Afloat.ie: Glenans Raises Euro 80,000

31st December 2009

Afloat.ie Team

Glenans Irish Sailing Club has raised in excess of Euro 80,000 from members and supporters. The fundraising, undertaken to help secure the clubs future, allows Glenans to upgrade its fleet and continue to offer high quality RYA and ISA approved sail training at its bases in Baltimore in west Cork and Collanmore in Clew Bay.

"We will be buying six new cats for Collanmore", says Ruth Ennis, Glenans Development Manager, "and completing the purchase of our new cruising boat." The Glenans-owned Jeanneau Sunfast 37 will be spending the winter at Poolbeg in Dublin where it will be availabe for sailing courses before heading to Baltimore to spend the summer cruising the south coast.

Details of all Glenans courses will be available on the Clubs website, www,gisc.ie, which being relaunched in the new year and for the first time will allow for on-line booking.

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