The DMYC will be hosting the Ruffian National Championships for 2016; we hope that all competitors will have a great time out on the water, and back ashore at the club. The Championship dinner will be held on Saturday 16th July, after racing. The (amended June 28th) Notice of Race is available. The Sailing Instructions…
Results are final as of 17:41 on June 11, 2016 King of the Bay – Class A Fleet Start: Class A, Finishes: Finish time, Time: 11:25 Rank Fleet Boat SailNo HelmName Rating Elapsed Corrected Points 1 Class A Lively Lady IRL 1644 Rodney Martin 1.079 2:06:04 2:16:02 1.0 2 Class A BOOMERANG IRL 1367 Paul…
The sailing instructions for our Regatta are now available on-line. If you haven’t entered yet, and wish to do so, entry is also on-line.
Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club Regatta Incorporating The King of the Bay Saturday 11th June 2016 Notice of Race 1. Rules The race will be sailed under the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions of the Irish Sailing Association (ISA), the rules of this Notice of Race except as modified by the Sailing Instructions…
In a break from tradition our bi-annual club regatta will take place on 11th June this year, and not the traditional Whit Weekend date, which we hope will enable more members to take part and attract greater participation. As a further break, the club is preparing a “fun based event” with a move away from…
Using still images and film footage taken over thirty years ago, photographer Joe St Leger tells the story of photographing the last of the hooker boatmen of Connemara. For centuries Galway hookers sailed the waters of Galway Bay transporting people, goods, and animals, and connecting remote coastal communities like the Aran Islands, Galway city…
Lift-in for 2016 will happen at the Club on Saturday 9th April, and at the Coal Harbour on Sunday 10th April. Saturday 9th April (H.W. 13:38 Hrs) Crane Set-up 1: Boathouse end at 08:00 hrs (hard standing and trail-able boats under 4 ton) Crane Set-up 2: Clubhouse end at 11:00 hrs (remainder of hard standing boats)…
The sailing season is fast approaching, and we’re hosting a two-course buffet dinner at the Club on Friday, April 1st at 1930 hours. Tickets are available for purchase online, and guests are most welcome.
By any reasonable logic it should not have been possible to sail in Dun Laoghaire today Sunday for the final race in part one of the Frostbite Series. Wind Guru was predicting gusts of forty knots and there was nothing in the morning conditions to suggest that they were wrong. It was a beautiful fresh…
Santa visited the DMYC on December 12th, arriving on the RNLI lifeboat, as reindeer don’t like swimming in the sea, and his sleigh doesn’t float very well. A good time was had by all, and from what he tells us, all of the children who saw him at the DMYC won’t be receiving any coal for…