News
Assistant instructors position 2024
The National Yacht Club is currently seeking to recruit a team of committed and enthusiastic Assistant Instructors for the 2024 summer sailing courses.
Transition Year (TY) sailors who wish to apply for the position of Assistant Instructors at NYC over summer 2024 should complete the form below before midnight on 5th May 2024
The role is relevant to any individual, 16 or over with the required certification who has completed Transition Year and is interested in encouraging children to learn how to sail under the direct supervision of NYC instructors at all times. Assistant instructors are required to hold their Motorboat licence; First Aid cert; Safeguarding cert; Garda vetting cert (Note that only applications from sailors who have completed TY will be considered).
For further details and to apply, please click here
Quiz News
While the Brains of the Bay champions Wizard are off sunning themselves in gentler climes, the final quiz of the 2023/24 season took place on Wednesday, 3rd April, when 18 teams joined us to dine ahead of a typically exasperating set of quiz questions. A competitive heat had several team teams lead the way through the evening, with Grasshopper, T.B.M., The Dirty Ruckers, and Celtic Boys all holding the lead at one point before Enchantress stayed on well in the home straight to storm clear.
It was some Enchantress-ed evening* (the Quizmaster has run out of magic-related puns) as Enchantress benefitted from a slip by T.B.M. to gain 2nd place in the overall series by the margin of a single point. Corner Boys did a Lazarus and came 4th, with Stars of the Sea continuing their good end-of-season form to take 5th spot overall. Former Commodore Martin McCarthy was on hand to present Enchantress their prizes on the night (pictured).
Through the winter, we had a big number of teams participate in the quizzes â 24 in total! â and each evening provides great competition and amusement. All members are encouraged to come along and join us in this enjoyable and sociable round of events. We will be back in October (dates to be confirmed) and all are welcome.
* You may see a stranger, across a crowded room, and somehow you know âŠ. they know the answer, and you donât!
The Quizmaster
Summer Platform Parking 2024 â Applications open Tuesday 2nd April â IMPORTANT GUIDELINES APPLY!
All members wishing to park a boat (or more than one) on the Club platform for the summer should immediately carefully read the Platform Parking Request guidelines and procedure that are being implemented to manage the Club facilities this season.
THE PLATFORM WILL REOPEN FOR PARKING FROM SATURDAY 20th APRIL â Please do not bring any boat back on the platform prior to this date
FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND TO APPLY FOR SUMMER PLATFORM PARKING FOR YOUR BOAT(S) PLEASE CLICK HERE
Platform Clearance for the Lift-in 2024!
Dear Winter Platform Parking users.
The Winter Platform Parking Season is coming to an end on Sunday 7th April and we need a total platform clearance of all the dinghies and other types currently on the deck and / or on racks to make room for the lift-in which is scheduled for Saturday 13th April.
If your boat is not in use in one of the Club organised training anymore please make sure to come and collect it as soon as possible as the skeleton boathouse staff needs to reconfigure the platform well in advance of the lift-in and to reposition, or partially dismantle the racks used by the Opis, Toppers, Lasers and RS Aeros.
ALL dinghies must be removed by Sunday 7th April 18:00 at the very latest.
Please note that we do not have room to store any boat even temporarily on the Carlisle Pier until the platform reopens for the Summer parking season and cannot facilitate any such request.
The Committee is currently reviewing the demand for platform space from the various user groups this summer (junior dinghy sailors / adult dinghy sailors / single handed / 2 handed boats / keelboat dry sailing) and will have to limit the various classes of boats to strict numbers.
The Boathouse will allocate Parking Spaces on the Platform based on historic demand and any current assumptions that may impact that. This means that the number of parking spaces for each type of craft will pre-determined and that a number of rounds of allocations based on priority rules soon to be published will take place successively.
The online summer platform parking application form will open on Tuesday 2nd April - For full details and the set of rules governing access to the Club platform this summer, please visit: https://nyc.ie/summer-platform-parking-form/
YOUTH NATIONALS TEAM NYC SUPPORT
The Irish Youth nationals is the premier event of youth sailing in Ireland and will be run from April 4th till 7th. To compete in the Optimist fleet you must be invited and the 29er, 420 and ILC6 fleets compete for the few coveted Youth worlds places.
The National YC is supporting its sailors to ensure they are in a position to deliver their best within the NOR set rules.
OPTIMIST COACH: Conor Gorman
TOPPER and ILCA4 Coach: Ellie Cunnane
Team NYC manager: Head coach Thomas Chaix
Conor will be available on the 3rd of April for a short venue reckon sesssion
Ellie will be available on the 4th of april for a short reckon session
Support cost for the Optimist: 265EUR including the reckon session - Support cost for the Topper & ILCA4: 210EUR including the short reckon session
(please be advised that the lift in is the following weekend so you are advised not to bring your dinghies back to the club until April 20th - with thanks)
Ladies Lunch
Our next Ladies Lunch will take place on Tuesday 9th April.
With guest speaker Antiques Expert - Ken Browne
Bookings contact John (01) 2805725 or email manager@nyc.ie
29er & 49er East Coast Championships 2024
The National Yacht Club is delighted to host the combined 29er & 49er East Coast Championships on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April 2024.
Please download the Notice of Race here: Easterns 29er 49er NOR final