Elmo Cup Team Racing Event

Elmo Cup Team Racing Event

The Elmo cup took place over the weekend of the 28th and 29th of August in the RStGYC. It was a fantastic event thanks to great organisation, fierce competition and lovely weather. Both days brought winds of 5-10 knots, which was perfect for our team racing. The NYC entered 2 teams of 8 sailors - 6 helms, 6 crew and 2 subs. This meant more members got a chance to participate in the great event. The sailors on team one were Connor Gorman, Hugh O’Connor, Natasha Hemeryck, Georgie McCarthy, Hugh Turvey, Alex Trickett, Hugh Meagher and Ellen Madigan. This team narrowly missed out on a place in gold fleet on day one, but managed to dominate the silver fleet and won it on day two. The the second NYC team included Jack Hall, Cillian Cusack, Caoimhe Byrne, Theo Madigan, Scott Graham, Sophie Gorman, David Duffy and Dylan DeVreeze. This was a strong team who finished second in silver fleet. Overall, the event was very social and it was great to meet people from all around Ireland - there were teams from RCYC, LDYC and Glandore Yacht Club!

TY Programme Presentation

TY Programme Presentation

The Tri-Club TY Information Presentation and Pizza evening will be held 6:30pm , Wednesday 8th Sept, at RIYC, outdoors, tickets for half a Pizza ( Margherita or Pepperoni ) and a drink will cost €10 and can be purchased on arrival.

We will aim to serve food at 7:30pm and hope the TYers will get a chance to meet. We’ll look forward to seeing as many of you and your son/ daughters as possible. It has been decided not to communicate with the students via WhatsApp so all communications will go to parents via WhatsApp, email or your club website.

Regards. Sarah Spain. NYC TY Coordinator

Optimist National Championships 2021 – NYC Report

Optimist National Championships 2021 – NYC Report

Lough Derg Yacht Club hosted the 2021 Optimist National Championships over 4 days from August 18th – 22nd, and the event, though scaled back due to COVID 19 restrictions saw 134 sailors compete across 3 fleets.  Light winds prevailed and in true Irish weather there were gusts, squalls - all the conditions to test the sailors.

Despite the limited training opportunities over the past 18 months, the standard of sailing was high and an energetic and competitive spirit prevailed.  Main fleet sailors sailed 11 races over the 4 days, with 2 discards, and the regatta fleet sailed 7, with one discard. 

 

The 2021 Optimist National Champion is 13 year old Caoilinn Geraghty-McDonnell, RStGYC who won the Junior National Championship in 2020, congratulations Caoilinn, and the 2021 Junior National Champion is Andrew O’Neill, RCYC.  10 year old Patrick Fagan from Malahide Yacht Club took first prize in the Regatta Fleet. 

The National Yacht Club was represented by Ava Ennis in the senior main fleet, who despite a 2nd, two 4th places and a 5th finished 9th overall, and Theo Madigan.  There were 4 NYC competitors In the junior main fleet, James Gorman, Jamie Kirrane, Jonathan Dempsey, and Louise Hanley who won 1st place in race 4, and finished 12th overall – a great performance for only her 2nd event, well done Louise. 

Regatta fleet was represented by Max Neary in 8th, Louis Tricket and Amelia Chapman.  

Topper National Championships – NYC Report

Topper National Championships – NYC Report

This year’s Irish Topper National Championships was hosted by Carrickfergus Sailing Club on the north shore of Belfast Lough from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd of August. The 56 competitors across the 2 fleets battled in challenging conditions from very little wind to a gusty 18 knot breeze, persistent rain, and a choppy sea. Daniel Palmer from Ballyholme sailed consistently well over the 9-race series taking the overall title. Flying the flag for NYC was Ella Fitzgerald who had mixed fortunes, having led the first race from the start completely ran out of wind within touching distance of the line dropping back 6 places. Gear failure brought the second race to a premature end, but a series of top 10 finishes secured her the overall prize for 2nd youth girl.

Junior September Series 2021

Junior September Series 2021

Entries NOW OPEN: CLICK HERE TO ENTER
Download NOR: September Series NOR 2021
Download SIs: September Series SIs 2021
Results for each Class:
Laser 4.7 / Optimist / PYs / RS Feva / Topper

The dates for the upcoming DBSC September Junior Series are as follows:

Sunday Aug 29th
Sunday Sept 12th
Sunday Sept 19th
Sunday Sept 26th. 

We are taking a break on 5th September due to the hosting of the ICRA Nationals in the NYC and of an Optimist Class event on 4th and 5th September in the RSGYC.

There will be 3 races back to back inside the harbour each Sunday, first gun at 2pm. Prize giving and food for competitors will take place in NYC on last Sunday of series. Winners of each fleet will be invited to attend the annual DBSC prize giving in RStGYC where they will be awarded one of the DBSC perpetual prizes. 

This series is a great way to stretch out the summer and practice racing skills learnt during the summer in a safe and fun environment. 

We will be looking for parent volunteers to help on and off the water each Sunday. You can volunteer for your Club (DMYC, RIYC, RSGYC, NYC) using the entry form below, otherwise if you have any questions  please contact Sarah Gorman.

sarahagorman@gmail.com

Coaching for Optimist sailors during the September series

Coaching for Optimist sailors during the September series

The National Yacht Club will be providing coaching for Optimist Sailors for four Sunday afternoons 13:00 – 16:00

Sunday Aug 29th
Sunday Sept 12th
Sunday Sept 19th
Sunday Sept 26th

There is no September Series or coaching on September 5th due to an Optimist Competition at RStGYC

Please read the descriptions carefully to ensure you book in for the right level – CLICK HERE

2021/2022 TY Expression of Interest Form

2021/2022 TY Expression of Interest Form

Expression of interest for TY 2021/2022 programme

The TY Sailing Members Program has run for a number of years now, very successfully between the Dun Laoghaire clubs and has proved to be a great way to keep our teenagers involved in sailing, prepare them for instructing and build lifelong friendships so we really hope they get involved.

Please note that the TY Program can only run if supported by volunteer parents. We will be looking for your assistance throughout the year and you will also be asked to volunteer during individual course registration sign ups.

If you are interested in expressing your interest to sign up or for further information please fill in the details below.

Please complete the expression of Interest form by 15th August 2021 so we have an idea of our population: CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE FORM

Please note this is NOT a formal sign-up for each course.
If you have any further questions you can email sailing@rsgyc.ie or reception@rsgyc.ie

IMPORTANT - Your child must be a Cadet member of your Club

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