News
A Note from the Commodore
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...
Accommodation for the Visiting Teams
Dear Members, As some of you may know, we are once again hosting a stage of the World Match Racing Tour this September, and preparations are well underway. We are reaching out to ask for your help with one important part of the event: . The regatta runs from the...
Help Us Get Our New Committee Boat Across the Finish Line
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...
Ladies Lunch Autumn Schedule
Schedule for the return of of Ladies Lunch for the Autumn season.
8th September - Gather to chat & catch-up with friends after the summer break.
13th October - Ken Browne joins us to discuss all things antiques!
10th November - Rochelle from Dubray Books to tell us what should be on our Christmas list!
8th December - Two special guests to wrap up the year.
- Woolly Magic by Karen
- Vicky Serle - Silver Jewellery Ireland
For bookings contact Email: catering@nyc.ie or Phone: (01) 2805725
Calves Week 2026 – Ann Kirwan
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.
Cassidy Completes 2,500-Mile Homecoming in 10,000-Mile Atlantic Odyssey
Dun Laoghaire sailor Frank Cassidy has completed a 2,500-mile homecoming voyage from the Canary Islands aboard his Pacific Seacraft 40 Ocean Blue, bringing to a close a three-and-a-half-year Atlantic island odyssey covering almost 10,000 miles.
The National Yacht Club's Cassidy sailed home from Lanzarote via Madeira and the Azores, completing the first part single-handed before being joined by Damian Payne for the Atlantic passage from the Azores to Ireland. The summer passage was the final chapter of a much wider adventure that began when Cassidy left DĂșn Laoghaire shortly after his retirement three-and-a-half years ago.. . . . .
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U25 Crew Attend Calves Week 26
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...