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What a Week for Our Sailors!

What a Week for Our Sailors!

Brian Uniacke and Team Tongyeong have successfully arrived in Cape Town after completing Stage 3 of the 2025/2026 Clipper Round the World Race! The team currently sits in 6th place, an impressive achievement after thousands of nautical miles at sea.
Up next, on November 16th, they’ll set off on Stage 4: Marlow’s Blue Ocean Sleigh Ride — an exhilarating 4,800nm ocean crossing from Cape Town, South Africa to Fremantle, Australia.

Meanwhile, Damien Payne has returned home after his incredible adventure with Team “Power of Seattle Sport.” We’ll continue to cheer on Damien’s teammates, who are currently in 4th place after earning 3 vital points at the scoring gate in the last stage.

We’ll hear more from Damien over the coming weeks, as he shares some of his amazing stories with us, from the “choppy” waters in the Bay of Biscay, to lightning storms mid Atlantic.

Our junior sailors have also been making waves abroad!

13 Nov, 2025 | 2 min read

Congratulations Mark O’Connor Mini Transat 20th Place Finish

Congratulations Mark O’Connor Mini Transat 20th Place Finish

The following is a report of Marks thrilling finish posted by the organisers. 

It is very noteworthy that Mark sailed 3260 nm which is between 100 and 150nm more than many of his closest competitors. To do so and finish so well is testament to Marks perseverance and skill in achieving his ambitions. 

All of his efforts is only made possible by the superb support received from you all so bask in the reflected glory of this fantastic achievement 

Mark O'Connor: A Rough Start, A Sharp Final

11 Nov, 2025 | 4 min read

DBSC Junior September Series 2025 – Cancelled This Sunday 5th October

DBSC Junior September Series 2025 – Cancelled This Sunday 5th October

The Junior September series start is slightly delayed due to the hosting of the U21 ILCA Worlds ending today (Friday 29th August) which postponed the running of the Team Racing Elmo Trophy to Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September.

Online Entry Form: CLICK HERE
Download NOR: September Series NOR 2025
Download SIs: DBSC Jnr September Series SIs 2025
View entry list: Click Here
Download the entries as a pdf file: Click Here

Final Results: PLEASE CLICK HERE

 

The dates for the upcoming DBSC September Junior Series are as follows:

Sunday Sept 14th, Sept 21st, Sept 28th and Sunday October 5th

Read more

03 Oct, 2025 | 1 min read

TY Irish Coastal Navigation For Small Boats Course with Irish Offshore Sailing

TY Irish Coastal Navigation For Small Boats Course with Irish Offshore Sailing

This course is designed to prepare students for the Pre Entry assessment for becoming a dinghy instructor with Irish Sailing. It is a 2 days course. Sunday is a full day, Monday is a shorter day

Dates available:

Sun/Mon  16th & 17th Nov / Times:  0930 –1600 & 0930 - 1400
Sun/Mon  8th & 9th Feb / Times:  0930 –1600 & 0930 - 1400
Sun/Mon  8th & 9th Mar / Times: 0930 –1600 & 0930 - 1400

2 days €210 + Stripe Fees

For more details and to register, Please Click Here

 

18 Sep, 2025 | 2 min read

TY VHF Courses 2025 – 2026

TY VHF Courses 2025 – 2026

The following dates are available to take the VHF course: 2025/2026

Mon     24th Nov
Thurs   4th Dec
Sun      15th Feb
Wed    18th Feb

The course fee is €210 and includes the cost of taking the external examination and the issuing of their VHF license by the RYA. 

The certificate is issued by the RYA approx 4 weeks after the course is completed and the certificate is valid for life. The cert entitles the operator to use a vhf radio anywhere in the world and is therefore accepted by all dinghy sailing schools in Ireland who require their instructors to have competence in the operation of a VHF radio.

For further details and to register, Please Click Here

18 Sep, 2025 | 2 min read

TY First Aid Courses – Nov 2025 / Feb 2026

TY First Aid Courses – Nov 2025 / Feb 2026

Our TY courses, delivered by Irish Offshore Sailing, are the RYA Marine First Aid Courses. They are valid for all Irish Sailing Dinghy instructors, and are valid for 3 years.

The course includes topics such as hypothermia, drowning, cold water immersion, vhf radio for medical emergencies and helicopter rescue, which defines it as a marine first aid course. 

The course starts at 0930 and finishes at 1600 with a break for lunch.
Students need to come in comfortable clothing with a pen and paper for notes. 

The 4 courses will take place in the National Yacht Club in the JB room downstairs.

The 2025-2026 dates for first aid are as follows: 
Thurs   13th Nov
Thurs   20th Nov
Thurs   12th Feb 
Sat       14th Feb

For more information and to register, Please Click Here

17 Sep, 2025 | 2 min read

JUNIOR TRAINING AUTUMN 2025

JUNIOR TRAINING AUTUMN 2025

At the National YC, We run Autumn coached training on Saturday afternoons. In order to facilitate to the best of our ability possible other activities/sports, training starts at 13.00 with the daily briefing (rigged and ready unless stated otherwise by the coach) and finishes after debrief is completed around 17.00

As the number of coaches and the groupings directly depends on participation, it is important to get sailors commitment. The focus is to develop skills at the appropriate level of competencies and coaches will use drills appropriate to the level of the sailors, the variability of abilities and boats types. The overall aim is enjoyment, progress and cooperation. 

The classes supported by the club: Optimist, Dinghies (Topper, RS Feva, ILCA), Skiffs (29er and 49er FX)

The levels:
- RACE: Race training, EVERY SATURDAY starting on sept 6th and finishing Dec 13th : 300EUR Full programme of up to 13 sessions or 40/session
- PROGRESS: Small boat sailing scheme from Irish Sailing courses syllabus, EVERY SATURDAY starting on sept 6th and finishing Oct 26th: 150EUR Full programme (up to 7 sessions) or 40/session

Coaching team: Head coach: Thomas Chaix, Lead coach Optimist: Alfonso Moreno Perez, Lead coach skiffs: William Walsh, Other coaches (Eoin Byrne, Conor Gorman, Ellie Cunnane, Nicola Ferguson
) will support training

For more details and to register, Please Click Here

05 Sep, 2025 | 2 min read

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