Newsletter –
May 2008
AGM-Dinner
The 2008 AGM was held in the NYC on April 16.
It's great to see some new faces taking a more active role in the
club. Jo is taking over from Nicola as Dinghy Secretary, Morgan and Donal will replacing Peter as Ruffian
secretary, Colm is taking over from Ann as
Treasurer and Martina is our new safety officer. Brenda and Wyn will remain on as secretary and maintenance chief.
Thanks to outgoing committee members Ann, Peter & Nicola for all their
good work during the last year.
The meeting was followed by an excellent dinner in the NYC clubhouse.
Thanks to Bronagh for organizing.
Cruiser Purchase
We have now completed the purchase of the
Sigma-33 Obsession.
The boat is lying on the marina, which gives easy access and we also have
access to facilities. We now have regular sailing
sessions running, and hopefully will have some cruising further afield later in the year. The Ruffian will continue to sail
both in racing and as a backup cruising option.
The cruiser purchase was discussed at the AGM
and members were very positive and were looking forward to a great season's
sailing. This purchase has however increased our running costs especially marina fees, so to remain viable we do need to
increase our membership numbers...please spread the word and promote
the club.
Frostbite Prizegiving
There was an informal competition among
club members taking part in the frostbites this year. Thanks to
Even though no expense was spared in the
provision of prizes, the final accounts still showed a
surplus of e250, this was donated to the RNLI.
Evening Sailing
Evening sessions are now up and
running and DBSC racing has started on April 28'th.
Dinghy
Monday 6pm Contact
Catherine
Tuesday
DBSC Racing - Contact Wyn
Keelboat
Monday
6pm Contact
Tom
Tuesday
DBSC Racing - Contact
Damien
Wednesday 6pm Contact Donal
Thursday
DBSC Racing - Contact Damien
Thursday 6pm
Cruising Contact Bronagh
Be Obsessed!
With the welcome addition of our new Sigma 33
Obsession to the SID fleet there are now more opportunities to increase your
skills and your sea miles. A guide to the appropriate skills you need to
develop as novice, crew, vice captain or captain within SID, is located in
the members area.
This table provides links to appropriate reading and useful information for the
various skills, and the recommended qualifications you should strive to obtain.
If you wish to keep a log of your skills this
information can be printed using excel.
If you wish to obtain ISA qualifications then the ISA Cruising Scheme progression is
Competent Crew to Coastal Skipper to Yachtmaster
Coastal.
For the Yachtmaster
Coastal practical exam you need 800 miles logged in tidal waters, with 25 days
at sea, 3 days as skipper and 12 night hours (less if you take a take a shorebased course). If this is your aim then you may
need be Obsessed with sailing! Taking a week
long training course or cruise will cover lots or all of the skills you require
in a structured manner and will also help you build up you sea miles and hours
on the water. This will give you the confidence and the desire to take
Obsession on longer cruises in order to gain your Yachtmaster
certificate.
DBSC Racing
Racing started on April 29 and will run untill September. There are three dinghies entered, racing
on Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon... contact Wyn if you'd like to take part. The
Ruffian is also entered racing on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and
on Saturday afternoon, contact Damien to take part (note: the Ruffian
is not yet racing as we need to replace some of the rigging, but we
should be good to go the week after this)
Regatta Season
The Summer regattas
season start at the end of the month. This year there will be four individual
club regattas so that lots of chances to race. We will enter dinghies and
the Ruffian subject to interest. Why not get out sailing now and get in shape
for all that strawberries and cream.
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May |
DMYC Regatta |
May 31 |
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June |
NYC Regatta |
June 14 |
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June |
RIYC Regatta |
June 28 |
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July |
RStGYC Regatta |
July 5 |
The NYC Earlybird
Regatta was held on April 27, congratulations to our top crew Simon and
David who won the Vago class.
GISC Discount
Glenans
Open Day
We are organizing a taster day with Glenwalk on Saturday June 7. We need people particularly to
come dinghy sailing and bring out walkers as crew, but also to help with
organization. Please contact
Angela if you
can help.
Instructor Training
Congratulations to Jo who completed the ISA
Dinghy Instructor this Easter, and to Jane who did the assistant instructor
training in Collanmore last month. We now
have nine instructors in the club and two assistants so there shouldn't be
any shortage of helpful advice and assistance if needed.
Most peoples qualifications
are on the dinghy front. With the opportunity the Sigma offers, it would be
great to see more people push on to do Dayboat
Instructor or Coastal Skipper in real boats. Having some definite goals is a
great way to focus on improving your sailing skills.
Social &
Personal
Congratulations to Sheenagh and John who tied the
knot on April 28. Damien, Brenda Nicola and Wyn have
joined the happy couple for a romantic sailing honeymoon in
Martina is off to Antigua later this week to
sail back across the Atlantic to Kinsale via the
Cearbhall Daly
Chairperson
Sailing In