Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' Association Winter Lectures Now Available Online
31st May 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
Talks by maritime historian David Carroll and artist, author, historian and conservationist Peter Pearson for the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association (DBOGA) are now available online. The lectures in aid of the RNLI were recorded on YouTube, where previous DBOGA…
Peter Pearson to Guide Old Gaffers Through the Dun Laoghaire Story on Thursday April 16th
9th April 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
Dun Laoghaire and its mighty artificial harbour sit so comfortably into the south side of Dublin Bay that it’s not unknown for enthusiasts to refer to the totally artificial structure as “this wonderful natural feature of our local coastline”. Architectural…
Admiral Sir Henry Coey Kane Subject of Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' Association Talk
12th March 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
Maritime historian David Carroll will give a talk on Admiral Sir Henry Coey Kane as part of the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association programme next week. Admiral Kane (1843-1917) lived in Blackrock, Co Dublin and attended Castleknock College in Dublin…
Grimsby's Arctic Trawlers Theme of Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' Association Talk
10th February 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
“Grimsby’s Arctic trawlers” is the title of a talk by former Maritime Institute president Richard McCormick in Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club, Dublin, on February 19th. The illustrated talk will be hosted by the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association in…
Maritime Art Around Dublin Bay Theme of Talk in DMYC by Cormac Lowth
28th January 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
Maritime art around Dublin Bay is the theme of a talk by historian Cormac Lowth at the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) this week. As Lowth explains, several artists painted scenes of Dublin Bay from the 18th century, which helped to…
Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' Hosts The Flight of Fantasy - An Aerial View of the 1986 Round Ireland Yacht Race
8th January 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The story of how a pilot and yachtsman chartered a jet to view the Round Ireland yacht race is the theme of the next talk hosted by the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association. John Leahy decided to charter a British…
Renegade Gaffer Tom Cunliffe Returns To Traditional Roots For Caribbean Thriller Novel
1st December 2025 Book Review
Sailing-author Tom Cunliffe was for so long associated with traditional-style wooden-built gaff-rigged boats that he found it almost impossible to leap free from being President of the Old Gaffers Association. It was a position in which he was so totally…
Cormac Lowth To Give Talk on Roman Wrecks of Lake Nemi for Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association
19th November 2025 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The Roman Wrecks of Lake Nemi is the title of maritime historian Cormac Lowth’s talk this week for the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association. Lowth’s illustrated lecture will outline how two enormous ships built for the Roman emperor Caligula were…
Did you know that, when the Dublin-manufactured light in Galley Head lighthouse in West Cork began sending out its signal in 1878, it was at that time the brightest light of its kind ever made? All this and more will…
The traditional and classic boats of the Old Gaffers Association in the northern part of the Irish Sea and the North Channel have carved out an attractive high to late season programme which will see gatherings and events at ports…
It could be argued that some of the sailing of the Old Gaffers Association is the nautical equivalent of the Slow Food Movement, but there's no doubting the accelerating countdown towards the annual Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association Regatta at…
Old Gaffers Dublin Bay Regatta Set for May 23-25 at Poolbeg Yacht Club
11th May 2025 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association will host its annual Dublin Bay regatta at Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club in Ringsend from May 23-25. The first race will be at noon on Saturday, 24th May and will be followed on Sunday by a…
Afloat.ie regrets to record the death of Brian Law of Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland, after a long illness which he defied by sailing to the end. In fact, when the terminal diagnosis was confirmed, he resolved to spend his…
Joshua Slocum's "Elemental" Global Circumnavigation Provides Fascinating Conclusion For DBOGA Winter Series
9th April 2025 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
There's an elemental quality to the pioneering single-handed global circumnavigation in 1895-1898 by Canadian/American skipper Joshua Slocum (1844-1909), which continues to resonate down the ages. His 38ft ultra-beamy vessel Spray was his own rebuild of a sailing oysterboat that was…
Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Whip-Round Raises €500 for Crosshaven Lifeboat
2nd April 2025 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association may be location-identified with Poolbeg Y&BC in Dublin Port, but as it's the only OGA branch in Ireland, it gets about for its off-season meetings. A convivial shared expedition last year to Kinsale has…
The "Rocky" Road to Mongolia Theme of Talk by Paddy Barry in Poolbeg YBC, March 20th
11th March 2025 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The adventures of sailor Paddy Barry and musician Breanndán O Beaglaoich on their “tiny car” journey from Ireland to Mongolia is the theme of an illustrated talk hosted by the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association on March 20th. As Afloat…
