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Old Gaffers Dublin Bay Regatta Set for May 23-25 at Poolbeg Yacht Club

11th May 2025
Dublin Bay regatta at Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club, 24-25 May. Trad boats of all kinds will gather for the annual event, featuring races and a flotilla down the Liffey. DBOGA will welcome all visiting boats
DBOGA Dublin Bay regatta at Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club, 24-25 May. Trad boats of all kinds will gather for the annual event, featuring races and a flotilla down the Liffey. DBOGA will welcome all visiting boats Credit: Afloat

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 flotilla sail down the Liffey. 

The DBOGA emphasise that assistance will be given to all visiting boats at the hospitable city centre club.

As regular Afloat readers know, the annual regatta celebrated the Od Gaffers Daimond jubilee in 2023 when a visiting Galway Hooker, 'Blát na hÓige', was the Asgard Trophy Race Winner at the anniversary regatta.

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Dublin Bay Old Gaffers

The Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association aims to promotes interest in traditional gaff rig and seamanship, to offer help, advice and comradeship to members and to organise races and rallies for members in the Dublin Bay Area. 

The Dublin Bay Old Gaffers normally organise a regatta, two rallies and four races during the summer season and a varied, interesting and well-supported series of talks during the winter (proceeds raised are donated to the RNLI). 

Many Dublin Bay members also travel to regattas and rallies organised by other Irish Sea OGA areas. 

While the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers activities are focused on  Dublin Bay, they also have a cluster of members in the Cork area and have members from all over Ireland and some in Britain too.

The Association is working up lans to celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2023.  In 2013 a fleet of boats set off around the UK and Ireland to celebrate OGA50.

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