Water Wag Dinghy Talk at National Maritime Museum

31st October 2018

The talk, on 8th November 2018 at 8.00 pm includes many previously unseen pictures of yachting in Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) Harbour

Afloat.ie contributor and sailing historian Vincent Delany will describe the development of one design sailing in Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) and the significance of the Water Wag on display in the National Maritime Museum in the Dublin Bay town,

The talk, on 8th November 2018 at 8.00 pm includes many previously unseen pictures of yachting in Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) Harbour.

This is a unique, illustrated, maritime story of 19th century Dublin creativity, entrepreneurship, craft, competition, decline and rediscovery.

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