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Irish Match Racing National Championships – 11th and 12th of May
The inaugural Irish Match Racing Association Match Racing National Championships will take place in the National Yacht Club on the 11th and 12th of May.
The Event is a World Sailing 3 Event. The event will bring together the top match racers in the country determined by the selection criteria below in an exciting weekend of close quarter racing in Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Download the Notice of Race here: NOR Match Racing Nationals
This is an invitational event with transparent selection criteria downloadable here: Event Selection Criteria
Requests for an Invitation are to be completed no later than 23:59 17th April 2024. In this RFI, you will be asked to write briefly about your racing experience in match racing, fleet racing and general experience.
Boatshow – Saturday March 16th
Club Moorings 2024 – Applications now open
The mooring application forms for the upcoming season are available for download here: Mooring-Application-Form-2024
Please make sure to return them together with the appropriate payment (including launch fee) by April 6th.
Lift-in will take place on Saturday 13th April 2024 weather permitting
Water Wags pre-race Open coaching series
The National YC is offering a pre-race coaching series to help preparing for the evening racing. The series will be led by the club head coach and may receive the input of other coaches with the aim of improving starting techniques, tactical and strategical positionning in displacement boats and have the participants fully warmed up before the evening race. The plan is to gather afloat from 18.00 for practice (coach will be on hand from 17.30 on the NYC platform and communicate the daily plan via the class whatsApp)
Coaching series 1: nailing the starts:
DATES: 24-04, 15-05, 22-05, 29-05
Cost:
âŹ50/boat for the full series
âŹ15/boat for just one session
Coaching series 2: clean air management & practicising the busy corners
DATES: 05-06, 19-06, 26-06, 03-07
Cost:
âŹ50/boat for the full series
âŹ15/boat for just one session
Quiz Update
Quiz Update
Sometimes, during one-sided contests, the spectators and commentators can be heard musing that perhaps if the organisers were kind they would end the contest early for the sake of all concerned, and to avoid needless injury (to body and pride). Well, that is exactly what happened in the Brains of the Bay quiz series on Wednesday night (6 March). Wizard, the team that everyone wants to beat - but canât â gained an unassailable lead in the overall series, successfully defending their title from last season. As they are all venturing to warmer climes for the next few weeks (I hear Italy is lovely at this time of year!) and will not be able to attend the final two quizzes, the Brains of the Bay trophy was presented to Wizard, led by a proud PĂĄid Cassidy, by our former Commodore Conor OâRegan (pictured). We want to offer Wizard heartfelt congratulations, wish them well, and we look forward to their attempt at the three-peat next season.
As for the other teams âŠ.
In the race for the runnerâs-up spot, T.B.M. and the Corner Boys are tied, ahead of Enchantress with these three teams likely to vie for the just-now-inaugurated Scott-Aldrin-White trophy commemorating some of historyâs also-rans. A bottle of Champagne awaits the winner(?). We look forward to welcoming all the teams back on Wednesday 20th March at 8pm sharp! where Wizard, despite their non-attendance, are only slight favourites.
The Quizmaster
Conor Totterdell Making Waves in Sydney Harbour’s Cruiser Divisions
Conor Totterdell recently participated in the 2023 Sydney-Hobart Race, finishing in seventh place in IRC Division 1 on the TP52 named Frantic before moving on to Sydney Harbour cruiser fleet success.
After returning to the water in the new year, he has won several significant cruiser class events in Sydney. In particular, he won the NSW ORC State Championships 2024, DIV 2, on 'Let's Get it on' (Corby 36) and also claimed victory in the Sydney Harbour Regatta 2024, DIV 2, on the same boat.
The National Yacht Club sailor has set his sights on some notable regattas in Sydney, including 'Sail Port Stephen's' at the end of April and the Australian National Championships on April 5-7.
Conor's Sydney trip will culminate in the TP52, Frantic, taking on the epic 1,064nm race from Sydney to Nouméa, New Caledonia, beginning on May 25th.
RS Feva Easter camp
Following demand, the National YC is setting a Feva camp in order to kick start the 2024 season. No need to have a partner as we will help sailors to team up. The club Fevas are also available to charter.
The focus will be to get rid of the winter cobwebs, ensure the boats are good to go for the season, build partnerships and review all the double handed sailing skills necessery to sail effectively on trapezoid courses (including spinnaker work). All levels of experience above the Irish Sailing "Basic skills" level are welcomed
When: 3rd to the 5th of April ( please note that privately owned Fevas will need to clear the platform as soon as the camp concludes to facilitate the lift in)
Coach: James Delaney
Camp Cost: 140/sailor
Charter Cost (if not a boat owner or/and not in a partnerships who is a boat owner): 45/sailor (50% of total charter)