The Optimist Dinghy Irish team trials took place in The RSGYC last weekend as part of the Volvo Irish Sailing Youth Pathway National Championships 2018 which were being hosted jointly by the National Yacht Club and the Royal St George Yacht Club Dun Laoghaire.
The answer was written in the weekend's weather forecast: whoever could master the vagaries of Dublin Bay's light winds could count on victory at this year's Irish Sailing Youth National Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
After three days of racing, only one of the early leaders from Thursday's races in a near gale had held on to their overall lead by Sunday's windless conclusion.
As Afloat.ie reported earlier, 213 competitors from 26 clubs around Ireland competed in a series that, although it had breeze throughout the wind range, will be remembered as a light air test, and a severe one at that, with some serious wind shifts in the tentative southâeasterlies.
The 2018 Volvo Irish Sailing Youth Pathway National Championships will take place from the 5thâ8th of April in Dun Laoghaire and will be jointly hosted by the Royal St George Yacht Club and the National Yacht Club.
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A huge congratulations to all our sailors who partook in the Winter Topper Championships in Killyleagh Yacht Club up North under testing conditions. All the hard work over the winter has paid off with NYC sailors taking the top slots. Natasha Hemeryck came in first overall as well scooping up the 1st Lady Prize and Hugh O'Connor coming in 2nd overall. Caoimhe Seymour came in 3rd in the 4.2 series. Many congratulations to them all.
Congratulations also to Christian Houlahan (A regular Participant at the Topper Clinics at the NYC) who came first in the 4.2 series and to Conn Murphy and Finn Cleary (All regular Participants at the Topper Clinics at the NYC) who also competed.
The deadline for availing of the early-bird discounted entry for Baltimore Spring Training Week has been extended to 10pm Friday the 12th January.
This year sees the beginning of a revamping of the Baltimore Spring Camp with the goal of making it the premier Optimist training event in the Irish sailing calendar. A feature of this plan sees IODAI investing in enhancing the quality of the training at all levels. More structured training programmes will ensure that a higher level of skills will be acquired by all sailors. Performance sailors will benefit from more focused coaching, while an increased number of senior coaches will ensure that all sailors benefit from the expertise they bring. Main features include:
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Junior Sailors Dinner at 7pm.
Followed by Prize Giving and Junior Disco until 10.30pm
Parents: A social evening Buffet Meal & glass of Wine in the JB room (7-9pm) until prizegiving @9pm
Juniors âŹ10
Parents âŹ20
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Almost 150 supporters of sailing in the National Yacht Club got together on Saturday 30th September to mark the 50th Jubilee anniversary of NYC Junior section. Open to over 18s who have been involved in NYCâs junior section over the years as sailors, parents, friends and instructors, the evening reunited three generations to celebrate junior sailing at NYC. The evening was also an opportunity to raise funds for a fleet of Fireflies that will benefit NYCâs current young and upcoming sailors.