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Indecon Public Consultation on the Harbour and Town – Have your say!
Dear Members,
As you may be aware, DLRCC has employed consultants to complete separate studies on the future of a) the Harbour and b) the Town. As part of this process, the consultants have already surveyed the Harbour users including the NYC, and have now opened, albeit without much fanfare, the process to the public. This process has only recently come to our notice via the Save Our Seafront folks and the last date for submissions is Sunday February 28th, so not much time!
The link to the surveys is below, so please click the link and submit your views. The survey will take just 5-10 minutes to complete.
As noted above, the NYC, via the Development Committee and supported by the General Committee, has already completed a similar survey, and it would be really useful if, along with your own personal views, your submissions reinforced the Clubâs views. To this end below are the highlights of the Clubâs submission.
- The old âCommercial Mandateâ imposed on the Harbour Company by the Harbours Act needs to be abandoned and instead the DLRCC should look on the Harbour as a public asset, and should treat it much as it does Marley or Kilbogget Parks, i.e. public assets that are not required to âmake a returnâ.
- Any commercial activity promoted by the Council for the Harbour should support the cultural, leisure and historic aspects of the Harbour and it use for industrial applications, such as windfarm construction/service, is not appropriate.
- Public access to the water needs to be improved, and the provision of a National Watersports/Events Centre, with appropriate facilities, would go some way towards achieving this goal.
- The Harbour makes Dun Laoghaire a unique location for the hosting of large international watersport events, and there is the expertise available to attract these events, if the proper infrastructure was available.
- The integration between the Town and Harbour needs to be improved, and developing the Harbour as a leisure facility is the best way to achieve this.
- The reduction/removal of the swinging moorings from the East Bight has taken away from the visual impact of the Harbour to the public and these should be reinstated.
Many thanks for your help with this and please do not forget to submit our views by next Sunday.
Paul Barrington
Chair
NYC Development Committee
NYC online Pilates for All with Sally Bell – Starts Monday 1st March for 5 weeks
Shake the gloom and the festive season excesses off! Get your mat and sign up for some much welcome and much needed online Pilates classes with Pilates teacher and sailing coach Sally Bell! No experience or fitness level necessary! No shame in a classroom group...
ICRA National Conference and AGM – Register Now – Online 6th March 2021
ICRA is delighted to welcome Evelyn Cusak (Head of Forecasting, Met Eireann) to speak at the 2021 ICRA National Conference.
Given the COVID restrictions currently in place, ICRA will hold its annual Conference and AGM online on Saturday 6th March from 10:30 to 13:00.
The event will naturally be shorter this year due to being online, however we are delighted that the Conference will have a number of experts offering advice on all aspects of racing and yacht preparation, and will be followed by the AGM.
The 2020 Annual Conference will feature:
âą Evelyn Cusack (Head of Forecasting, Met Eireann) - we are delighted to have Evelyn Cusack kick-off the conference covering the topic of âWeather Forecastingâ, a critical element of all sailing activities and competitions. Following the bad weather meaning she was unable to attend last year!
âą Latest Yacht Design â a presentation from leading Irish Yacht designer Mark Mills.
âą Major Event Reps â giving you the low down on what to expect at the major cruiser racing coastal and offshore sailing events planned for 2021, and plans for coping with the Covid 19 situation.
âą Sailors Forum â giving members a chance to ask questions of the event organisers to help them plan for the season ahead.
âą ICRA Updates â on the Under 25 Programme, the Central results database, ECHO rules, plans for the ICRA Nationals in 2021.
The full agenda can be found here.
The conference will start in the morning at 10:30am, followed by the AGM and will close at 13:00pm.
Please register here to get zoom link for the conference.
Junior Summer Courses 2021 – Update
The National Yacht Club are making preparations to run clinics for our junior members from June until August 2021. Last year we learnt how to deal with Covid 19 and provided successful clinics for all of our young members. We have learnt a lot and plan to do things much better this year.
We plan to offer clinics in start sailing, basic skills, improving skills, advanced boat handling, start racing, kites and wires (using club wayfarers and ventures), team racing (using our club fireflies), feva clinics and adventure clinics. We also plan to run optimist and laser racing clinics with our advanced racing coaches throughout the summer.
We will have optimists, toppers and FEVAs to charter for members who want to try out a different boat over the summer.
We will keep you updated, but please be reassured that we are planning a wonderful summer for you all at the National Yacht Club.
Registration and dates of summer sailing courses will be found on the website shortly, so keep an eye on the website.
Racing Rules of Sailing Quiz Challenge…brush up on your knowledge while we all wait for restrictions to be lifted!
Ready to take on the Racing Rules Quiz Challenge?
The challenge consist of 25 questions in increasing order of difficulty.
After you complete the challenge, you will be able to see the Leaderboard and will receive an email with your score and a link to download all the answers for you to study in your own time.
As this is a challenge with a leaderboard, it would obviously be unfair to complete it more than once...so there is a built in IT mechanism to check for unique submission but we do ask all competitors to be fair and take part only once.
Ready to take on the Challenge?
Then CLICK HERE
Irish Sailing Awards – from Harry Hermon, CEO Irish Sailing
Dear All
As you know, the 2020 Irish Sailing Awards are taking place online, but this year with a much more vibrant format . And while we may not be able to get together in person, thereâs still much to celebrate and Iâd like to encourage you and your members to register and join us next Thursday 11 February at 7.00pm.
MC Justin Cullen of Skerries Sailing Club will steer us through the night, with interviews and chats with nominees and winners. Weâll have the usual categories like Senior Instructor of the Year, along with Training Centre of the Year, and Sailor of the Year. Weâll also be giving the Sustainability Award for those making a difference to the environment, the all-important Inclusion Award to someone pushing innovation and access, and the Youth Sailor Award for the fantastic young sailors who represent Ireland on the international stage. But weâll also have a new Leadership Award for someone with a long-term vision, and the re-introduced Volunteer of the Year which received dozens of nominations from everyone around the country.
Itâs important that this year the Awards focus on the good news that came out of 2020. It was a difficult year for so many, but we want to shine a light on the remarkable stories of people who made a difference â people who achieved extraordinary things despite setbacks, created communities in a time of loneliness, made sure that the more vulnerable in our society were looked after, and those who went the extra mile to make sure many of us got out on the water safely. As they say, not all superheroes wear capes.
The awards present the perfect opportunity to show that despite the Covid-19 pandemic, we were able to return to the water in a variety of different ways, and we hope to mark the end of a strange and difficult year with an optimistic eye on the future.
Register for your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/virtual-irish-sailing-awards-2020-tickets-132224195127
ICC Refresher Course for NYC Members with Wild West Sailing
Wild West Sailing, who is currently running a Small Boat Coastal Navigation Course to our NYC Members organised by Women on the Water, has agreed to run an ICC refresher Online Course for all NYC Members.
Please note: This ICC Navigation Refresher course is only suitable for anyone who has previously attended a formal navigation course.
Assessments can be organised in Dun Laoghaire or in Sligo.
Anyone else intending on being assessed for their ICC, need to do a formal navigation course at least to the level of Day Skipper.
The course runs over 4 Wednesday evenings, 1800 - 2130, starting Wednesday 17th February and will cover:
1. Buoyage & Pilotage
2. IRPCS (Col. Regs)
3. Chartwork, Position Fixing & Tidal Streams
4. Mock exam
Costs to NYC Members is âŹ150pp. If interested, please sign up online here: Wild West Sailing â 05 // ICC Navigation Refresher // via ZOOM Feb 2021 (corsizio.com)