SSC are please to invite both members and non members to our winter talks. The first four before Christmas at detailed below. They are on every second Wednesday evening starting at 8.30pm. Please come along and bring a friend or two. First talk is appropriate for the time of year being entitled “Here There be Monsters! Come along and learn more. See the newsletter for updates.
On Saturday 30th September last 4 wayfarers left SSC lead by Gerry Byrne and sailed to a great welcome in Rush SC. This was just another expedition arranged by Gerry for our new members group. We were very received by Rush who provided a very welcome mid day meal prepared by Jonathan Mason and his team. Thanks to RSC Commodore Brenda McGuinness for a warm welcome which we hope to reciprocate nest season.
This is a higher definition version of the Rush Just Sailing trip posted earlier. For the technically minded it's a MPEG4 using HD1080p presets although what it has become after being recoded by Facebook is anybody's guess.
Posted by Just Sailing at Skerries Sailing Club on Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Update – Again we had a very successful evening with over 100 folks attending – Great fun and prizes. Thanks to Paul Gorey, a skilful quiz master, and Kathryn Collins and Paula McNamee for all their hard work. Well Done!
Building on the successful Fun Quiz night last year we are again running this event. Tickets available from Kathryn at 087-647 8047. Come along and support your club. Details below.
With 6 sailing weekends left in the 2017 season below (click on picture) is the list of winners and those trophies as yet to be competed for. Poor recent sailing weather has meant that a number of trophies will be rescheduled in the coming weeks, Watch your weekly newsletter for details.
Last week’s event in our club was one of the most successful events undertaken in the past two years. The National Mermaid Championships 2017 went off without a hitch. 10 races were planned and 10 races plus I crews race were executed on time through the week. The competition in excellent sailing conditions went down to the wire. We congratulate our own Sam Shiels and his crew Con Bissett and Eoin Boylan in 189 on their retention of the their title as Mermaid Champions and winning the handsome “Lady” trophy. We also congratulate Paul Browne and his crew of Brendan Dunne and Jennifer Shiels in 146 for winning the Designers Cup and also Conor and Martin O’Toole in 179 for their third place in the Daphne Cup. Well done to Frankie Brown Jr for winning a very competitive crews race on the Tuesday. Definitely a very successful week all round for Skerries sailors.
(Photos courtesy of Michael O’Connor)
26 boats from 6 clubs – Foynes YC, National YC, Royal Irish YC, Clontarf Y&BC, Rush SC and Skerries SC – competed making this one of the largest single class sailing events held in Irish waters this year. Competitors were full of praise for the organisation and management of both on and off the water activities. Hugh organisation and planning in advance was undertaken, combined with excellent execution over the week to make this a successful event. Thanks also to our main Sponsors – Bacharach and Sail Alarms – and the many Skerries businesses listed in the brochure who sponsored prizes on the various nights.
Special praise must go to Brian McNally, SSC Mermaid class captain, and his team including Susan Roundtree, Valerie Cronin and Ross Galbraith. Brian and his team were planning this event over a year ago and their hard work paid off – even the weather played its part. Our experienced Race officers of Liam Dineen, Micheline Shiels and Helen Ryan executed flawlessly producing some great races that enabled the competitions to go right down to the last day. Well done. Thanks to our many Rescue/Mark laying support team members throughout the week – Colm Collins, Jim Boylan, Neil Cramer, Tom Adams, Laurence Breen, Jim Dowling, Paul Hick, David Cooke, Liam O’Callaghan, Richie Ferguson, Eugene Osbourne, Andrew Thornton, Olive Parker, Noel Lappin, and the many Junior drivers, the safety officers Stan Pyke, Ronnie Horan and Liam McMahon and our punt men Conor, Ben and Sean who also helped on shore. Our thanks to Michael O’Connor for his brilliant photos which even featured in Afloat – see http://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-classes/mermaids/item/36818-two-past-champions. Apologies if I left out others.
Off the water Kathryn Collins and her team with Donal Lynam our Club Manager did a great job on catering both early morning, mid-afternoon and then with the various functions in the evening. Thanks to Colm Collins for sponsoring the coffee. Well done to Con Bissett and Maria Browne on securing the many special prizes for the various nights and Carol Maxwell for maintaining our event Facebook page. And also to our race Office team of Graine Mc Grotty, Susan Roundtree, Valerie Cronin, Monica Alcock and Siobhan Boylan for keeping us in good order.
Apologies if I missed anybody. It was truly a great undertaking by a great many people resulting in a great event. Thank you to one and all.
Commodore.
Congratulations to Brian McNally and his crew on winning one of our oldest trophy the Admiral’s Hat. This trophy has been in the club and its exact history is a little cloudy. If you have any information on this prized possession please let us know. In the meantime it is in good hands or head…
Seen here below is the presentation by Gerry Byrne to Brian on Sunday morning June 18th last.
Places are filling up fast on all courses for the month of July. Details of the courses and course booking forms can be found below. Please address all enquiries to juniors@skerriessailingclub.com
Update – Thanks to Michael Johnson our weather station is up and running again. Unfortunately the wind station is currently under repair and the data displayed on the right hand side of each page is out of date. We hope to rectify as soon as a replacement aerial is obtained.
Congratulations to Doire Shiels (GP 14054) who won the Lifeboat Pennant last Sunday morning (May 14th) despite stiff competition from Cathal Sheridan (GP 14074). Doire is seen here being presented with his trophy by his mother (and Race Officer) Micheline Shiels.
