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NYC F15s Frostbite Series 2023
The NYC Frostbite Series 2023 will take place in the National Yacht Club on 4 Saturdays for Flying Fifteens commencing on Saturday 21st October. There will be back-to-back races on each day of the series.
Download NOR: 2023-10-05 Frostbite NOR
Download SIs: 2023-10-05 Frostbite SI
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Irish Ruffian 23s Win Golden Jubilee International Inter-Port in Hong Kong
Ann Kirwan, former Commodore of Dublin Bay Sailing Club and a longtime NYC enthusiastic Ruffian 23 sailor captures the flavour for us with her report of this remarkable event on the other side of the world:
HONG KONG HOSTS FINAL SAILING EVENT OF RUFFIAN 23 GOLDEN JUBILEE
A team of 20 Irish Ruffian sailors travelled to Hong Kong on Wednesday, October 18th, to compete in the Golden Jubilee Ruffian Inter-Port Regatta, the 7th Interport Challenge. The first two took place in the early â90s before the event was revived in 2009, when the Irish Ruffians were invited to Hong Kong. Since then, the event has been held every three years in alternate locations, but the 2021 visit to Hong Kong was delayed by two years due to Covid. However, this turned out to be very fortuitous, as 2023 is the 50th anniversary year of the Ruffian fleet.
29er tryout day – October 29th, 2023 9.30 till 17.00
You are thinking about your transition from a junior class to a youth class, tryout the most successful Youth boat in Ireland!
Come down for a day to tryout the most successful double handed Youth skiff in Ireland. Bring your own boat or take a turn in the club 29er. The day is weather depending as the 29er, although great fun, requires balance and solid basics as it can become a handful in bigger breeze.
The day will start at 9.30 at the NYC, we will have a lunch break before linking with the regular club training in the afternoon. Expected finish around 16.30
35EUR registration fee
NYC’s Tom Dolan (With Onboard Reporter) Prepare for Second Round Ireland Speed Record Bid
Irish solo sailor and NYC Member Tom Dolan is back in Ireland with his Figaro Beneteau 3 Smurfit Kappa Kingspan, aiming to set a Round Ireland speed sailing record, a bid sparking debate about the status of solo sailing in Irish waters and the records themselves, which Afloat concluded in May, was all a bit of a mess.
Tom wants to break the long-standing record of 4 days, 1 hour and 53 minutes and 29 seconds established by Michel Kleinjans aboard a Class40 in 2005, but, he says, the World Speed Sailing Record Council (WSSRC) do not accept singlehanded record attempts, so Dolan has lodged a double-handed speed record bid.
"I will be sailing around Ireland single-handed with an onboard reporter (OBR)", he explained to Afloat...
Viking Marine DMYC Frostbite Series 2023-24
The DMYC Frostbite racing starts again on Sunday 5th November.
Download the Notice of Race and enter
the series online here: https://www.dmyc.ie/2023/viking-marine-frostbite-series-2023-24/
Remembering Liam Shanahan Senior…by Winkie Nixon
Liam Shanahan Snr was widely known in the sailing community as a determined offshore racing and cruising owner-skipper and a pillar of the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire, both as a longtime Club Trustee and a racing and sea-going achiever. He and his family regularly added to the clubâs annual haul of significant trophies won locally, nationally and internationally. And he did this through sailing skills started while working abroad, and then honed in Dublin Bay racing, ISORA competition, and offshore majors such as the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle and Round Ireland races.
He was the personification of success achieved through shrewd career choices, a willingness to travel to further his work objectives, an ability to work very hard indeed, and a determination that - in time - he and his growing familyâs remarkable life would be firmly Ireland-centric....
AIB DBSC TURKEY SHOOT 2023
SUNDAY 5th NOVEMBER â SUNDAY 17th DECEMBER NOTICE OF RACE
A series of SEVEN races to be held on Sunday mornings organised by Dublin Bay Sailing Club. A progressive handicap on a time-on-time basis will be used.
For keelboats, cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not normally race are very welcome.
First gun 10.10 hrs.
Entry fee âŹ70.00 â includes temporary membership of Dublin Bay S.C. and Royal Irish Y.C.
Entries on line at www.dbsc.ie
Any problems with entry, contact Rosemary Roy, Hon. Sec. at 086 8319657 or Fintan Cairns at 087 2439208
Sailing instructions will be available on Sunday 6th November and will be emailed to entrants beforehand. After sailing â draws, food etc. will be available to competitors in Royal Irish Y.C. who are kindly hosting the series. You have to be there to win!
Last date for entries â Wednesday 2nd November â Handicaps of late entries will be adjusted accordingly!