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Summer Platform Parking – Applications now open

Dear Members, The Summer Platform Parking Application form is now open. Please make sure to complete this online form well in advance of the day you plan to bring your boat onto the platform in order for the office to produce your parking stickers.

Please collect these stickers from the Sailing Manager’s office (or ask any boatman on duty) on arrival and display one on the transom of your boat and the other on your launching trolley.

Please take note that the Platform parking period is from Saturday 20th April to Tuesday 1st October 2019.

 Apply here

Sunday Funday is back…!

Back by popular demand, we are now running a family fun day every Sunday from 1:30pm to 5:00pm.
Come along and try out our sailing boats, or why not take out a SUP or kayak!

We are also working on pricing, terms and conditions and skipper ability assessment procedure to release our new Club J80s to competent members for Funday Sundays…So not quite there yet but hopefully this will soon be an option as well…

For bookings this Sunday, please click here

Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta – 8 weeks to start

With 8 Weeks to go to the first gun off Dun Laoghaire’s famous harbour for the 8th edition of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, 420 boats are already entered across 36 Classes, and more than half the entries are visiting craft. For all the latest press releases and news stories on the 2019 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, please see HERE

The latest update from the VDLR:  http://eepurl.com/grwtmr 

Adult Sail Training – Registrations Now Open for Course starting 3rd Week May 2019

Registrations are now open for our 1st Adult Sail Training Course of 2019 running in May / June.

You can choose either Monday or Wednesday night: 

– 6 sessions, starting on Monday 20th May evening (meeting from 5.30pm to 9pm)
– 6 sessions, starting on Wednesday 22th May evening (meeting from 5.30pm to 9pm)

For quality of tuition and to maximise active participation of the candidates, we limit the courses to 15 participants per session…So be quick to register!!

We offer various discount schemes to members and returning participants. You can also join the National Yacht Club and avail of one Adult Sailing Course for free.

For details regarding the Adult Sail Training Courses, dates, costs and registering options, PLEASE CLICK HERE

J109 East Coast Championships – Entries are now open!

 The National Yacht Club is delighted to host the J109 East Coast Championships on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th, May 2019.

RESULTS: J109 East Coasts 2019 final results

Guy O’Leary Is Swimming A Mile A Day In May For Cancer Research

Guy O’Leary is back on his feet after more than a year of cancer treatment — and to prove it he’s challenged himself to swim a mile each day during the month of May.

Beginning this Wednesday 1 May, each day of the MileADayInMay! swimming challenge will see Guy joined by “someone who helped me through the rough times” […]