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Falling Faintly; a Poem for the Late Team Race Legend Jimmy Fitzpatrick 10th February 2021 Writer Alison Hackett knew the late Jimmy Fitzpatrick as a great friend since her university sailing days in the 70s and 80s. Hackett says Jimmy's obituary written by David Sommerville on Afloat last week meant an awful lot to her and she has responded to the sadness she feels at the death of the team racing legend with a poem FALLING FAINTLY for the last time, the gate open a little, his absence not an absence but the possibility of return; his laugh echoing from somewhere,

  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 final...

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, ...

Despite some people’s conventional wisdom, Russell Crowe movies are not the cure for insomnia.

That Awkward Moment When an Oscar Winner Personally Responds to a Movie Critic   Share Source: Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," is one of Russell Crowe's finest hours. In the 2003 film, based off of the novels written by Patrick O'Brian, Crowe plays Royal Navy Captain Jack Aubrey, who leads his crew on a mission to capture a French vessel. In terms of action, the movie paces slower than your average Marvel movie or a Jerry Bruckheimer all explosions all the time kind of deal. In fact there are only two battle scenes in the almost two-and-...