Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan has revealed plans to compete in the hotly-contested Figaro class in 2018 – a move that takes him one step closer to his ultimate goal of the Vendee Globe.

Dolan will join the gruelling Figaro circuit, which features some of the world’s best single handed sailors, after a successful tenure in the Mini 6.50 class.

At the recent ISA Sailing Awards held in the RDS on 9^th February, Our very own Carmel Winkelman, a nonagenarian of the National Yacht Club who has been at the forefront of the junior sailing training since the 1960s, received the Irish Sailing President’s Award.

Here is the video link of the presentation to Carmel by Jack Roy.   
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uN52sG_GniWwUxpYrmJ0zplkdLPFHWc_/view

Volvo Irish Sailing Awards which is a free to attend event and a good evening which will take place in the RDS Concert Hall on Friday 9^th February at 6.30pm.

The awards consist of Drinks/Canapes reception followed by the awards and it will finish approximately 9pm. Read the full post for the programme details. To support this event, you simply have to register with Irish sailing by emailing communications@sailing.ie

With every great win comes a ripple effect. Annalise Murphy’s silver medal in sailing at the Rio Olympics in 2016 was good news for the country, for sport, and the sailing community in general. But how has the bounce been felt one year on?

President of Irish Sailing, Jack Roy commented: “it’s interesting to look at the figures to see what impact, if any, Annalise’s medal has had on increasing awareness of sailing or attracting new people to our sport. We know that Olympic medals increase people’s enthusiasm for trying out a new sport, boxing and rowing being prime examples and it appears from our figures at the end of 2017 that there certainly has been a very positive effect that can be attributed to Annalise’s success in Rio”

For the full article, please visit Afloat.ie

The Awards take place on Friday 9 February at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Come and join us to celebrate the sailing year with awards for Training Centre of the Year, Senior Instructor of the Year, Youth Sailor, and Sailor of the Year, where many NYC members are nominated!!!

To view the list of Nominees in each category, please visit: https://www.sailing.ie/awards-nominees-2017/ 

To register  for your tickets, please email communications@sailing.ie

We are delighted to congratulate Finn Lynch on winning Afloat.ie ‘Optimist Sailor of the Month’ for December 
Finn Lynch (21) of the National Yacht Club is the Afloat.ie “Sailor of the Month” (Olympic) on the strength of his Silver in the Lasers in the Gran Canaria Olympic Week in mid-December, sailing nine races in light to medium conditions. In a major event which was promoting Gran Canaria’s ambitions to become known as European Sport Island, Lynch successfully availed of the opportunity to up his game after intense training.

^{The Boathouse will be open until Wednesday 20th December inclusive (until 1700)  It will then be closed until Wednesday 3rd January.
The boathouse staff would like to wish all the Club’s members, their friends and family, a Very Happy Christmas and all the very best for the 2018 sailing season!}