The final race will be broadcast live on ILCA YouTube channel, transmission start tomorrow at 12:45. Join us at the club to watch the exciting conclusion to the 2026 ILCA Men's World Championship Final Series. Watch...
Dear Members, What a week it has been at the National Yacht Club! The ILCA World Championships are now at Day Four of racing, and, after a rather damp start to today's racing, the sun has finally decided to join the party! The atmosphere around the club has been...
Dear Members, Thereâs plenty of excitement around the Club at the moment, with the ILCA World Championships just around the corner â and our new Committee Boat has successfully completed its trial runs and is now ready to get to work! This is a really exciting...
NYC members Ann Kirwan and Brendan Briscoe raced their Schull-based Ruffian Orca II in Calves Week 2026, their 6th consecutive year to compete in the event.
Orca II was entered in the 10-boat White Sails 2 (WS2) Echo fleet with NYC Commodore Rosemary Cadogan signed up for all 4 days. They were joined by NYCâs Robin Hilliard and Nika from the Ukraine for the Fastnet race on day 2. Mike and Deirdre Buttanshaw and Annâs niece Sophie were invaluable crew on the other days.
The 80 boats racing over 6 classes were greeted with champagne sailing conditions throughout the 4 days, enjoying warm sunshine and plenty of wind for the first 3 days, especially on Wednesday for the Fastnet race.
With all classes sailing the same course for the Fastnet race (weather mark, Goat Island, Fastnet, Amelia and finish in the harbour), it was quite a sight to see the bigger boats catching up with the smaller boats as they rounded the Fastnet in a strong breeze and quite a swell.
4 dinghy sailors made the voyage to join our Commodores past and present in beautiful Schull for a few days racing William Walsh, Ben OâShaughnessy, Eoin Byrne and Oisin Pearse with Simon Hanley for the delivery trip sailed from Dun Laoghaire to Cork on the August...
The Club will be busy with the activity of the forthcoming ILCA Worlds Championships being co-hosted by the NYC and RSGYC every day from Tuesday 18th August to Saturday 12th September when competitors will be launching from the Clubâs slipway and coaches will be berthing their ribs on the Club Pontoon. All of this activity should not affect our members normal sailing from the Club and members are encouraged to visit the Club during the championships and enjoy the activity. The competitors ILCAs will be parking on the Carlisle Pier when not sailing and their coaches ribs will berth on the outer pontoons of both Clubs. The link and inner pontoons will be kept free for Club and Members use. The platform in the area between the Clubhouse and the Yardarm will be kept clear for the Opening and Closing ceremonies and for the launching trolleys of those competitors that will launch from the NYC. Members dinghies will be re located to the western side of the platform where they will be accessible for sailing. This year, the event race office will be in an office on the Carlisle Pier, but the morning coaches meetings will take place in the NYC JB room. As there will be enhanced security in the Clubs and surrounding area during the Championship period, please do bring your membership card with you.
The pre-event video for the 2026 ILCA 7 Men's and ILCA 6 Womenâs World Championships has just been released - see it here.
As previously mentioned, Olympic sailing class world championships are generally only held in Europe once every 4 years and as such, this is a once in a generation opportunity for Ireland to host such a prestigious and high calibre event and the two host Clubs - the NYC and RSGYC - look forward to hosting over 400 Olympic class sailors and coaches in our Clubs, including the NYC members Finn Lynch and Annalise Murphy, over the next few weeks.
Thanks,
Con
Events Organising Committee Chair and Principal Race Officer
