DMYC
Viking Marine Dinghy Frostbites: Competitive Dinghy Racing on Another Benign Sunday!
12th November 2024 DMYC
Another benign Sunday for Viking Marine DMYC dinghy Frostbites! With the BBC Weather forecasts on Thursday and Friday suggesting that one high pressure system was going to move away from Ireland………to be replaced by another high-pressure system, the forecast for…
Greek Sailing Holiday Talks at DMYC and Clontarf YBC This Weekend
6th November 2024 Sailing Holidays
Greek Sailing Holiday talks will be held on either side of Dublin Bay this weekend, covering all aspects of flotilla and yacht charter. The evenings, including Greek snack tasting, will be held on Friday, 7th November, at 8 pm in…
Genteel Start to the Viking Marine 2024/25 DMYC Dinghy Frostbites at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
4th November 2024 DMYC
The 2024/25 DMYC Frostbites, sponsored by Viking Marine, got underway yesterday in Dun Laoghaire Harbour in overcast but favourable conditions with 13° air temperatures and a light wind from 175° that stayed constant all afternoon , or at least as…
With just 52 hours to go to the first race of the 2024/25 Viking Marine sponsored Frostbites, hosted by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club, the entries stand at 63 boats and there is a modest forecast of wind for the…
Ireland's Golden Jubilee Of Frequent Frostbite Sailing Tells Us Much About 1974
26th October 2024 W M Nixon
It wasn't fully realised at the time, but 1974 was a notably happening year for sailing in Ireland. The new marina was properly in place and up and running in Crosshaven to provide the user-friendly facilities that led, in 1974…
Viking Marine Frostbite Series Seeks Entry Boost for Dun Laoghaire Harbour Winter Series
22nd October 2024 DMYC
By this time in two weeks, the first of the 2024/25 DMYC Viking Marine Dinghy Frostbite races will be behind us, weather permitting, but to date, the entry is quite modest, at 37 boats in total. The ILCA 6s lead…
With the Kish Race put to bed last Sunday, with twenty-four starters and finishers, the traditional end to the summer season in Dublin Bay is now consigned to history. The day racing keelboats of the Squibs, SB20s, Flying Fifteens and…
Turkey Shoot Racers Aim for Another Bumper DBSC Winter Series on Dublin Bay
13th October 2024 Turkey Shoot
Dublin Bay Sailing Club has issued the advance notice of its popular 'Turkey Shoot' winter sailing series that starts on Sunday, 3rd November. Now in its 24th year, the AIB-sponsored seven-race series will be co-hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire…
After a previous cancellation due to weather, the 2024 DMYC Kish Race - supported by Lenster Boats - from Dun Laoghaire on Dublin Bay sailed on Sunday (October 6th), albeit to the Shanganagh buoy in Killiney Bay, because of heavy…
Given a deteriorating weather forecast, Sunday's Kish Race on Dublin Bay has been postponed to next weekend. With the DBSC Summer Series racing concluding this Saturday, DMYC organisers will consider hosting the race on Saturday or Sunday next weekend (October…
Wicklow Sailing Club 'South' Win All Ireland Ruffian 23 Team Racing Championship for the First Time
15th September 2024 Ruffian 23
The All Ireland Ruffian 23 Team Racing Championship 2024 took place under the burgee of the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) on the weekend of September 7th-8th. Four teams (North, South, East and West) took part in a closely…
Saturday, June 8th, brought the first of the 2024 waterfront regattas, which was hosted by the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club. All four Dun Laoghaire clubs agree on the format, and the sailing instruction is standard to all clubs. This…
12-15 knot northwesterly winds and sunshine produced a strong turnout for Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club's biennial Regatta on Dublin Bay on Saturday. The one-day competition got the local regatta scene underway as the first of the four waterfront clubs’ regattas at…
While some major regattas of a national and international variety are scheduled for Dun Laoghaire later in the “summer”, the local regatta scene gets underway in two weeks when the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club hosts the first of the…
Eight Fireballs took part in a day-long coaching session with Thomas Chaix at the DMYC in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Sunday (May 19th). With extremely light winds forecast the fleet were pleasantly surprised by a decent 8 knots of breeze…
There’s something special about a large organisation which is so attuned to the needs of the many services it quietly provides that it can - naturally and confidently and without fuss - move into action each year in a distinctly…
