The National Yacht Club

53° 17.635’ N 006° 07.770’ W

THE NATIONAL YACHT CLUB

53° 17.635’ N Longitude 06° 07.770’ W

The National yacht club welcomes you

Welcome to the official website of the National Yacht Club — a home for sailors, families, and enthusiasts alike on the beautiful shores of Dublin Bay.

Our Story

Located at the historic East Pier in Dún Laoghaire, our club has enjoyed a rich maritime tradition and community atmosphere for well over a century. We pride ourselves on blending serious sailing — dinghy racing, offshore adventures, keelboats — with the warmth of a welcoming social club.

What We Offer

Superb sailing facilities: slipway directly from the clubhouse into the harbour, over eighty club moorings, platform parking, pontoons, fuelling, water, crane-lifting — all the essentials for modern boating.
A full calendar of events year-round: competitive racing on Dublin Bay and beyond, cruising opportunities, training for all levels, and a lively social side with quiz nights, wine dinners, and more.
A sense of community: we value a family ethos, support, and fellowship, whether you’re a lifelong sailor or just discovering the sport.

Join Us

If you’re intrigued by life by the water — sailing, socialising, or simply enjoying the spectacular outlook over Dublin Bay — we’d love to hear from you.

Membership offers full use of club facilities, from the vibrant activity on the water to the welcoming clubhouse by the pier.

Explore the rest of our website to find out more about our sailing programme, club history, events calendar, and how you can become part of this active, friendly club.

Fair winds and we look forward to welcoming you on board.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Transition Year Introduction To Match Racing

Patrick Hassett – Reporting from Europe

Pilates – Starting Wednesday 21st October

Boathouse Winter Opening Hours

Transition Year Introduction To Match Racing

Patrick Hassett – Reporting from Europe

Pilates – Starting Wednesday 21st October

Boathouse Winter Opening Hours

Transition Year Introduction To Match Racing

Courses/ Training, Home Page Featured, Junior Sailing, Sailing | 1 min read

As part of the waterfront transition year students activities, the National YC is offering an introduction to Match Racing on the club Eliotts. Wether you have dreams to be in the next Dublin world tour line up and battle with the best Match racers or you simply want to enjoy growing sailing skill, teamwork, rules knowledge and have great exciting fun in the process, the course is for you!

National YC head coach Thomas Chaix will run the sessions along with his team. 3 of the days will be dedicated to grow the necessery skills practicing starts, the course and the teamwork in delivering solid boathandling. The final day will deliver a fun and friendly competition putting all into practice...

The Eliotts are perfect for Match racing. These small keelboats usually sailed with 3 onboard (sometimes 4) are highly manoeuvrerable and will challenge young sailors progressing all the necessery skills. Sailors can register as a team or individually. the coaching team will ensure everyone interested is able to sail.

Sign up is on nyc.ie smart club: https://www.smartclubcloud.com/events/eventlist.aspx?c=6807a1d1-b7a9-44f6-ad35-3d95686c7ff0

Places are limited to 4 teams or 12 sailors, ideally with 4 keen skippers as we have a 4 boats operation.

Oct 2026 15

Patrick Hassett – Reporting from Europe

Home Page Featured, Member News, Racing, Racing Events, Sailing | 2 min read

In case you missed the ‘one man and his keelboat’, that trains daily in Dun Laoghaire, I am competing in North Eastern Europe in the Autumn series of the International 2.4mR Sailing League.

The first regatta was the Czech Grand Prix on Lake Macha on the last weekend of September. There were 15 competitors from Czechia, Germany, Austria and Ukraine. The first day of the regatta was light winds largely below 5 knots. A single race was completed before the wind died altogether. The second day saw a slightly stronger breeze with Detlef Muller-Boling from Germany taking the lead. The final day saw the strongest wind with a consistent breeze of 10 knots. On the first race of the final day I managed to get myself an OCS, and finished 4th overall in addition to winning 2 races. The podium places were taken by Detlef, followed by Daniel Bina and Alexander Sadilek from Czechia.

The following weekend I participated in the German National’s in Plau am See. This regatta saw another few days of very light winds. There were 46 competitors from 7 nations including Heiko Kroger the current world champion and most importantly, Megan Pascoe made the journey from England. The light winds, even made getting to the racecourse, through the narrow sheltered river between the harbour and the lake, a challenge. The race committee squeezed in 5 races in the first 2 days, an achievement considering how light the wind was. On the 3rd day there was no racing due to insufficient wind. The podium was occupied by Christophe Tromer from Germany, followed by Megan and Heiko. I finished 16th overall.

Oct 2026 15

Pilates – Starting Wednesday 21st October

Club house, Home Page Featured, Social, Uncategorised | 1 min read

New 6 weeks course of Pilates starting Wednesday 21st October, 7-8pm in the JB Room.

Instructor - Rachel Browne who is also a Personal Trainer and Nutritionist in the local area.

The classes will be mixed ability and choreographed to the needs of those in the room. They will be designed around sailor's needs - including core, balance work and everything needed to stay sailing fit.

€100 for the 6 week block.

Please email Rachel on rachel@rbpt.ie, who will respond with a booking link and advise regarding equipment, or call her on 087 6196222 if you have any queries.

Highly Recommended !