Our talk for January 29th sees the return of Tom Conlon to the DMYC, talking about recently rediscovered early photographs of Dun Laoghaire. This years collection (The “Breen Collection”) has been discovered by Tom in the archives of a collector of old photographic material in South Wexford. These are among the oldest known photos of…
Our talk for January 15th is all about diving. Stewie Andrews has been fortunate to dive deep wrecks off Donegal, the South coast, the Irish Sea, the North Channel, Greece and Norway. His talk covers the exploration of many of Ireland’s finest deep wrecks and matters relating to doing this type of diving, with a little…
As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, we kicked off the year by saying goodbye to 2014. We’d like to thank John Mac Aree for his hard work organising the event; Karin, Stephen and other committee members for their support; Fiona for the good food; everyone who donated spot prizes for our table quiz; Duncan for MCing the table quiz so John could eat his dinner; and everyone who attended.
Notice 1 for 2015 All Dun Laoghaire Notices to Mariners are automatically cancelled at 2359 hours on the 31st December 2014. At that time 2015 Notices to Mariners will come to in to force until specifically cancelled or until 2359 hours on the 31st December 2015. Previous Notice: No 8 (2014) Notice 2 for 2015:…
Santa will be paying his annual visit to the DMYC with help from his friends from the Lifeboat. He is due at about 2.00pm, so come early to make sure you get a good viewing spot! To make sure Santa has a present for everybody on the day please let us know age/gender of Children…
Ten Years Before the Wind Ten years ago Barry Kenny retired and came back to sailing when he was gifted a Leisure 17. She was a DMYC boat and so he joined the club. Since then he has cruised Lady B his own Sadler 32 around these waters, including a circumnavigation of Ireland, changed her…
Members, their friends and family, and friends of the Club are cordially invited to the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club’s annual New Year’s Eve dinner party. The night starts at 8 PM, with a mulled wine reception, includes a three-course dinner, and a glass of Prosecco at midnight as we ring out the old year…
Next Thursdays presentation will be given by Liam Owens entitled ‘Some impressions of pre-revolutionary Syria’. Talk begins at 8.00pm and all are welcome.
Thursday November 20th, Pete Hogan will give his talk titled ‘The Story of Molly B’ Dun Laoghaire native Pete Hogan’s dream is to sail away into the sunset. It does not really work out like that, but he does build his boat, the Molly B, a Tahiti Ketch, and sails it engineless and on a…
Please be advised that on or about Tuesday 2 September 2014, or as soon thereafter as circumstances permit, the light characters at both Dun Laoghaire Marina West Breakwater and Dun Laoghaire Marina East Breakwater will be altered as noted below. Furthermore these new lights will be synchronised with each other and daymarks will be installed.…