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!}

The sailing sub committee under Rear Commodore Susan Spain and Sailing Manager Olivier Prouveur are congratulated on achieving a Sports Capital Grant to assist with developing our "Youth Training" and "Women on the Water" training schemes in the club.

The award is an acknowledgement of the clubs commitment to training and developing our sport of sailing. 

The following are the dates of the DBSC 2018 programme:

First Tuesday race: 24th April 2018
First Thursday race: 26th April 2018
First Saturday race: 28th April 2018
Last Tuesday race 2018 : 28th August 2018
Last Thursday race 2018: 30th August 2018
Last Saturday race 2018: 29th September 2018

Below is a list of the NYC boats that will be awarded prizes at the annual DBSC prize giving on Friday 17th November. 

The NYC is considering putting together a group of 8 ladies to campaign 2 Club RS Ventures in the DMYC dinghy Frostbite winter series 1 running from Sunday 5th November to Sunday 17th December 2017. Details here: http://www.dmyc.ie/2017/dmyc-frostbites-2017-2018/ 
Racing starts at 14:00 with one or two races, depending on weather and light conditions, run mostly inside the harbour.

The RS Ventures can accommodate 4 ladies comfortably or 3 with an instructor.  The costs per participant will be €140 which includes entry fees. Register you interest here