168 countries through Sports Byline USA. Tune in locations are\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/live-broadcasts-podcasts\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dawn Riliey was inducted into the Class of 2022 of the National Sailing Hall of Fame. We circle back to Dawn Riley for a follow up interview on her nationally recognized sailing programs at Oakcliff Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY and her personal pursuits. Dawn sailed in three America\u2019s Cup races and two Whitbread Round the World races, and was the first American to accomplish this feat.\u00a0She was the watch captain on\u00a0Maiden, the first all-women\u2019s entry in the Whitbread race, and was the team captain of the first all-women\u2019s team in the America\u2019s Cup. 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