Enda O’Coineen s RIYC Talk on Across the Atlantic by Inflatable & Other Ways to Get Wet
2nd February 2021
RIYC member Enda O Coineen
The Royal Irish Yacht Club s Home Together virtual talk this Thursday 4th February will feature RIYC member Enda O’Coineen.
Enda will recount the extraordinary story of his epic transatlantic solo voyage onboard his 16-foot inflatable, the Kilcullen just over 35 years ago.
Having first made landfall in Dunmore East, upon arriving finally in Dun Laoghaire, Enda promptly sold the Kilcullen. It subsequently changed hands several times before Enda finally bought her back and restored her, reviving memories of some extraordinary adventures, long submerged and almost deliberately forgotten.
Who is the Chief Executive of the Royal Irish Yacht Club?
Padraig McCarthy is the RIYC CEO. Tel 01 280 9452 extn 7 email: [email protected]
What reciprocal club arrangements does the Royal Irish Yacht Club have?
As one of Ireland s leading club s, the Royal Irish Yacht Club has significant reciprocal arrangements with yacht clubs across Ireland and the UK, Europe, USA and Canada and the rest of the World. If you are visiting from another Club, please have with a letter of introduction from your Club or introduce yourself to the Club Secretary or to a member of management staff, who will show you the Club s facilities.
French Duo Racing Sunfast 3300 in RORC Transatlantic Race
8th January 2021
Sebastien Saulnier speaks about racing two handed across the Atlantic in the Sunfast3300 this weekend in the video below
The new Jeanneau Sunfast 3300 launched in Ireland last Spring will be among the marques competing in this weekend s RORC Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote.
As regular readers will know, its Irish debut at the Royal Irish Yacht Club by Irish distributors MGM Boats included a run-through of the boat s performance by its French design team at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Sunfast 3300
The new 33-footer, named
Cinnamon Girl, then went on to have a great high-speed first season on the south coast from her homeport of Kinsale under skipper Cian McCarthy, including runner-up in the inaugural Fastnet 450 Race.
UK & NI Visitors Make Early Entry for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
7th January 2021
The first VDLR 2021 entry was received from Northern Ireland, Jay Colville’s First 40, Forty Licks. The Royal Ulster entry is pictured passing Dalkey on Dublin Bay in the 2019 regatta, an event in which she finished second in Class Zero
Credit: Afloat
230 visiting boats from a fleet of nearly 500 made up nearly half the 2019 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta fleet and this year organisers are reporting strong visitor interest again for 2021’s COVID-formatted event on Dublin Bay.
Interest is coming both from the one design and IRC divisions, six months ahead of the first gun.
11th December 2020
Dun Laoghaire s 250 acre harbour - a forthcoming report aims to set a new course for the 200-year-old structure. Now that it has taken control of the harbour, Council efforts are being made to regenerate one of the largest man-made harbours in the world
Credit: Tim Wall
After years of neglect, the tide may finally be turning in favour of Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCoCo) has commissioned a new €100k report into the 200-year-old harbour, asking economic consultants Indecon to provide a blueprint for its improved use.
This report s timing couldn t be better because since the cross-channel ferry left in 2015 - after almost 200 continuous years of operation - the harbour and the county s 17-km south Dublin coastline has had an uncertain time.