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…
Photos from the Kish Race for 2015 are now available on-line, both here and on Facebook (so please feel free to tag yourself and share the photos). Please contact honorary.secretary @ dmyc.ie if you’d like a high resolution file for printing purposes.
Results are final as of 18:00 on September 27, 2015 Category Competitor Kish Race Perpetual Trophy Plan B Kish Race Short-Handed Perpetual Trophy Black Sheep First prize were awarded in classes in which there are two or more boats entered, and second prizes were awarded when a class had five or six entries. Kish…
DUN LAOGHAIRE MOTOR YACHT CLUB Kish Race 2015 Sailing Instructions. GENERAL INFORMATION. TEMPORARY MEMBERSHIP All Helmsmen and their crews competing in the Race will be Temporary Members of the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club on the day of the Race and will be bound by the rules of the Club. The Club reserves the right…
Building on the success of the informal training and development of “kites and wires” last weekend, the Fireball sailors plan the another informal training again this Sunday September 27th, and with a more encouraging forecast, we welcome any interested sailors. We hope to try a few practice starts as part of the activity. 12.00 –…
Kish Race 2015 September 27th NOTICE OF RACE Rules and Eligibility Races will be sailed under the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions of the Irish Sailing Association (ISA), the rules of each class concerned and this Notice of Race except as modified by the Sailing Instructions and any amendments thereto. Classes Races will…
The DMYC regrets that we have to cancel the September Series for 2015. With only a few days to go, just two boats had entered the Series, and we cannot in good conscience offer racing with that few boats, nor ask multiple volunteers to give their time. We will be running two Kish Races instead…
Just over two weeks ago I was collared by the Commodore in the lower dinghy park. He was there playing with a barbecue and some sausages and I was there, yet again, touching up some errant gelcoat on my 12 year old Winder Fireball. What was I at at all? Well I was trying to…
The DMYC will be holding our September Series of races from Sunday September 6th to Sunday October 4th. For those who only want to participate in the Kish Race, it will be held on September 27th. Entries are now open, both on-line or via in-person payment at the club. Entries for the September Series are…
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Annual Swim Sunday 23 August 2015 Please note the (86th) Annual Harbour swim will take place on Sunday 23 August, 2015. All harbour users are directed to keep clear of the swimmers; this includes both watercraft and shore-side rod fishermen. Additionally boats moored in the East Bight are not to operate their…