LAST CHANCE TO ENTER!!! - DEADLINE : FRIDAY 2ND JUNE AT 1200!!

The National YC is preparing the return of a match racing league with 5 Monday evenings scheduled in May/June. The league will be competed on the club Elliotts on starboard rounding windward-leeward courses in the harbour.

The league is open to up to 8 teams composed by 3 or 4 sailors. Team members must be 16 or over. We hope to see teams coming from many diverse sections of our Club (U25s, WoW, Instructors...) and from across all normally raced classes (SB20s, Waterwags, Lasers, Keelboats, Flying Fifteens, RS Aeros etc...)

Team changes will be allowed from one night to another to facilitate busy schedules and last minute crew absence as long as the core of 2 sailors including the skipper remain in place for the full duration of the league. There will be no crew swapping facilities on the night.

Each team is guarantied to sail in round one and two. Both these rounds will have up to 6 races per team (providing we have a full entry of 8 teams). Please Click Here to see the proposed format of the League: match race format June 23

As this is the first league of the summer, a simplified approach to team racing will be used keeping it friendly and manageable to teams who may not have match raced before.

For further information and to register, Please Click Here

The National Yacht Club is delighted to host the J109 East Coast Championships on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June, 2023.

Download the Notice of Race here: J109 East Coasts 2023 NOR Final
Download the Sailing Instructions here: Coming Soon
View Entries: Coming soon
View Results: Coming soon

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The National Yacht Club is inviting expressions of interest for it's 2nd Annual Match Racing Invitational Championships to be held on the 27th and 28th of May.

The Championships will be held on the Club's fleet of Elliott 6m one- design keelboats

Building on the success of the inaugural Student Match Racing Nationals this year and its recent match racing series, the Club is delighted to promote the development of match racing in Ireland and is aiming to host a National Championships late this year.
Full details are outlined in the NOR here: NOR Match Racing Invitational
Skippers can submit a Request for Invitation which must be completed no later than 23:59 Monday 22 May at the link below:
https://forms.gle/ynHZYdbT77dtVUeCA

As previously reported in Afloat.ie (see here for an interview with Tom), Tom Dolan plans to do his Round Ireland World Record attempt this week!

Based on the latest weathe forecast grids, the plan is to start on Wednesday 3 May around 0600 (exact time to be confirmed ) from the starting line in Dublin Bay.

The current weather forecast files show him returning to Dublin on Saturday early  morning.

You can follow Tom live  using this tracker. 

Tom will have a cameraman on-board who will not take part in any of the maneuvers or tactics but will be recording as much of the World Record attempt for a 1h long documentary which will be aired later in December!