National Yacht Club

  
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News

Platform Clearance

Dear Winter Platform Parking users.

The Winter Platform Parking Season is coming to an end and we need a total platform clearance of all the dinghies and other types currently on the deck and / or on racks to make room for the lift-in which is scheduled for Saturday 9th April.

If your boat is not in use in one of the Club organised training anymore please make sure to come and collect it as soon as possible as the skeleton boathouse staff needs to reconfigure the platform well in advance of the lift-in and to reposition, or partially dismantle the racks used by the Opis, Toppers, Lasers and RS Aeros.

ALL dinghies must be removed by Sunday 2nd April 18:00 at the very latest.

Please note that we do not have room to store any boat even temporarily on the Carlisle Pier until the platform reopens for the Summer parking season and cannot facilitate any such request.

The Committee is currently reviewing the UNPRECEDENTED HIGH DEMAND for platform space from the various user groups this summer (junior dinghy sailors / adult dinghy sailors / single handed / 2 handed boats / keelboat dry sailing) and will have to limit the various classes of boats to strict numbers.

The Boathouse will allocate Parking Spaces on the Platform based on historic demand and any current assumptions that may impact that. This means that the number of parking spaces for each type of craft will pre-determined and that a number of rounds of allocations based on priority rules soon to be published will take place successively.

An online summer platform parking application form reflecting the fact that demand will outstrip supply will be issued shortly.

Moorings 2022 – Applications now open

The mooring application forms for the upcoming season are available for download here: Mooring-Application-Form-2022

Please make sure to return them together with the appropriate payment (including launch fee) by April 1st.

Lift-in will take place on Saturday 9th April 2022 weather permitting

National Powerboat Certificate Course – April 2022

Due to popular demand!

The National Yacht Club is organising a ‘National Powerboat Certificate’ course open to all over 17s.

The course is held over 2 evenings and a full day:

Wednesday and Thursday 20th & 21st April from 6pm until 9.30 AND Saturday 23rd April 9.30-4pm

NYC Members Special Pricing: €190.00 (plus payment processing fees)

Maximum 12 participants on a first come first served basis
(Please be aware that we need to have a ratio of 1 instructor for 3 candidates and that the pricing is only covering costs so we need groups of 3,6,9 or 12 candidates)

Please register here

NYC Optimist Easter Camp – 19th to 22nd of april

The Optimist Development programme is offering a 4 days sailing camp at Easter from Tuesday 19th to Friday 22nd of April.

Time:09:30 – 2:30
Price : €160

While there is a focus on development and performance for Regatta / Junior Main Fleet / Senior Main Fleet, our plan is based on the NYC’s core values of family, friendship and sporting excellence. 

Read more and register here

Junior Dinner & Annual Prizegiving Review and Roll of Honour

The NYC Junior Dinner was held on Friday 11th March at the club for the Summer of 2021, delayed by events.   The turnout was impressive with 80 Junior Sailors in the dining room, with a three course dinner, and 40 parents bunkering safely below in the JB room.

Later in the evening, parents joined the Junior Sailors upstairs, whereupon a huge number of prizes were awarded to great applause, celebration, flashlight and smiles. 
There was an impressive array of silverware, with notable club names winking from past etching.  There was also an array of prizes from the new Junior Merchandising – hoodies, jackets, hats, neck warmers – launched specially on the evening.

The prizes were broadened out at this event to celebrate both the pursuit of competition or excellence and also seamanship and improvement – all worthy goals and achievements.
It was a wonderful warm night, timed perfectly timed to focus younger and older minds on the season ahead.

To view the role of honour for all winners as well as our wonderful picture gallery of the night (courtesy of Michael Chester), please click here

NYC Match Racing Day Clinic – SATURDAY 2ND APRIL – LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER

The NYC is delighted to introduce a new format of Day Match Racing Clinics for all members on its fleet of Elliotts 6m!

Will Byrne will be coaching any member (over 16y!) interested in discovering the boats AND the format of Match Racing provided that they are competent helms (or crews) with some keelboat (or 2-handed dinghy) and spinnaker experience (please note that Elliotts have a symmetrical spinnaker)

You can register either as an individual or, better still, as a pre-constituted team of 3 (or 4 ladies or smaller individuals)

We offer our first revamped format Clinic on Saturday 2nd April

Places are limited to the capacity of the 4 x Elliotts so make sure to register quickly here!!