The Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association have updated the programme of events for their 60th anniversary weekend at Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club in Dublin Port later this month.
Booking in commences Friday 26 May at 4pm ahead of the opening ceremony at 7pm, followed by an evening of dinner (from 7.30pm) and entertainment (from 8.30pm).
There’s a relatively leisurely start to Saturday 27 May with a half-hour for breakfast at 8.45am before the skippers’ briefing for racing on the bay at 10am. First gun will be at noon for the afternoon of racing, with the prize-giving at 6pm. Dinner is at 7pm followed by music from 8.30pm.
After breakfast (8.45am) on Sunday morning 28 May, there will be a currach demonstration as well as lifejacket testing with the RNLI (10am-12pm). Skippers will get a briefing at noon or the parade of sail, which heads upriver along the Liffey from 1.30pm via three lifted bridges. The closing ceremony back at the club (with bar food available) is scheduled for 6pm.
As previously reported by our own WM Nixon, the diamond jubilee gathering for the Old Gaffers has been fully booked for some time and features a more compact programme without the usual Leinster Trophy, which will get its own standalone in August. Afloat.ie has more on this story HERE.
