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Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club Celebrates Renovations with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

2nd March 2020
CYBC Ribbon Cutting: Richard Bruton TD, Aidan Cronin, Edel Currie and Richard Nolan at the ceremony CYBC Ribbon Cutting: Richard Bruton TD, Aidan Cronin, Edel Currie and Richard Nolan at the ceremony

Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club have just celebrated the completion of key renovation work with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by special guests and supporters, Edel Currie of Dublin Port, Minister Richard Bruton and Richard Nolan of Nolan’s Supermarket.

Welcoming the guests and members to the Club, Commodore Aidan Cronin said, “Our Club is 145 years old and while we value our history and tradition, it is also essential that we move with the times. Over the past number of years, it became increasingly apparent that our facilities were not fit for purpose. Our growing female membership had to contend with a limited number of showers and a subpar changing room. Our regular visitors from the CRC and St. Michael’s House, as well as other visitors to the Club with extra needs or mobility challenges, had very limited facilities. Yet we knew that making such improvements would be a huge undertaking for a volunteer-run Club with limited income.”

The Club was successful in applying for a Sports Capital Grant and then embarked on almost year-long fundraising programme with events and members contributing to make up the final shortfall.

According to the Commodore, Aidan Cronin, “Our members have been central to the successful delivery of this project with their generosity in offering their expertise, their knowledge and their time. The Sports Capital Grant was essential but it was only the beginning and ultimately the entire membership was critical to the success of the project as they fundraised and contributed to meeting the costs.”

In addition to the refurbishment of the women’s changing facilities, two chimney breasts had to be removed along with internal walls and new electrics and fire doors, fire alarm and emergency lighting had to be installed to bring the building up to code.

Commending Dublin Port and Nolan’s Supermarket for their support, the Commodore said, “As a volunteer-run Club we operate on very tight budgets as we work to deliver the services for our members and our community. That’s why we are so grateful for the support we receive on an on-going basis from our friends and neighbours.”

“Dublin Port has been a longtime supporter of CY&BC and we are very grateful not only for the funding but the practical support such as our excellent sign outside.”

“Nolan’s have been a consistent and constant friend to CY&BC with their annual sponsorship in our Club diary. This year, they facilitated the selling of our calendar with no profit and it was a massive fundraising success for us. We are very grateful for their support and look forward to a continued partnership.”

“I have to also say a special thank you to the elected reps who supported us in this application and throughout the year. Now retired Finnian McGrath, Councillor Damien O’Farrell, Sean Haughey TD, Councillor Deirdre Heney and Richard Bruton TD in particular.”

“As we approach the sailing season, it is fantastic to see these improvements to our Club and I am looking forward to seeing all the results of the hard work being enjoyed by members and visitors to our Club.”

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Dublin Bay on the east coast of Ireland stretches over seven kilometres, from Howth Head on its northern tip to Dalkey Island in the south. It's a place most Dubliners simply take for granted, and one of the capital's least visited places. But there's more going on out there than you'd imagine.

The biggest boating centre is at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on the Bay's south shore that is home to over 1,500 pleasure craft, four waterfront yacht clubs and Ireland's largest marina.

The bay is rather shallow with many sandbanks and rocky outcrops, and was notorious in the past for shipwrecks, especially when the wind was from the east. Until modern times, many ships and their passengers were lost along the treacherous coastline from Howth to Dun Laoghaire, less than a kilometre from shore.

The Bay is a C-shaped inlet of the Irish Sea and is about 10 kilometres wide along its north-south base, and 7 km in length to its apex at the centre of the city of Dublin; stretching from Howth Head in the north to Dalkey Point in the south. North Bull Island is situated in the northwest part of the bay, where one of two major inshore sandbanks lie, and features a 5 km long sandy beach, Dollymount Strand, fronting an internationally recognised wildfowl reserve. Many of the rivers of Dublin reach the Irish Sea at Dublin Bay: the River Liffey, with the River Dodder flow received less than 1 km inland, River Tolka, and various smaller rivers and streams.

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There are approximately ten beaches and bathing spots around Dublin Bay: Dollymount Strand; Forty Foot Bathing Place; Half Moon bathing spot; Merrion Strand; Bull Wall; Sandycove Beach; Sandymount Strand; Seapoint; Shelley Banks; Sutton, Burrow Beach

There are slipways on the north side of Dublin Bay at Clontarf, Sutton and on the southside at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, and in Dalkey at Coliemore and Bulloch Harbours.

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Car and passenger Ferries operate from Dublin Port to the UK, Isle of Man and France. A passenger ferry operates from Dun Laoghaire Harbour to Howth as well as providing tourist voyages around the bay.

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The River Liffey flows through Dublin city and into the Bay. Its tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac.

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Approximately 1,500 boats from small dinghies to motorboats to ocean-going yachts. The vast majority, over 1,000, are moored at Dun Laoghaire Harbour which is Ireland's boating capital.

In 1981, UNESCO recognised the importance of Dublin Bay by designating North Bull Island as a Biosphere because of its rare and internationally important habitats and species of wildlife. To support sustainable development, UNESCO’s concept of a Biosphere has evolved to include not just areas of ecological value but also the areas around them and the communities that live and work within these areas. There have since been additional international and national designations, covering much of Dublin Bay, to ensure the protection of its water quality and biodiversity. To fulfil these broader management aims for the ecosystem, the Biosphere was expanded in 2015. The Biosphere now covers Dublin Bay, reflecting its significant environmental, economic, cultural and tourism importance, and extends to over 300km² to include the bay, the shore and nearby residential areas.

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