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Congratulations to our Bridge Team
Refresher for ICC Theory Exam
Class - 5th October - ( 09.00 - 16.30 ) Cost âŹ95pp ( Theory Exam fee & Lunch Included )
Exam - date TBC shortly after ( 18.00 - 20.00 )
Max 10-12 people.
This is not so much a course as a revision session. There is an assumption that candidates are already good sailors of cruising boats with experience, and just need to âbrush up.â That said, you can do the theory course if you are familiar with Collision Regs and buoyage and associated topics but have simply not used any of this for a long time. It is all covered on the day.
For more details and to register, please click here
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