Cormac Bradley
Dublin Bay Fireballer Cormac Bradley was appointed Rear Commodore of the International Fireball Class in 2017. He is a regular dinghy and one design correspondent on Afloat.ie
The 2026 DMYC Regatta introduced a new development for the Dun Laoghaire dinghy fraternity – a two-day regatta rather than just a single day. This was a consequence of the very early discussions between the four Dun Laoghaire clubs in…
Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club has published the Notice of Race and entry forms for the 2026 DMYC Regatta. The event takes place on Saturday, 6 and Sunday, 7 June and marks the first in a series of regattas hosted…
For the third Thursday evening of the 2026 DBSC Summer Sailing Season, the Flying Fifteen fleet had another light wind trial! The contrast between the closing Sundays of the DMYC Frostbites which saw three Sundays out of four lost to…
The first leg of the ILCA Sprint Grand Prix 2026, sponsored by MGM Boats and Covy Watersports, was hosted by the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club this past Sunday and attracted a 34-boat fleet, 15 ILCA 7s, 15 ILCA 6s…
The 2026 DBSC Flying Fifteen summer season has opened…………with a very challenging evening of racing on 23rd April! For the past few days Dublin Bay has been characterised by big swells, lots of white horses and rather brown water. However,…
With Dublin Bay Sailing Club scheduled to get underway in the coming week, boat owners from the DMYC took the first step towards summer with the pre-season lift-in conducted across the past two days, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th April.…
With only two Sundays of sailing in the last five Sundays of the Viking Marine-sponsored DMYC 2025-26 Frostbites, it was hardly surprising that the last Sunday of the Series would be a light wind affair. Almost as soon as we…
After three Sundays of no racing due to adverse forecasts, the Viking Marine Frostbites resumed last Sunday with three races completed in light to moderate winds. In advance of Sunday, it appeared that the harbour would be very busy with…
After a week that saw the east coast battered by huge waves and high winds that left the Dart track under water and open areas adjacent to the high tide mark under inches of water, Sunday 8th February dawned with…
Chilly Start to 2026 Viking Marine DMYC Frostbites as Racing Begins in Dun Laoghaire
8th January 2026 DMYC
From early in the week, it was apparent that temperature, rather than wind, would determine what was possible on the first Sunday of the 2026 DMYC Viking Marine Frostbites. Both XCWeather and, closer to the day, Met Éireann agreed on…
Two Races Wrap Up Viking Marine Frostbite Series One at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
23rd December 2025 DMYC
For a change the forecasts for the final Sunday of Series 1 of the 2025/26 DMYC Frostbites, sponsored by Viking Marine, were favourable from early on in the preceding week. If anything, it was projected to be light, in contrast…
Dun Laoghaire’s Flying Fifteen Fleet Celebrate the 2025 Sailing Season
17th December 2025 Flying Fifteen
There was a good attendance at the National Yacht Club recently when the Dun Laoghaire Flying Fifteen fleet celebrated the 2025 season just past. A variety of trophies were awarded during a very good dinner, followed by some enjoyable post-dinner…
Wild Wind Shifts Challenge Viking Marine DMYC Frostbite Racers in Dun Laoghaire
10th December 2025 DMYC
Far too much, just a bit much, just right there was a varied afternoon of wind strengths for the DMYC Viking Marine Frostbite Series in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on December 7th On the Friday of last week, I exchanged WhatsApp…
The Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) on the town's West Pier held its Annual General Meeting on the last Thursday of November with a modest attendance of members. Commodore, Derek Gill, Rear Commodore Sailing, Cormac Bradley, Boat House Captain,…
After losing the previous Sunday to howling gales, the plan to catch up was endorsed by a much more favourable forecast from early on in the week. The suggestion from XCWeather was that we would get winds of the order…
This year, the organisers of the Viking Marine-sponsored DMYC Dinghy Frostbites at Dun Laoghaire Harbour made it known that they would, when weather allowed, sail a third race of the afternoon to bank against Sundays when no sailing was possible.…
The second round of the 2025/26 Viking Marine-sponsored Frostbites, hosted by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club, came under the race management of DMYC’s immediate Past Commodore, Ian Cutliffe, as this correspondent was otherwise engaged. Ian had his work cut out…
Viking Marine DMYC Frostbite Series Kicks Off in Challenging Wind Conditions at Dun Laoghaire
4th November 2025 DMYC
After completing the second stage of the DMYC lift-out on Bank Holiday Monday, thoughts turned to the first Sunday of the Frostbites, due to take place six days later. Using the 7-day forecast from the weather App XCWeather, the initial…
DMYC Prepares for Winter with Successful Summer Lift-out and Dinghy Frostbite Series Entry Call
21st October 2025 DMYC
As one season draws to a close….another beckons! On a day when the forecast and the wind data from the Dublin Bay buoy prompted the Flying Fifteens to initially contemplate an opening race in their Frostbite Series inside the harbour…
Having had to postpone the Leinster Boats sponsored Kish Challenge on its original date due to a severe lack of wind, the sense was that the hosting of the event a week later might also be in jeopardy due to…
