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19th August 2019

Big Results For Royal St George’s U25s In Women At The Helm Regatta

The RStGYC U25 squad were in winning form this past weekend

The Royal St George Yacht Club had reason to celebrate when members of the U25 squad took Class 1 and won the overall team prize in the Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm Regatta this past weekend.

With Niamh Henry at the helm, Alanna Lyttle on main trim, Ellen Murray on pit, Roberta Bell King on bow and Gillian Ballesty on kite trim, the Class 1 team won both of their Saturday races on Dublin Bay in the event hosted by the neighbouring National Yacht Club.

“It was tough going but we worked well as a team and had some fun with the spinnaker in the big wind,” the crew said later.

The RSGYC also won the overall team prize with Helen O’Beirne in the Laser Radial and Grace O’Beirne in the 420.

Sligo Yacht Club’s sailors were the big winners on the day, as previously reported on Afloat.ie.

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18th August 2019

Sligo Sailors Win Women at the Helm Regatta on Dublin Bay

HYC 2 skippered by Jenny O'Leary representing the Howth Yacht Club competing in the SportboatsJ80 at the Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm 2019 regatta hosted by the National Yacht Club.

The first Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm finished in Dun Laoghaire today with 61 boats and well over 200 people taking part at the National Yacht Club.

The “All Female Crew” prize was won by The Lady Caroline, a J24 boat from Sligo Yacht Club. The team was helmed by Rachael O’Dwyer who said “we entered because we’ve all been sailing with mixed teams and we never get a chance to helm. We wanted to show everyone, and ourselves, what we can do”.

All the racing was completed on Saturday which saw choppy waters and gusts up to 35 knots in Dublin Bay, making the courses challenging and blustery for the boats. Racing on Day 2 was cancelled due to the weather conditions.

Amongst the prizewinners was Louise McKenna who won the “Silver Sailor” prize for helms over 60. The Roy Family Club Perpetual Trophy for the most successful club was won by the Royal St George Yacht Club (Dun Laoghaire).

Women have been sailing with and against each other for decades, but this is the first regatta to be held at a national level. This was a truly unique event where women were actively encouraged to develop their leadership skills by only allowing women helms. (Men also sailed but women had to make up 50% of the crew, and all boats were required to be helmed by women).

Irish Sailing event organiser Gail MacAllister said “while there is already equality in sailing with boys and girls competing against each other from an early age, the regatta was designed to reverse the trend of women leaving sailing when careers and family take over – and to show to younger or less experienced sailors that women helming and being a leader can become the norm”.

For all the results here

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27th July 2019

Entries Still Open For Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women At The Helm Regatta

The Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm Regatta is launched at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire in April

Entries are still open for the Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm Regatta, hosted by the National Yacht Club on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August.

The event is open to PY dinghy and keelboat racing from Teens to Seniors. Full eligibility details are included in the Notice of Race.

The Perpetual Club Team Prize is open to all members of Irish Sailing affiliated clubs and there will be a wide range of category prizes.

Also planned for the weekend is a cruise in company with the Cruising Association of Ireland, as well as a Saturday night party in the NYC clubhouse.

This marks the first regatta held on a national level to celebrate women’s participation in Irish sailing, and interest may get a boost from news of Aisling Keller’s Olympic qualification for Tokyo 2020 in the Laser Radial.

Meanwhile, former Laser Radial competitor and Olympic silver medallist Annalise Murphy has spoken to The Irish Times about the challenges of her bid for Tokyo 2020 in the two-handed 49erFX with Katie Tingle.

For more on the Women at the Helm Regatta, read Gail McAllister’s write-up for Afloat.ie.

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17th July 2019

Insurance Premiums: Irish Sailing Want to Hear From You

Irish Sailing has been getting feedback from clubs and training centres of significant increases in insurance costs that are having a negative impact on the running of activities writes Gail McAllister of Irish Sailing. There is an element of déjà vu as this was a prevalent problem in the early 1990s. The issue at that time became so bad that some clubs and centres were unable even to get insurance quotes for their activities.

Group Schemes

One possible solution suggested is to establish a new group scheme specifically for Irish Sailing organisations. This was investigated in the early 90s, with a number of organisations signing up to a joint scheme. The issue, however, arises when an organisation makes a large claim – for example if a storm were to wipe out the pontoons of a club, or a large club were to be destroyed by fire resulting in a large claim. This would result in an inevitable hike in the premium for the group scheme, which whilst might be relatively manageable for larger organisations, would be unsustainable for the smaller organisations in the scheme.

The current group scheme for Irish Sailing affiliated clubs is set up via the Federation of Irish Sport with JLT Insurance, here https://www.irishsport.ie/insurance/. You can get a quote from them by referencing that you are an Irish Sailing affiliated organisation, and let Irish Sailing know the outcomes directly to [email protected].

Discount Schemes

Irish Sailing in the past has also looked into a discount scheme for Irish Sailing Clubs. Again the experience was not positive, as the discounts were applied as ‘introductory offers’, and over time - once the business was secured, clubs found their premiums rising again to market rates. As a result, at present there is no specific discount scheme for Irish Sailing affiliated organisations.

Irish Sailing and the Alliance for Insurance Reform

The issue of insurance is not solely a problem for sailing. As has been well publicised in the media, it is a problem in all sectors of Irish society today. Irish Sailing has joined forces with all sporting organisations in Ireland, and through the Federation of Irish Sport are now members of the ‘Alliance for Insurance Reform’.

The Alliance for Insurance Reform is a representative group formed with the sole objective of reducing spiralling insurance costs in Ireland to sustainable levels. The group consists of a wide range of civic, sporting and small business bodies as well as individual businesses; all of them affected by the unsustainable cost of insurance in Ireland. The Alliance has had several meetings with government officials and continues to lobby on our behalf to alert the government to the spiralling costs of insurance in this country. You can follow their progress here: https://insurancereform.ie

Irish Sailing want to hear from you

Irish Sailing would be interested to hear the recent experiences of their Clubs and Centres. Has your premium risen significantly in recent years? If so by how much? Is it as a result of recent claims, expansion of activities/premises or simply market forces? What are your experiences of group or discount schemes? Please email your thoughts and comments to [email protected]

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1st July 2019

Inspiring Sailors To Come Together On Dublin Bay For Pathfinder Women At The Helm

Alison Clarke sailing the 8m classic yacht Falcon, back in her days with Fairlie Yachts in Hamble

Whitbread Race competitor Angela Heath will join regular Dublin Bay helms Jean Mitton and Alison Clarke among the inspiring and influential Irish women taking part in the first Pathfinder Women at the Helm event next month.

This new event “encourages women to embrace a role of leadership on the water, and set an example for future female sailors so that helming becomes the norm”. Registration is open HERE.

Despite boys and girls competing against each other in single-handed dinghies, it’s still uncommon to see women leading their own crew, says Irish Sailing. Yet there are many strong women quietly pursuing their passion for sailing.

Among them is Jean Mitton of the Royal St George, who when she started out was often the only woman on a crew outside of family outings.

Jean Mitton 1339 Jean Mitton (second from left) on board the family 31.7 Photo: Afloat

“Facing challenges while on the boat has given me the full sailing experience and made me confident in my ability to be at the helm,” says the now 12-year veteran.

CrI Cri 3430 Alison Clarke (left) onboard the Quarter Tonner CrI Cri Photo: Afloat

It’s a feeling shared by Alison Clarke, who will be helming the boat she regularly crews — Paul Colton’s Cri Cri — in the event over the weekend of Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August at the National Yacht Club.

“Sailing has taught me things about leadership that you can’t learn in a classroom or from a textbook,” she says.

Both Jean and Alison surely took inspiration from the likes of Angela Heath, who was part of the pioneering all-woman crew of Tracy Edwards’ Maiden. And now they will have the opportunity to test their skills against Angela as she helms the Beneteau 31.7 Crazy Horse.

Crazy horse 1211 The Beneteau 31.7 Crazy Horse with Angela Heath in white top, second from right Photo: Afloat

Angela will also be taking part in a Q&A following a screening on Friday 16 August (National Yacht Club, 6.30pm) of the documentary Maiden, which charts the highs and lows of Edwards and crew in the 1989 edition of the world’s most challenging round-the-world sailing race.

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20th May 2019

Team Racing to Benefit from FLAG Grant Award - Full Awardee List Here!

An Irish Sailing 'team racing development programme' has been awarded a grant under the FLAG scheme

The Irish Youth Sailing Club is one of the recipients of grant funding awarded by Ireland’s seven Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) to 274 coastal based projects at the weekend.

Another FLAG grant awardee from the world of Irish Sailing and boating is the national governing body who were awarded €50,143 for a 'Team Racing Development Programme'.

The Irish Coastal Rowing Federation was awarded €9,600 towards the staging of the All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships 2019.

Scroll down for full grant list below.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, T.D., announced details of EMFF grants of €4 million supporting total investment of €6.4 million. The grants are co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union under Ireland’s European Maritime & Fisheries Fund Operational Programme for the seafood sector.

Announcing the grant awards, Minister Creed said: “Ireland’s 7 FLAGs are providing a wonderful source of investment for local seafood and marine projects in our coastal communities. Over 800 projects in seven coastal regions have benefitted from EMFF funding since the present FLAG scheme was launched in 2017. The Scheme continues to positively impact on coastal communities in Ireland. The high number of successful projects funded this year reflects both the quality of the projects and the hard work of the local communities through the seven FLAG Boards.”

Almost 400 applications were made to the 7 FLAGs this year. All applications were reviewed by individual FLAG Boards in each of the seven FLAG regions throughout Ireland. The FLAG Boards are comprised of volunteers from the local communities. Projects must be able to demonstrate a clear link to coastal community rejuvenation, enterprise, innovation, job creation and skills enhancement across the fishing, aquaculture and maritime industries.

FLAG	Project Ref No.	Applicant	Project Title	Support Rate	Grant Aid	Total Investment
North East	191NE.8	PSI Trading as Carlingford Oysters Company	Purchase of equipment	50	12,728	25,456
North East	191NE.7	8ú Calafort Gasóga Mara	Replacement of Support Craft and National Powerboat Certificate training for 15 adult scooters	80	15,536	19,420
North East	191NE.6	Skerries Rowing Club	Skerries Rowing Regatta 2019	80	2,240	2,800
North East	191NE.4	Irish Youth Sailing Club	Sailing Fleet Replacement Project	50	9,287	18,573
North East	191NE.3	Cooley Oysters Limited	Finalising the Asian Market Development Project (Equipment)	50	45,705	91,411
North East	191NE.1	Donabate Portrane Summer Festival	Festival	80	25,871	32,339
North East	191NE.11	Irish Sailing	Team Racing Development Program	50	50,143	100,285
North East	191NE.12	Fingal County Libraries	STEAM through Fingal - Targeted lifelong learning and career path workshops	100	19,692	19,692
North East	191NE.14	Malahide Sea Scouts (9th Port of Dublin)	Training	80	3,080	3,850
North East	191NE.13	Rush Tourism	Rush Air display 2019	80	40,359	50,448
North East	191NE.10	Fingal County Council	Refurbishment of Howth Court House as publicly accessible tourist office and Community Space	80	21,883	27,353
North East	191NE.24	Humble Pilgrim Ltd	Shanes Howth Bikes	40	9,546	23,866
North East	191NE.22	Irish Coast Guard Clogherhead	Clogherhead Coast Guard Heritage & Memorial Park	80	35,807	44,759
North East	191NE.19	Louth County Council	Louth Seafood Trail (working title)	100	61,228	61,228
North East	191NE.18	Cooley Community Alert	Cooley Peninsula Marine Litter Project	80	7,040	8,800
North East	191NE.17	Fingal County Council	Feasibility Study - Red Island Martello Tower, Skerries	80	19,200	24,000
North East	191NE.30	Fingal Tourism Festival	The Dublin Bay Prawn Festival rebranding	40	14,853	37,132
North East	191NE.28	Irish Seal Sanctuary	Biodiversity Schools Educational Walks	80	4,000	5,000
North East	191NE.26	Discover Dalkey Promotion Lobster	Dalkey Lobster Festival	80	55,000	68,750
North East	191NE.27	Discover Dalkey Promotion Vinyl	The Dun Laoghaire Vinyl Festival	50	21,265	42,529
North East	191NE.25	Discover Dalkey Promotions	Dalkey Village Festival	80	11,000	13,750
North East	191NE.23	Pure Magic	Battle for the Lake Watersports and Music Festival	50	15,999	31,997
North East	191NE.15	Oriel Sea Salt Co Ltd	Project B: Upgrade and increased output of plant equipment	50	63,500	127,000
North East	191NE.16	Skerries Tourism Limited	Skerries Mid Summer Festival	80	34,254	42,818
North East	191NE.31	Dalkey Irish Heritage Town Co T/A Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre	ECHOES Maeve Binchy and Irish Writers	40	21,586	54,631
North East	191NE.21	Oriel Sea Salt Co Ltd A	Project A: Upgrade and increased output of plant equipment	50	98,750	197,500
North East	191NE.20	Rush Tourism	Rush in Bloom	80	10,364	12,955
North East	191NE.35	Volleyball Ireland	Beach Volleyball Festival Inspiring the future	80	24,712	30,891
North East	191NE.33	Meath East Sandcastles	National Sandcastle, Sand sculpture and Beach Cricket Competition	80	3,632	4,540
North East	191NE.34	Carlingford Oysters Company	Building Works provision of a cold store	50	100,000	200,000
North East	191NE.36	Dalkey Book Festival	Dalkey Book Festival	40	23,400	58,500
North East	191NE.37	Dalkey Book Festival	Filming of Dalkey Book Festival	40	12,000	30,000
North East	191NE.38	The Sandycove & Glasthule Traders Association	Bloomsday Street Festival - A Celebration of Ulysses and our Coastal Waters	80	24,937	31,171
North East	191NE.39	Sutton Dinghy Club	Sutton Dinghy Club Engine Replacement	50	3,750	7,500
North East	191NE.40	Fisherman's Catch	Expansion of Capacity at Fisherman's Catch	50	3,400	6,800
North East	191NE.41	Cooley Oysters Limited	Asian Market Development Programme	50	47,475	94,950


			Total	36	973,221	1,652,695

FLAG	Project Ref No.	Applicant	Project Title	Support Rate	Grant Aid	Total Investment
North West	191NW.3	Sligo Bay Sub	New Enclosed Trailer	50	2,750	5,500
North West	191NW.5	Wild Atlantic Shanty Festival	Festival	60	2,570	4,283
North West	191NW.4	Belmullet Sea Angling Club	CCTV for Clubhouse	80	1,089	1,362
North West	191NW.1	Kilmeena Foróige Club	Primary Coastal Training	80	3,360	4,200
North West	191NW.13	Wavesweeper Sea Adventures Limited	Purchase of a Trailer	50	3,445	6,890
North West	191NW.7	Clare Island Regatta	Clare Island Regatta 2019	60	1,902	3,170
North West	191NW.6	Muintir a'Chorráin Teo	Erection of information boards, purchase of life jackets	80	3,608	4,510
North West	191NW.12	Mayo Sailing Club	Safety Boat Improvements	50	9,000	18,000
North West	191NW.26	Galway Outdoor Education Centre Limited	Achill Surf & Adventure Centre renewal of equipment capital investment	50	10,000	20,000
North West	191NW.14	Mayo North Destination Steering Group	Mayo North Tourist Information Map	80	4,994	6,242
North West	191NW.16	Purteen Harbour Fishermen's Group	Purteen Harbour Maritime Festival	60	4,267	7,111
North West	191NW.15	Atlantic Maritime Ltd T/A Croagh Patrick Seafoods	Equipment to expand distribution to food service outlets	50	17,763	35,525
North West	191NW.9	Pure Magic Achill	Battle for the Lake Watersports and Music Festival	60	3,882	6,470
North West	191NW.19	Comharchumann Forbartha Ionad Deirbhile Teo	Developing Blacksod Lighthouse & Heritage Centre, Eachléim	80	18,320	22,900
North West	191NW.18	Harper Manufacturing Limited	Coastal Marine Board Manufacture	50	17,500	35,000
North West	191NW.21	Tullaghan Development Festival	Leitrim's coastal festival	50	1,000	2,000
North West	191NW.23	Sligo Yacht Club Limited	Restoring and upgrading Water Safety Equipment	50	12,399	24,798
North west	191NW.8	Eachtrai UISCE Teoranta T/A UISCE	Training	50	12,925	25,850
North West	191NW.27	Blue Flag Media	Creating High Quality Video Content	50	2,479	4,957
North West	191NW.25	Tullaghan Development Association	Marine History Group Project	80	1,955	2,444
North West	191NW.24	Tullaghan Development Association	Outdoor Gym Equipment	80	11,445	14,306
North West	191NW.29	Achill Tourism GLG	Achill Féile na Mara	60	1,482	2,470
North West	191NW.28	Achill Tourism CLG	Maritime History Trail Phase 3	80	3,401	4,252
North West	191NW.30	Mammy Red Head - Publications	Little Red Head, Books	50	689	1,378
North West	191NW.32	Roscahill Seafood Limited	Extending Shellfish Grading Operations	50	12,100	24,200
North West	191NW.33	Peadar Cawley	PC Marine Welding & Fabrication Services	50	1,707	3,414
North West	191NW.37	EC AUTO Diagnostics	Remote Assisted Diagnostic Experts	40	21,905	54,762
North West	191NW.38	Discover Enniscrone	Tourist Information Point	80	1,600	2,000
North West	191NW.39	Enniscrone Events Committee & Black Pig Festival	Black Pig Festival 2019	80	1,000	1,250
North West	191NW.43	Picality Limited	Social SKU	40	12,992	32,480
North West	191NW.40	West Coast Crab Sales Ltd	Forklift	50	14,450	28,900
North West	191NW.44	Comharchumann Forbartha Cill tSéadhna Teo	Equipment Upgrade	80	17,531	21,914
North West	191NW.48	Achill Tourism CLG	Achill Tourism Information Map	80	3,200	4,000
North West	191NW.49	Pullathomas Graveyard Committee	Pullathomas Graveyard Shelter	80	4,208	5,260
North West	191NW.50	Go Explore Hostel/Sailor's Bar Restaurant	Festival Canopy	80	1,000	1,250
North West	191NW.51	Mayo County Council	Tullaghan Ferry Slipway Feasibility Study	100	6,280	6,280
North West	191NW.34	Club Ramhaiocht Tullachain	Cruinniú na mBád Regatta &Feile na Mara festival	60	2,802	4,670
North West	191NW.35	West Sligo Family Resource Centre CLG	Relocation/New Premises for West Sligo Family Resource Centre	80	23,792	29,740
North West	191NW.41	Gesala Community Council & Development Ltd	Gesala Community Gym	80	15,160	18,950
North West	191NW.42	Gesala Community Council & Development Ltd	Gesala Community Gym - Swim & Rehabilitation Pool	50	26,958	53,915
North West	191NW.46	River Moy Search & Rescue Ballina CLG	Removal of litter from the River Moy catchment area	80	1,818	2,273
North West	191NW.47	EcoPowa Limited	Ecomova Training	50	15,298	30,595

				42	336,024	589,471

FLAG	Project Ref No.	Applicant	Project Title	Support Rate	Grant Aid	Total Investment
South	191S.4	Shearwater Wildlife Tours	Promotion of Development of Business	50	4,139	8,278
South	191S.5	Duncan Harper	Training Application	50	7,303	14,605
South	191S.10	Port Authority Cork County Council	Provision of insulated Fish Boxes fior Local Fishermen (Kinsale Harbour)	100	4,950	4,950
South	191S.3	Port Authority Cork County Council	Union Hall Net Project (preparation of retired nets for recycling)	100	3,400	3,400
South	191S.14	Schull Regatta Committee Limited	Schull Regatta	80	2,000	2,500
South	191S.11	Glounthaune Tidy Towns	Harpers Island Wetland Centre Promotional Video	80	3,280	4,100
South	191S.8	Allihies Men's Shed	Restoration of a traditional fishing boat	80	4,034	5,043
South	191S.16	Lawrence Cover Marina Limited	Marina Expansion and Wheelchair Access	50	40,750	81,500
South	191S.15	Ellen Hutchins Festival	Ellen Hutchins Festival	80	2,000	2,500
South	191S.19	Ring Rowing Club	Rowing machine monitor replacement and bikes	80	3,221	4,026
South	191S.18	Ellen Hutchins Festival	Ellen Hutchins Heritage Trail Enhancements Project	80	7,276	9,095
South	191S.32	Sheepshead Sea Scouts	Kayak Training -Proficiency Level 1,2 & 3, Instructor Training 1, 2 & 3	80	6,864	8,580
South	191S.24	Courtmacsherry Sea Feast Festival	Courtmacsherry Seafood Feast	80	1,600	2,000
South	191S.29	Courtmacsherry Rowing Club	Maximising the participation of the community and tourists	50	4,155	8,310
South	191S.30	Wild Atlantic Luxury Tours	Wild Atlantic Luxury Tours	40	1,322	3,306
South	191S.26	Bere Island Projects Group	Lonehort Battery Festival	50	1,000	2,000
South	191S.27	John Knowles	Training Application	50	2,175	4,350
South	191S.25	Union Hall Smoked Fish	Upgrade of premises to facilitate growing demand for Union Hall Products	50	53,000	106,000
South	191S.31	Colaiste Pobail Chleire	Turais Báid Faire Mara Chléire	80	2,080	2,600
South	191S.22	East Cork Biodiversity Networking Programme	Coastal Habitats and walkways	80	27,966	34,946
South	191S.23	Comharchumann Chléire Teo	Tiling of Mariners facility	80	5,236	6,545
South	191S.28	Eyeries Community Development Assoc Ltd	Eyeries Meeting Rooms	80	65,142	81,428
South	191S.34	Comharchumann Chléire Teo	Finneoga nua don Lathair Oidhreachta	80	1,440	1,800
South	191S.35	Catch of the Day	Catch of the Day (Equipment)	50	35,058	70,115
South	191S.37	Funkytown Adventure Centre	Expansion of Funkytown Equipment	50	5,313	10,626
South	191S.43	Comhar na nOileán CTR	Oileánaigh faoi sheol	80	6,000	7,500
South	191S.44	Michael Barrett	Mobile Food Trailer	80	16,000	20,000
South	191S.45	Goleen Harbour Limited	Mizen Adventures Kayaking	50	5,542	11,083
South	191S.49	Paulona Limited	Added Value seafood processing and sales	50	15,025	30,050


				29	337,270	551,236


FLAG	Project Ref No.	Applicant	Project Title	Support Rate	Grant Aid	Total Investment
South East	191SE.1	Ballyhack Smokehouse Ltd	Expansion/Upgrade of fish smoking premises	50	99,800	199,600
South East	191SE.4	Taste Wexford	Taste Wexford & Rocking Food Festival	80	1,500	1,875
South East	191SE.8	Southend Family Resource Centre/Southend Community Development Group	The Rocks Maritime Park	80	47,412	59,265
South East	191SE.6	Hook Rural Tourism CLG	Hike to the Hook	80	2,000	2,500
South East	191SE.40	Hook Rural Tourism CLG	Rebrand of Hook Tourism	80	10,869	13,586
South East	191SE.9	Arklow Sea Scouts	Safeguarding Equipment	80	17,462	21,827
South East	191SE.5	Waterford Marine Search and Rescue	New Boats, Engines and trailers for Body Recovery and Flood rescue	80	26,724	33,405
South East	191SE.2	Ramsgrange Men's Shed	Ramsgrange Men's Shed Woodwork project enhancement	80	3,884	4,855
South East	191SE.10	Tintern Trails Committee	To Develop Tintern's identity	80	6,270	7,838
South East	191SE.12	Wexford County Council (acting on behalf of the Bridgetown Community)	Bridgetown Recreation Park	50	50,000	100,000
South East	191SE.11	Robert Doyle	Waterford Estuary Heritage Boat Tours Study	50	3,389	6,778
South East	191SE.19	Duncannon Village Renewal	An Oral History of the Commercial Fishing Industry in the South East	80	6,922	8,653
South East	191SE.20	Jack Nolan	Feasibility Study on providing farm accommodations	40	1,800	4,500
South East	191SE.15	Duncannon Village Renewal	Recycled plastic planters for Duncannon	80	2,501	3,127
South East	191SE.13	Kilrane Rosslare Harbour Men's Shed	Provision of seating for picnic area	80	2,280	2,850
South East	191SE.23	Fethard Community Development Association	Develop Fethard Castle Grounds for the Community	80	22,809	28,511
South East	191SE.24	Hook Heritage CLG	Hook Lighthouse Eco Awareness learning and Discovery Education Station	80	48,800	61,000
South East	191SE.22	BG Café	Bunmahon Coastal Tourism Development	40	5,373	13,432
South East	191SE.21	New Ross Sea Scouts	Accessing the River Barrow	80	8,442	10,553
South East	191SE.14	Kilmore Quay Craft Group	Kilmore Quay Public Art Project	80	31,754	39,692
South East	191SE.18	West Waterford Festival of Food	Festival	80	1,500	1,875
South East	191SE.16	Barntown Heritage Group	Three Rocks Trail	80	18,554	23,192
South East	191SE.30	Waterford City & County Council	Tramore Nature Corridor Ecological Impact Assessment & Landscape Management Plan	70	3,121	4,459
South East	191SE.29	Waterford City & County Council	Creaden Head Archaeological Forward Strategy	70	3,500	5,000
South East	191SE.28	Waterford City & County Council	Recreation Heritage and Tourism Product Identification Study for Waterford Copper Coast	70	6,888	9,840
South East	191SE.27	Greystones Sailing Club	Wayfarer World International Championships 2019	50	12,000	24,000
South East	191SE.3	Waterford Estuary Men's Shed	to provide much need space for materials storage and improve kitchen facilities for a growing membership	80	0	0
South East	191SE.26	Wicklow County Council	The Great Banks Oyster Reef Restoration	70	20,000	28,571
South East	191SE.34	Vartry Rowing Club Wicklow	New set of Robust and Sturdy Carbon Fibre Oars	80	3,008	3,760
South East	191SE.31	Greystones Harbour Sea Scouts	Capacity Building 2018	80	13,714	17,143
South East	191SE.32	Our Lady's Island	Phase 1: Developing the community centre and grounds so that it can install an Environment and Heritage marine exhibition	80	27,971	34,964
South East	191SE.33	James Chapman	Tidal current mapping study	50	4,061	8,122
South East	191SE.36	Kilmore Quay Community Development Association Ltd	Tourism Promotion	80	59,838	74,797
South East	191SE.37	Declan Bates	Marine tourism vessel engine upgrade	50	12,200	24,400
South East	191SE.38	Caitlin Ni hAodha	Fish retail premises	50	100,000	200,000
South East	191SE.39	Hooks and Crookes	Festival	80	2,000	2,500
South East	191SE.41	Barony of Gaultier Historical Society	A book on the history of the Maritime Barony of Gaultier	80	8,453	10,566
South East	191SE.42	Barony of Gaultier Historical Society	Restoration of LOP 17	80	5,058	6,323
South East	191SE.44	Dunmore East Fisherman's Hall	Refurbishment	80	24,990	31,238
South East	191SE.43	Aurora Seafoods Ltd	Lifting Crane solution to enhance quality and working conditions	50	6,975	13,950
South East	191SE.47	New Ross Boat Club	New Training Room/event base/first aid station	80	19,908	24,885
South East	191SE.48	L.A.S.T	L.A.S.T Support	80	4,087	5,109

				41	757,817	1,178,540


FLAG	Project Ref No.	Applicant	Project Title	Support Rate	Grant Aid	Total Investment
North	191N.3	Arranmore Festival Committee	Arranmore Challenge	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.4	Burtonport Festival	Festival	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.1	Tír Boghaine Teo	Tír Boghaine Community Garden	80	4,922	6,152
North	191N.5	South of the Boarder Festival	South of the Boarder Festival	80	1,000	1,250
North	1891N.9	Muintearas Teo	Writing a module 'special needs in Irish'	80	4,560	5,700
North	191N.8	Summer Lights Festival	Summer Lights Festival	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.10	A Taste of Donegal Festival	A Taste of Donegal Food Festival CLG	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.6	Johnny Doherty Irish Traditional Music and Dance Festival	Johnny Doherty Irish Traditional Music and Dance Festival	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.7	Wild Atlantic Festival	Wild Atlantic Festival	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.11	Loughros Point Rowing Club	Development of a Pontoon at St John's Pier Ardara	80	32,800	41,000
North	191N.12	Coiste Forbartha Ghabhla	Feile Ghabhla 2019	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.13	Seabound Engineering Limited	Upgrade of Engineering equipment	50	21,576	43,152
North	191N.14	Inishowen Maritime Heritage Co	Fishing Boat restoration project	80	12,380	15,475
North	191N.17	Scoil Mhuire Buncrana	Scoil Mhuire Sailing Club	50	9,075	18,150
North	191N.18	Inish Adventures	Lough Foyle Marine Tourism Development Plan	50	27,827	55,654
North	191N.19	Fort Dunree Military Museum Ltd	Continuation of Fort Dunree Water Sports Project	80	19,892	24,865
North	191N.21	Greencastle EMS	Marine Electrical System Load Testing Facility	50	58,080	116,160
North	191N.23	Malin Head Fishermen's Co-op	Resin Floor	60	20,076	33,460
North	191N.38	Django Sur Lennon Festival Committee	Django Sur Lennon Festival	40	1,000	2,500
North	191N.39	Comharchumann Thorai Teo	Féile Soilse Thorai 2019	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.40	Comharchumann Thorai Teo	New Library & Training Facility	80	3,718	4,647
North	191N.43	Donegal County Council	Greencastle Harbour Footbridge and Pathway	100	100,000	100,000
North	191N.45	Feile Roise Rua	Feile Roise Rua	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.46	Dunfanaghy Food Festival	Festival	50	1,000	2,000
North	191N.47	Damien Coleman	Tory Island Celtic Festival	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.32	Narin, Portnoon, Rosbeg Community Cooperative Society Ltd (to incorporate the 'Dolmen Community Fishery'	Feasibiity Study	80	8,000	10,000
North	191N.26	Nially Sweeney	Mobile Welding	50	9,200	18,400
North	191N.55	Keith Corcoran	Discovering Donegal's mysteries and legends	40	2,928	7,321
North	191N.37	Malin Head Community Association	Comfort upgrade to Main Hall of Malin Head Community Centre	80	3,763	4,704
North	191N.58	Michael Cavanagh Fishing Limited	Fishing Gear Storage Area	50	17,250	34,500
North	191N.59	Greencastle Gold Club	All Ireland Fisherman's Gold Championship	60	1,000	1,667
North	191N.33	Comharchumann Thorai Teo	Oiche Fhéile Eoin - Tory Island Seafood Festival 2019	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.34	Comharchumann Thorai Teo	Benches and Bin	80	4,893	6,116
North	191N.35	Forbairt Dhúm Lúiche	Feile an Eragail	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.49	Northwest Seaweed Bathhouse & Wellness Retreat		40	5,027	12,567
North	191N.15	Oranmore Country Fest	Festival	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.16	Greencastle Regatta & Festival	Greencastle Regatta & Festival	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.25	Údarás na Gaeltachta	Wheelchair Swing with Enclosure	100	20,898	20,898
North	191N.27	Údarás na Gaeltachta	Siteworks at Meevagh Boatyard	100	80,000	80,000
North	191N.31	Donegal County Council	Arranmore Accessible Public Conveniences	100	20,112	20,112
North	191N.50	Donegal Seaweed Limited	Production Business Development	50	52,250	104,500
North	191N.51	18th Donegal Moville Port Sea Scouts	Equipment	80	3,908	4,885
North	191N.53	Seo Taímhaiochta Ghleann Cholm Cille	Seó Taimhaíochta Ghleanncholmcille Mir 2	40	1,000	2,500
North	191N.56	Lennon Festival	Lennon Festival	80	1,000	1,250
North	191N.61	Bia Mara an Atlantaigh Fhiáin Teo	Purchase of an automatic price labeller machine	50	17,278	34,556
North	191N.62	Cumann Staire & Seanchais na nOIleán	Blás Ghabhla (Taste of Gola Island)	80	1,000	1,250

				47	581,412	852,891



FLAG	Project Ref No.	Applicant	Project Title	Support Rate	Grant Aid	Total Investment
West	191W.1	Loophead Tourism Ltd	Development of Tourism Products	80	3,920	4,900
West	191W.2	Misunderstood Heron	Food Truck Experience	50	14,805	29,610
West	191W.3	Connemara Mussel Festival	Festival	80	2,000	2,500
West	191W.8	Cuan Beo (A)	Implementing a holistic approach to sustainability in Galway Bay 2019	80	11,646	14,558
West	191W.8	Cuan Beo (b)	Community Education Programme	80	20,101	25,126
West	191W.7	Abalone Chonamara Teo	Abalone Farm Visitor Centre	50	12,700	25,400
West	191W.5	Irish Whale and Dolphin Group	Recording and Studying the population of Shannon Dolphins	80	20,800	26,000
West	191W.11	Clare County Council	New Quay Pier Car Park Upgrade	60	45,336	75,560
West	191W.6	Comharchumann Sliogéisc Chonamara Teo	Plean forbartha agus margaochta a chur chun cinn	60	6,780	11,300
West	191W.12	Killary Fjord Shellfish Limited	Boathouse upgrading for tourism	50	26,777	53,555
West	191W.10	Comharchumann Mhic Dara Scuba	Scuba Scoil tumadoireachta/Snorkaila	80	3,716	4,645
West	191W.13	Port of Galway Sea Scounts (24th Galway)	Marine Equipment and Boat Storage Facility	80	38,679	45,349
West	191W.14	Galway Hooker 2020	The restoration of the 'Loveen'	80	24,616	30,770
West	191W.17	Kylemore Abbey Music School	Music Project, equipment	80	12,019	15,025
West	191W.28	Údarás na Gaeltachta	Tourism and Heritage Amenity Signage, Local Brochure & Map and Food Trail Information Leaflet	80	18,059	22,573
West	191W.29	A K Lien Company Limited	Salmon Wake	80	19,642	24,552
West	191W.27	Slow Food Clare	Burren Slow Food Festival 2019	80	2,400	3,000
West	191W.26	Burren Smokehouse	Heritage Centre - The Story of Irish Salmon	50	3,075	6,150
West	191W.24	Blath na Mara Teo	Establishing Company Brand, retail product development and refining wholesale production	50	9,500	19,000
West	191W.23	Comhar Caomhán Teo	Cumann Iascairi Inis Oírr - Seomra Reoiteáin agud aonaid ghaolmhara (Freezer Room and Refrigeration Unit	80	7,800	9,750
West	191W.19	Rynvyle House Hotel	Wild Atlantic Way Fishing Academy	50	13,203	26,405
West	191W.33	Shellfish Breeding Technologies	Oyster Processing Equipment	50	10,700	21,400
West	191W.32	Iasc Inis Óirr	Equipment for Small Scale Fish Processing Plant	80	3,331	4,164
West	191W.30	Cumann Húicéiri na Gaillimhe	National Traditional Maritime Centre - research and development strategy	80	19,999	24,999
West	191W.21	Dúchas na Sionne	The Shannon Wetlands Restoration Project	80	22,208	27,760
West	191W.20	Cumann Forbartha Chois Fharraige	Lóchrann Chonamara 2019	80	2,424	3,030
West	191W.18	Galway City Sailing Club	10 x Topaz Dinghies for Youth Training, Adult Sailing and Schools Team Racing	80	31,160	38,950
West	191W.22	Forbairt Chonamara Láir Teo	Bád Sábhailte, Inneall agus leantóir comh mhaith Seáicéidí Sábhailte	80	6,015	7,519
West	191W.37	Irelands Westcoast Seaweeds Limited T/A Island Seaweed	Island Seaweed	50	67,413	134,826
West	191W.36	Coiste Cultúir agus Oidhreachta	Comhartha eolais faoi Theampall Bharr an Doire	80	1,200	1,500
West	191W.35	Bia Farraighe	Purchase of nacho making machine	60	29,117	48,529
West	191W.34	Comharchumann Forbartha Árann	Amharclann Árann / Aran Islands Theatre	80	34,640	43,301
West	191W.25	Eoghan O Giobhún	National Rigging Certificate	50	400	800
West	191W.40	Bia BoFinne	Food Festival	80	2,532	3,165
West	191W.38	Killary Adventure Co.	Adventure Centre - Meeting expectations	50	51,816	103,632
West	191W.41	Galvin Fishing	Storage Facility for Fishing Gear and Bait	50	16,713	33,426
West	191W.42	Ballyconneely Charity Swim	Day Event	50	1,050	2,100
West	191W.43	The InishLyon Project	Connemara Caledonia Connect	80	6,472	8,090
West	191W.46	Club Leabhar Chois Fharraige	Féile Leabhar Chóis Fharraige	80	1,000	1,350
West	191W.45	Údarás na Gaeltachta	Gaeltacht Chonamara Theas	80	5,690	7,113
West	191W.47	Cruinniú na mBád	Cruinniú na mBád (Féile)	80	3,080	3,851
West	191W.52	Clare County Council	Querrin Pier Car Park & Adjoining areas upgrade	60	15,000	25,000
West	191W.53	Noel Linnane	Engine for currach to tow seaweed	50	1,988	3,976
West	191W.50	Connemara Smokehouse	Resurfacing and enhancing the car park/visitor entrance area	50	15,379	30,759
West	191W.64	Loophead Tourism Ltd	Mid-Summer Festival Nature & Heritage on the Loop Head Peninsula	80	1,818	2,272
West	191W.63	Saunamara	Saunamara	50	4,481	8,961
West	191W.54	Scattery Island Tours	Marketing Campaign	50	4,516	9,032
West	191W.65	Connemara Oyster Festival Limited	Connemara Oyster Festival	50	2,625	5,250
West	191W.55	Cleggan Tidy Towns Committee	Signage for Cleggan Village	80	8,147	10,184
West	191W.72	Chearta Feamainne Cladaigh Conamara	Tionai Feaminne Án Larthair	80	1,033	1,291
West	191W.71	Clarinbridge Oyster Festival Limited	Festival	80	2,689	3,361
West	191W.70	Coiste Feile Joe Éinniú	Feile Joe ÉINNIÚ	80	960	1,200
West	191W.69	Coiste Feile Mhic Dara	Feile Mhic Dara 2019	80	2,504	3,130
West	191W.68	Kinvara Area Visual Arts	Refurbishment of old court house as a community space	80	8,904	11,130
West	191W.59	Galway Bay Seafoods Limited	Galway Bay Seafood & Fishing Maritime Hub	50	22,872	45,745
West	191W.60	Badíóiri an Cladaig Teo	Claddagh Traditional Boat Festival 2019	69	2,500	3,626
West	191W.61	The Big Picture	The Big Picture	50	1,935	3,870
West	191W.58	Nolan Family Clams	Construction of store room and packing shed	50	8,286	16,571
West	191W.57	Údarás na Gaeltachta	Comharthaíoch a chúir in airde ar 12 gcé I gConamara	80	13,234	16,543
West	191W.56	Coiste Feile Traidphicnic	Feile	58	2,500	4,500
West	191W.73	Sea Fever Productions	DEEP ATLANTIC II	50	51,450	102,900
West	191W.74	Coiste Pobail Charna /Spaisteóirí Charna	Guide to walks in Carna	80	1,408	1,760

				62	808,764	1,306,294


FLAG	Project Ref No.	Applicant	Project Title	Support Rate	Grant Aid	Total Investment
South West	191SW.1	Michael & Tracey Sheehy	Improving Fish Quality & Access to Market	50	2,012	4,024
South West	191SW.2	Skellig Michael Cruises	Eco Wild Life Boat Tours to see Puffin Island, Kerry Cliffs and Trans Atlantic Cable	50	4,505	9,010
South West	191SW.3	Alan Browne	Teleporter Renewal	50	35,000
South West	191SW.4	Irish Coastal Rowing Federation	All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships 2019	80	9,600	12,000
South West	191SW.5	Asdee Community Development Association	Development of socio econmic plan by Asdee Community Development Associatioin	80	12,360	15,450
South West	191SW.7	Atlantic Irish Seaweed	Seaweed Knife & Spoon Handle Project	50	340	680
South West	191SW.9	Portmagee Seafoods Limited	Lobster Holding Facility	50	21,889	43,778
South West	191SW.8	Thomas Griffin	Further investment in bait handling and storage equipment for supply of collective inshore fishing vessels	80	8,134	10,167
South West	191SW.10	Cromane Community Council	Cromane Socio Economic Plan Development	80	13,340	16,675
South West	191SW.11	Wild Water Adventures	Kayak Tours and Provision of Training Courses	50	12,927	25,855
South West	191SW.12	Liam O'Connor	To provide Independent Light/power to work place	50	550	1,100
South West	191SW.13	Glin Development Association	The Oyster Path	80	6,130	7,662
South West	191SW.14	Maharees Conservations Association GLG	Signage to raise the profile of the unique coastal biodiversity of the Maharees	80	3,357	3,357
South West	191SW.15	Kerry County Council	Kerry Environmental Expo	100	5,000	10,000
South West	191SW.16	Dingle Sea Safari Limited	Upgrading Equipment & Branding	50	2,500	5,000
South West	191SW.17	Tralee Oyster Fisheries Society Ltd	Purchase of equipment to enhance native flat oyster stocks through spat collection in Tralee Bay	60	40,500	67,500
South West	191SW.18	Fenit Development Association	Wild Mind	80	5,072	6,340

				17	183,216	238,597

				274	3,977,723	6,369,723

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13th May 2019

Irish Sailing Seek Part Time Administrator

Irish Sailing is looking to recruit a part time administrator to join our busy Support Services team.

Irish Sailing Support Services Part Time Post job share - 18hrs PW

The role will include but not be limited to:

Manning the office reception and dealing with general enquiries from membership and the general public, Licencing & Certification
Working with the Licencing & Certification Support Services Team in processing certificates, publication orders etc
Providing occasional support for the Racing and Training support services
Provide some administrative support to the CEO, Head of Communications, Training Development Officer and Regional Development Officers

The ideal candidate will have:

Excellent organisation, communication and interpersonal skills
The ability to handle multiple demands in a busy office environment
Excellent attention to detail and consistency
The ability to prioritise and manage their time
Competence in Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access)
A flexible and enthusiastic approach to challenges

The post is based in Irish Sailing office, and the successful candidate will receive extensive training within a small supportive team. A background in, or knowledge of, water sports would be an advantage but is not essential.

Please send an application letter and CV to Harry Hermon email to:[email protected] before close of business 22nd May.

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3rd May 2019

Irish Sailing Announces Topper Squad For Summer 2019

Irish Sailing has announced its six-strong Topper dinghy squad for competition over the summer of 2019.

Royal Cork Yacht Club sailors Darragh Collins, Oisín Mac Sweeney and Anna Keal will join Dun Laoghaire youths Jacques Murphy of the Royal St George and Adam Irvin of the National Yacht Club, while Becky Lowney of Wexford Harbour Boat and Tennis Club completes the lineup.

The aim of the Irish Sailing Topper squad is to prepare a team for the 2019 Topper World Championships at the Medemblik Regatta Centre in the Netherlands this July.

Their programme will comprise three domestic training camps focused on development, with input from support services such as Sports Med Ireland, Irish Sailing’s partner in strength and conditioning and physical training.

A secondary objective will be teaching these young competitors how a high-performance youth sailing team works both at home and in competition.

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21st April 2019

Finn Lynch Takes Fifth Overall In Thrilling Laser Final In Genoa

Finn Lynch in the Laser medal race in Genoa earlier today

In a thrilling medal race final at the Hempel World Sailing Cup Series at Genoa, Finn Lynch from Carlow placed third this afternoon (Sunday 21 April) to claim fifth overall in the men’s single-handed Laser event.

The result marks the third consecutive major regatta for Lynch this year in which he finished in the top 10 of his event in the run-up to Tokyo 2020.

The National Yacht Club sailor entered the medal race final in seventh place overall with the possibility of a silver or bronze medal.

However, it was the sixth-placed Andrew Lewis, from Trinidad, who edged ahead into second place to took bronze, while Hungary’s Jonatan Vadnai placed fifth to win gold, with silver going to Pavlos Kontides who placed eighth in the final. Vadnai’s brother Benjamin won the final race and finished ninth overall.

In fact, any of the 10 finalists were potential medallists and the neck-and-neck race was reflected at the finishing-line with first to last places just 50 metres apart.

As light winds dominated the week at Genoa, so too was the final race sailed in near calm conditions.

“Finn started well, didn’t get into any trouble and sailed to his tactics – a straight race that he executed very well,” said Rory Fitzpatrick, Irish Sailing’s head coach.

“I’m delighted, seeing Finn come through from Toppers to Laser Radial then medalling at Youth Worlds and now contending for medals at senior level is outstanding.”

Ireland has still to qualify in the men’s single-handed Laser event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with the next opportunity at the class world championships at the Olympic venue in Enoshima, Japan this July.

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13th April 2019

Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm Regatta Launched at the National Yacht Club

The Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm regatta is launched at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire

You can now register for the inaugural Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm Regatta, taking place on Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th August at the National Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire writes Gail McAllister

Around the country, women have been racing against each other for decades but this is the first time a regatta will be held at a national level. The Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm regatta is an opportunity for women to set a new goal or to simply enjoy the fun of sailing together and encourage a move from shore to boat, crew to helm or club event to regional event. Female helms currently stand out from the crowd, let’s change that and encourage women to take the helm.

All welcome
We aim to include all skill levels and interests with PY Dinghy Racing and ECHO Handicap Keelboat Racing, encourage teenage participation at a time when many young sailors are dropping out of sport, put on some non-racing options through the Cruising Association of Ireland (CAI), whilst all the while keeping a close eye on our environmental impact.

The event is open to all sailors aged 16+ and on into the 60+ ‘Silver Sailors’. But you must have a woman as helm. In order to encourage male helms to swap rolls to crew but keep existing crews together, male crew will be allowed but with all crew at least 50% female (including helm).

In addition, we have a goal of 50% female race officials and organisers. So if you’re not so sure about the competing but would like to get involved with the race officials then please get in touch to talk about training opportunities.

Prizes
Among the prizes is the newly created and highly covetable Irish Sailing Perpetual Club Team Prize, the only Irish Sailing official interclub award, which is open to all members of Irish Sailing Affiliated Clubs that enter a team of three or more boats of any mix of class.

Being environmentally aware
As part of Irish Sailing’s Sustainability drive the event is registered with Sailors for the Sea Club Regattas and will follow strict eco-friendly guidelines with eco signs, no unnecessary printing, no single use plastic, easily accessible hydration and more.

Partners
We are delighted that Pathfinder, specialist change management consultants, have agreed to sponsor the regatta for three years. Pathfinder are proud to be advocates of diversity and high performing teams, and in partnering with Irish Sailing, we are helping to bring these beliefs from our work to the water.

Irish Sailing and the National Yacht Club are proud to support the Irish Federation of Sport #20x20 and Sport Ireland’s Women in Sport campaigns to increase the participation and visibility of women across all areas of sport.

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