The WaterFront Center in Oyster Bay is launching an exciting new program in 2025: Make a 24-Inch Wooden Sailboat & Test It on the Water! This two-week, half-day experience is designed for kids aged 10-15, blending woodworking, creativity, and maritime fun.

The WaterFront Center is celebrating 25 years! 🎉

As we mark this milestone, we invite you to share your stories—whether you've sailed our waters, explored our educational programs, or enjoyed recreation on the bay. Your memories and testimonials will help us honor this anniversary and continue our mission of connecting people to the water through education and recreation.

Send us your stories and words of support as we commemorate 25 years of making waves! 🌊

📅 Take a look at all of our 2025 scheduled dates below! Stay tuned for more details—we can’t wait to celebrate with you!

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Cormac Murphy, Sailing Director at The WaterFront Center and founder/ skipper of BSR Match Racing, has had a successful year in 2023. With the support from The WaterFront Center, Cormac has led his team around the country to many National and International competitions, competing against the best racers in the world. Learn about how Cormac got his start and his passion for coaching young sailors!

In Oyster Bay, an afternoon of sailing can do wonders for anyone, but at The WaterFront Center, sailing is therapy. Our ZigZag: Adaptive Sailing brings together individuals of diverse needs for an afternoon of sailing, healing, and friendship through the fun and therapeutic qualities of sailing.

Over the past 20 years, The WaterFront Center has strived to foster an environment of passion for water. From inexperienced sailor to collegiate athlete and instructor, Rebecca Keller is one of those passionate community members.  Learn about her journey in this blog!

2023 Annual Appeal

This past weekend was Oyster Bay’s 40th Annual Oyster Festival weekend in New York! Although we might have had to cancel some programs due to inclement weather, we still had a successful weekend connecting the community to the water with our massive touch-tank and historical Oyster Sloop CHRISTEEN! 

Sail the evening away with some light-hearted racing in a fun atmosphere that is the hallmark of the community experience at The WaterFront Center! We invite sailors of all skill levels to sail alongside each other in a quirky one-design fleet race.

As the season starts to change so does our schedule! This fall, there are so many different ways to explore Oyster Bay on the water with The WaterFront Center! Take a paddle class, sail with the community, rent a paddle with your friends, or watch a sunset from CHRISTEEN. Check out all the programs you can reserve right now on our website!

Explore & Celebrate The History and nature Of Oyster Bay Harbor. Fall brings about a beautiful time of change within our environment! Join The WaterFront Center and Friends of the Bay for a kayaking tour of Mill Neck Creek, where you’ll discover the area's history and ecology that make it unique!

Fall is the perfect time for sailors of all ages and skill levels to learn and improve their capabilities. Younger children can continue or start their summer journey with Opti sailing for all skill levels. We also offer a High School Sailing Team for teenagers to sail in C420s to develop their teamwork, critical thinking, and technical sailing skills. Give your child the opportunity to meet new friends, learn to sail, & gain confidence on the water with The WaterFront Center.

This year, our Annual Benefit Silent Auction is online! We’re excited to invite you to participate in this Online Auction whether you can attend or not. Check out the details in the blog for more information on what you can bid on! 

On this Giving Tuesday, I want to take the opportunity to THANK YOU, our customers and supporters, who personify our mission of connecting people to the water through education and recreation. Your generosity enables our team of educators, naturalists, and sailing instructors to provide the excellence in programming that we strive for each and every year, while also serving and giving back to the community.

We hope you will join us in supporting The WaterFront Center on Giving Tuesday. No donation is ever too small, and showing your support means the world to us with whatever size donation you can make.