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Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Offer Attractive High Season Package

25th June 2025
Explore the Old Gaffers Association's late-season programme with events across the Irish Sea and North Channel ports.
Explore the Old Gaffers Association's late-season programme with events across the Irish Sea and North Channel ports. More details below

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 as various as Peel on the Isle of Man, Rathlin Island, Bangor on Belfast Lough, Portaferry in Strangford Lough, Poolbeg in Dublin Port, and Howth.

There's no need to sign up for all of it, if time-limited, you can pick the bits you especially like, and you can sail each stage as a cruise-in-company or as a boat on her own in her own good time.

Details below.

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WM Nixon

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William M Nixon has been writing about sailing in Ireland for many years in print and online, and his work has appeared internationally in magazines and books. His own experience ranges from club sailing to international offshore events, and he has cruised extensively under sail, often in his own boats which have ranged in size from an 11ft dinghy to a 35ft cruiser-racer. He has also been involved in the administration of several sailing organisations.

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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.