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13th October 2022

Sunsail and The Moorings: Are You Passionate about Boats and Sailing? Do you Want to Work in Beautiful Locations in the Sunshine?

Are you Passionate about Boats and Sailing? Do you want to work in beautiful locations in the sunshine? Are you a people person that loves meeting new people?

Because we have MANY fantastic opportunities for YOU to join our teams in Greece and Croatia!

All roles come with a competitive salary, flights, accommodation, as well as global career opportunities, training sponsorship for our top performers as well as a fantastic staff yacht usage policy!

Chief Instructor - to lead our sailing School in Lefkas, Greece and Agana, Croatia. The role will include setting up the sailing school for the season, ensuring the sailing school yachts meet the RYA standards and working closely with the base manager to design a plan for the summer. You will be joining an experienced base team and leading another a team of Cruising instructors during the season. We teach a range of courses, including RYA Competent Crew and Day Skipper. This is a very flexible role with time on the water and interacting with guests as well as shore-based duties.

Cruising Instructor - You will be supporting our Chief Instructors in providing a range of courses, including Start Yachting, Competent Crew, Day Skipper and ICC. You should have experience managing lessons and small teams with the ability to identify issues before they grow into larger problems.

Bareboat Skippers and Flotilla Skippers - If you have your RYA Yachtmaster qualification (must be commercially endorsed) and are looking for your next role on board, you may be perfect for one of our Skipper roles. You will be guiding the guest boats through their trip and ensuring everyone is safe and happy.

Flotilla Hosts – Punch parties, group meals and dinghy races! If you are organised, proactive and love spending time with people, then this is a great chance to build your miles and do what you love most, sailing, and meeting new people!

Flotilla Technicians and Marine Technicians – with onboard and shore-based roles available, this role will revolve around maintaining our fleet of yachts. This is a great role if you are confident with basic yacht repairs, including diesel engines, outboards, marine plumbing and being part of a strong and experienced team!

If one of these roles sounds perfect for YOU, please click on the links for a full job description and APPLY TODAY!

If you have any questions, please feel welcome to contact our recruitment team, and we will be happy to help! [email protected]

We can't wait to hear from you!

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3rd March 2022

Do You Love Boats, Sunshine and People? Join us this Summer in Greece!

We are looking for enthusiastic and proactive people for a range of roles based in Lefkas, Greece.

All roles come with a competitive salary, flights, accommodation, as well as global career opportunities, training sponsorship for our top performers as well as a fantastic staff yacht usage policy!

Yachtmaster Instructor - to lead our sailing School in Lefkas, Greece. The role will include setting up the sailing school for the season, ensuring the sailing school yachts meet the RYA standards and working closely with the base manager to design a plan for the summer. You will be joining an experienced base team and leading another Cruising instructor during the season. We teach a range of courses including RYA Competent Crew and Day Skipper. This is a very flexible role with time on the water and interacting with guests as well as shore-based duties.

Bareboat Skippers and Flotilla Skippers - If you have your RYA Yachtmaster Coastal qualification and are looking for your next role on board you may be perfect for one of our Skipper roles. You will be guiding the guest boats through their trip and ensuring everyone is safe and happy.

Flotilla Hosts – Punch parties, group meals and dinghy races! If you are organised, proactive and love spending time with people then this is a great chance to build your miles and do what you love most, sailing, and meeting new people!

Flotilla Technicians and Base Technicians – with onboard and shore-based roles available this role will revolve around maintaining our fleet of yachts. This is a great role if you are confident with basic yacht repairs including diesel engines, outboards, marine plumbing and being part of a strong and experienced team!

To apply or learn more, please visit our website via the links in the highlighted roles!

You can also contact our Yachts Recruitment Team by emailing [email protected]

We can't wait to hear from you!

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18th November 2016

Sunsail ‘Funding The Future For Sailing Clubs’ With New UK Competition

#SailingClubs - Sailing holiday firm Sunsail is ‘Funding the Future for Sailing Clubs’ in a new UK-wide competition for £5,000 in funding.

As British Marine reports, sailing and yachting clubs across Britain taking part must submit a business plan to detail what they would do with the funding — from new equipment to membership drives to youth sail training and more.

The club with the most innovative idea, as judged by a panel including Volvo Ocean Race veteran Dee Caffari, will win the investment to bring their plans to fruition — as well as a place on Sunsail’s stand at January’s London Boat Show.

British Marine has more on the story HERE.

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27th October 2013

Sunsail's Move Away From Portsmouth Puts Jobs At Risk

#TradeNews - BBC News reports that nearly 100 jobs could be at risk in Portsmouth as sailing holiday firm Sunsail plans to relocate its operations to London.

The company, which specialises in sailing tourism and boat rentals, says it is consulting individually with staff as it consolidates with other brands under the Specialist Holidays Group umbrella - including yacht operator The Moorings - at a new headquarters in Surbiton.

However, the company has confirmed that its UK operations of schools and events will remain in Port Solent and are not affected by the relocation plans.

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National Yacht Club Facilities

Facilities include a slipway directly accessing Dun Laoghaire Harbour, over eighty club moorings, platform parking, pontoons, fuelling, watering and crane-lifting ensure that the NYC is excellently equipped to cater for all the needs of the contemporary sailor. Berths with diesel, water, power and overnight facilities are available to cruising yachtsmen with shopping facilities being a short walk away. The club is active throughout the year with full dining and bar facilities and winter activities include bridge, snooker, quiz nights, wine tasting and special events.

National Yacht Club History

Although there are references to an active “club” prior to 1870, history records that the present clubhouse was erected in 1870 at a cost of £4,000 to a design by William Sterling and the Kingstown Royal Harbour Boat Club was registered with Lloyds in the same year. By 1872 the name had been changed to the Kingston Harbour Boat Club and this change was registered at Lloyds.

In 1881. the premises were purchased by a Captain Peacocke and others who formed a proprietary club called the Kingstown Harbour Yacht Club again registered at Lloyds. Some six years later in 1877 the building again changed hands being bought by a Mr Charles Barrington. and between 1877 and 1901 the club was very active and operated for a while as the “Absolute Club” although this change of name was never registered.

In 1901, the lease was purchased by three trustees who registered it as the Edward Yacht Club. In 1930 at a time when the Edward Yacht Club was relatively inactive, a committee including The Earl of Granard approached the trustees with a proposition to form the National Yacht Club. The Earl of Granard had been Commodore of the North Shannon Y.C. and was a senator in the W.T.Cosgrave government. An agreement was reached, the National Yacht Club was registered at Lloyds. The club burgee was created, red cross of Saint George with blue and white quarters being sky cloud, sea and surf. The Earl of Granard became the first Commodore.

In July of 1950, a warrant was issued to the National Yacht Club by the Government under the Merchant Shipping Act authorising members to hoist a club ensign in lieu of the National Flag. The new ensign to include a representation of the harp. This privilege is unique and specific to members of the National Yacht Club. Sterling’s design for the exterior of the club was a hybrid French Chateau and eighteenth century Garden Pavilion and today as a Class A restricted building it continues to provide elegant dining and bar facilities.

An early drawing of the building shows viewing balconies on the roof and the waterfront façade. Subsequent additions of platforms and a new slip to the seaward side and most recently the construction of new changing rooms, offices and boathouse provide state of the art facilities, capable of coping with major international and world championship events. The club provides a wide range of sailing facilities, from Junior training to family cruising, dinghy sailing to offshore racing and caters for most major classes of dinghies, one design keelboats, sports boats and cruiser racers. It provides training facilities within the ISA Youth Sailing Scheme and National Power Boat Schemes.

Past Commodores

1931 – 42 Earl of Granard 1942 – 45 T.J. Hamilton 1945 – 47 P.M. Purcell 1947 – 50 J.J. O’Leary 1950 – 55 A.A. Murphy 1955 – 60 J.J. O’Leary 1960 – 64 F. Lemass 1964 – 69 J.C. McConnell 1969 – 72 P.J. Johnston 1972 – 74 L. Boyd 1974 – 76 F.C. Winkelmann 1976 – 79 P.A. Browne 1979 – 83 W.A. Maguire 1983 – 87 F.J. Cooney 1987 – 88 J.J. Byrne 1988 – 91 M.F. Muldoon 1991 – 94 B.D. Barry 1994 – 97 M.P.B. Horgan 1997 – 00 B. MacNeaney 2000 – 02 I.E. Kiernan 2002 – 05 C.N.I. Moore 2005 – 08 C.J. Murphy 2008 – 11 P.D. Ryan 2011 – P. Barrington 2011-2014 Larry Power 2014-2017 Ronan Beirne 2017 – 2019

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