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The Leinsterboats DMYC Kish Race – Sunday 24th September
Start Time: 11am@DBSC Starting Hut.
The DMYC is pleased to announce that the Annual Kish Race for 2023 will be held on Sunday 24th September with the start taking place from the DBSC Starting Hut (by kind permission) at 11am.
It is hoped that weather conditions will allow for the fleet to race around the Kish Light and back to the finish at the West Pier.
The prizegiving will take place in the DMYC after the completion racing. Along with overall winners, there will also be prizes for classic vessels and one-design boats
Entry Forms and Sailing Instructions are available on: www.dmyc.ie .
NYC’s Tom Dolan Claims Second in Race to Kinsale After Exciting Figaro Leg One Finish
NYC Member Tom Dolan took a career-high second place this morning, sailing into Kinsale to complete the first 610-mile leg of the La Solitaire du Figaro Race.
After rounding the Fastnet Rock, Dolan finished at 08.18 hours into a drizzly Kinsale Harbour in County Cork, 16 minutes behind leg winner Benoit Tuduri, after three days of hard solo sailing from the start in Caen, France.
Read the full report on afloat.ie
Quiz Night Returns on October 18th next
The ever-popular National Yacht Club table quiz resumes on October 18th next.
Each year, through the winter months, we hold a series of table quizzes every second Wednesday. The quizzes are a very popular and enjoyable social event with questions suited to all tastes and ages. Last year, we had a regular turnout of approximately 100 members and guests that made for entertaining evenings â as long as the Quizmaster plays along!
Coaching for Optimist sailors during the September Series 2023
The National Yacht Club will be providing coaching for Optimist Sailors for four Sunday afternoons 13:00 â 16:00
Sunday 3rd
Sunday 10th
Sunday 17th
Sunday 24th
Please read the descriptions HERE carefully to ensure you book in for the right level using the online form
Come and Try the all new Melges 15
Thanks to Hugh Sheehy, NYC members can now try the all new 2-handed Melges 15 recently introduced in Dublin Bay.
A demo boat is available from the NYC platform from Saturday 26th August to Sunday 10th September inclusive.
We offer 3h sail trials booking slots as follows:
- Mondays to Fridays: 1000 to 1300 // 1330 to 1630 // 1700 to 2000
- Saturdays and Sundays: 1000 to 1300 // 1330 to 1630
Terms and conditions apply - Please book your 3h sail trial slot here
Homecoming Celebration Saturday 26th August @ 6:30pm.
To recognise the incredible week for Irish Sailing, when Team Irelandâs 29ers won both the World and the European Championships in Weymouth and Stockholm and Finn Lynch qualified Ireland for the Paris 2024 Olympics, Irish Sailing and National Yacht Club are hosting a âHomecoming Celebrationâ next Saturday 26th August @ 6:30pm.
World Champions Clementine and Nathan Van Steenberge
Female Vice World Champions Emily and Jessica Riordan
European Champions Ben OâShaughnessy and Ethan Spain
Female European Champions Lucia Cullen and Alana Twomey
We hope as many Members, friends and family will join us in celebrating their success.