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DĂșn Laoghaire Sailability Programme 2023
Junior Programme
For Children aged 8â17 with physical, visual & hearing impairments.
Open Day
Come along and try sailing, bring the family âŠ. itâs free and includes a BBQ
When: Sunday 21st of May at 10:30am at the Royal Irish Yacht Club
Sunday Morning Sailing
Where: The Royal St George Yacht Club
When: Commences Sunday 28th May and continues most Sundays until 27th August. (âŹ10 per session or âŹ60 in advance)
Weekâlong sailing courses (two separate dates available):
National Yacht Club: 19th â 23rd June (5 part days) âŹ150 in advance
Royal Irish Yacht Club: 8th â 11thAug (4 full days) âŹ150 in advance
Adult Programme
For adults (18 and above) with physical, visual and hearing impairments.
Sailing every Wednesday evening 6-8pm at the Royal St George Yacht Club No sailing experience necessary
From: Wednesday 10th May âtil Wed 29th June (âŹ10 per session or âŹ60 in advance)
For contact details, please click here
Easter Fun For National YC juniors
When the weather plays ball, the kids enjoy sailing!
The two weeks of the Easter break may have been cold and split by the last (we hope) storm of the season, they certainly deliver some great sailing for our juniors starting with a week of home open based clinics and courses and concluding with the awaited Irish Sailing Youth Nationals where our top sailors battled for the 6 nationals titles on offer.
For a full report and a picture gallery, please click here
NYC Optimist Development Programme â Pre-summer 2023
The Optimist Development programme is aimed at sailors who aim to learn, to sail in the club and eventually compete in events and other competitions in 2023. While there is a focus on development and performance, our plan is based on the NYCâs core values of family, friendship and sporting excellence.
All sailors and parents MUST READ AND ADHERE TO the Clubâs code of conduct to encourage good behaviour and camaraderie: Code-of-Behaviour
Read carefully the requirements for the various groups before enrolling your child using the form below.
Kids should be happy to go sailing on their own and have access to their own boats or charter boats.
We will be offering 4 levels:
- start sailing
- basic skills
- improving skills
- start racing
You can find more information on Irish Sailing Website if needed.
Head Coach â an active 6 months!
Thomas Chaix commenced working as Head Coach in September with the aim of bringing high quality training to the general membership, Junior section, cadet members as well as enhancing the skills of instructors and coaches. His remit encompassed Dinghy Sailing, Racing yachts and Performance sailing.
During the initial weeks he focused on finding his marks by meeting various stakeholders such as class captains, Sailing Secretary and Sailing Subcommittee, the Junior Organiser and Junior Committee as well as many active sailors, instructors and coaches.
For a recap of completed and upcoming coaching programmes, please click here
Student Match Racing Invitational – Report & Gallery
he inaugural Student Match Racing Invitational took place on the 1st - 2nd April in the National Yacht Club. The event brought 6 colleges from around the country together to compete in some very close and competitive match racing over the weekend.
Saturday brought a calm 10-15 kts with overcast skies along with a double round robin. TUD were leading on 8 points after a dominant performance, narrowly losing just two races on Saturday. UCD 1 and UCD 2 were tied on 6 points with UCD1 taking 2nd place on count back due to their two wins over UCD 2 in the round robin. QUB completed the top four teams going through to the next stage on Sunday on 5 points. While UL and MTU displayed some very competitive match racing, they were unfortunately the bottom two placed teams and did not make it to Stage 2.
Sunday morning brought a two hour postponement in order to wait for a sea breeze. Quarter finals took place in the form of a round robin between the remaining four teams, UCD 1 won every race in the quarter final round robin giving them the right to pick who they faced in a best of three semi-finals. UCD1 picked UCD2, with TUD facing QUB in the other Semi- FInal.
Summer Platform Parking 2023 â Applications open Thursday 6th April â IMPORTANT GUIDELINES APPLY!
Dear all,
This summer we are anticipating that there may be more demand than space available for parking of members boats at the Club.
This is an interesting challenge for us all and on the positive side is an indication of the great health and enthusiasm of the Club membership. All of us need to work together to help manage this issue in a manner that respects the many diverse activity groups within the Club.
All members wishing to park a boat (or more than one) on the Club platform for the summer should immediately carefully read the Platform Parking Request guidelines and procedure that are being implemented to manage the Club facilities this season.
THE PLATFORM WILL REOPEN FOR PARKING FROM SATURDAY 22nd APRIL - Please do not bring any boat back on the platform prior to this date
FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND TO APPLY FOR SUMMER PLATFORM PARKING FOR YOUR BOAT(S) PLEASE CLICK HERE
NYC Olympian Finn Lynch and Laura Dillon Honoured at Irish Sailing Aawards
Carlow sailor and Olympian Finn Lynch won the prestigious Irish Sailing Sailor of the Year for the second year in a row,
along with Laura Dillon. Finn Lynch (National Yacht Club) was nominated
on the basis of his World Sailing number 2 in the world ranking,
and Laura for her wins at Cowes Week, Women at the Helm
and her representation of Ireland overseas.