National Yacht Club

It is unusual to have two leading figures sharing the “Sailor of the Month (Services to Sailing)” award. And it surely unique when one is Admiral of the world’s oldest yacht club, the Royal Cork at Crosshaven, in its Tricentenary Year, while the other is Commodore of the National YC in Dun Laoghaire as it marks its 150th Anniversary.

Yet both have shared an indomitable spirit in encouraging and leading their members in whatever sailing and club activity is possible through the COVID-19 crisis, and both, in turn, have seen their members support with a sense of responsible community which is a credit to both clubs, and to Irish sailing generally.

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There is no prize-giving ceremony!
Prizes will be dispatched to the appropriate Clubs / Marina next week for collection

For protests please use the usual DBSC channel here: https://www.dbsc.ie/race-forms/protest/

SCORA (South Coast Offshore Racing Association), in association with the National Yacht Club and the Royal Cork Yacht Club, are delighted to stage the ‘Fastnet 450’, an offshore race from Dun Laoghaire to Cork Harbour via the Fastnet Rock.

The IRC race will start in Dun Laoghaire at 13:00 on Saturday 22nd August 2020 and pass the Muglin, Tuscar, Conningbeg and Fastnet lighthouses to Starboard before returning to Cork Harbour and passing the Cork Buoy to Port, finishing when Roches’s Point bears due East. The course is specifically designed to be of sufficient length to qualify skippers and crew for the RORC Fastnet Race 2021.

The clubs have combined forces to mark their anniversary celebrations, it being the 150th anniversary of the National Yacht Club and 300th (Tricentenary) of the Royal Cork Yacht Club.

You can track the progress of the 20 boats entered, including NYC’s ‘A plus’ and ‘Hot Cookie’ by Clicking Here