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#HarbourBoard - Gráinne Shaffrey is to present a lecture "Dún Laoghaire Harbour and its Board", next Tuesday (12 February) starting 20.00hrs in the Dún Laoghaire College of Further Education, on Cumberland Street.

This lecture forms part of the Genealogical Society of Ireland (GSI) 'Open' Meeting lectures. There is a small contribution of €3.00 per person at each lecture towards the costs of hosting each of the monthly lectures held throughout the year. For list of lecture programme, click HERE, noting to scroll down the page beyond last year's talks.

The society welcomes suggestions for future lecture topics - please contact the Director of the GSI Lecture Programme, Séamus Moriarty, by email: [email protected] and 087 2243443

 

Published in Boating Fixtures
In advance of this month's Heritage Week which includes a one-day maritime lecture's seminar on Sunday 28th August, another Dun Laoghaire based lecture is to take place next week.
The lecture on Dublin's Own Titanic: The Sinking of the 'Tayleur' off Lambay in 1854 will be presented by Declan Heffernan and is to be held on Tuesday, 9th August starting at 8pm / 20.00hrs. All are welcome. Contribution fee €3.

The venue and is the Dún Laoghaire College of Further Education on Cumberland Street where a lecture series programme is run by the Genealogical Society of Ireland (GSI). For further information on other forthcoming GSI lectures: www.familyhistory.ie/

Published in Boating Fixtures

Waszp sailing

The Waszp project was conceived in 2010 by Andrew McDougall, designer of the world-beating Mach 2 foiling Moth. 

The Waszp was created as a strict one-design foiler, where, as the class says “the true test when raced is between crews and not boats and equipment”.

The objective of the class rules is to ensure that this concept is maintained. Keeping possible modifications to a minimum ensures fair racing across the fleet, helps to reduce the overall cost to the sailor and reduces the amount of time in the workshop. 

The popularity of the WASZP has proven that the boat and the concept work. In October 2021, 1237 boats had been sold to over 45 countries. 

The top speed recorded on the foiling dinghy is 26.7 knots. 

60-95kgs+ is a weight range competitive across varied conditions with rigs knowns as ‘8.2’ and ‘6.9’.

The cost of a Moth dinghy in Europe is €14,400 inc VAT + shipping according to the manufacturers in October 2021.