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Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm Regatta
The National Yacht Club is delighted to have been selected to host the inaugural 'Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm Regatta' on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August 2019.
The NYC has been at the forefront of developing Women on the Water initiatives and boast a very active group of ladies racing regularly on our dinghies and sportboats Club boats.
The purpose of this event is to give all sailing women their own annual sailing goal and to set and encourage a move from shore to boat, crew to helm or club event to regional event.
Read here for additional information and to view/download the Notice of Race and to Enter the Event
Junior Summer Courses 2019 – Registrations now open!
Still some places left on course (5)
The summer course dates for our two week IS sailing courses in 2019 are below:
Course 1: Tues 4th June - Fri 14th June
Course 2: Mon 17th June - Fri 28th June
Course 3: Mon 1st July - Fri 5th July (1 week due to the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta from 11th to 14th July)
Course 4: Mon 15th July - Fri 26th July BOOKED OUT!
Course 5: Mon 29th July - Fri 9th Aug BOOKED OUT!
NEW We plan to carry on extra levels this year, e.g. Junior Adventure, Advanced Boat Handling for Kites & Wires and will continue with the hugely successful Teenage sailing courses.
We will also be introducing a new course the 'Teen Team'
FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS, LEVELS AVAILABLE IN EACH COURSE, AND TO REGISTER
PLEASE CLICK HERE
Update on the Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta 2019
Following a very successful four-day regatta last weekend , five NYC boats finished at the top of their fleets. Vincent Farrell and team won the Coastal Echo, John and Neil Masterson won the Shipman class, Neil OâToole won the Moth Class. The Ruffian Alias co owned by Commodore Martin McCarthy won the Ruffian title and David Gorman and Chris Doorly won the Flying Fifteen class. In addition, the pair were presented with the Dubarry Boot as winners of the Boat of the week. 498 Boats took part in the regatta with over 2,500 sailors participating.
Picture: Don OâDowd event chairman, Chris Doorly, David Gorman, Martin McCarthy.
Annalise Murphy launched the Davyâs Junior Regatta
A big thank you to Annalise Murphy who kindly launched the Davyâs Junior Regatta yesterday at the club, all the kids had a great time. Donât forget to register for the regatta here https://nyc.cloudframz.com/2019/07/nyc-junior-regatta-24th-july-entries-now-open/
Wayfarers Ladies DBSC Racing Squad – Tuesdays Series III
The Club has entered 3 of its Club Wayfarers to race in Dublin Bay on Tuesday evenings.
Registrations are now open for the last series of 7 Tuesday evenings.
For further details, please contact Rosemary Cadogan O'Connell via sailing@nyc.ie
29er Nationals report
The 29er Nationals sponsored by Deutsche Leasing Ireland and Hiremate and hosted by the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire took place June 29th-30th. Eleven 29ers lined up for the scheduled 10 race championship including defending National Champion helm Atlee Kohl and crew Chris Bateman (although now competing in different boats) and recent 29er ISAF qualifiers Rian Geraghty-McDonnell & Nathan Van Steenberge and Leah Rickard & Eimer McMorrow-Moriarty.
Leinster Laser Championship Rush 2019
The Leinster Laser Championship took place in Rush from the 6-7th July..
The club was represented by Hugh OâConnor in the 4.7 Rig and James Delaney in the Radial.
On Saturday the conditions were light and shifty with a large tide which was challenging for all sailors, however, the Race Officer managed to squeeze 3 races in.