Wednesday 14^th November, 8.30pm

A presentation by Les Saunders from the Charts Special Interest Group (CSIG) project within the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland in Skerries Sailing Club.  In the past our waterways were chartered in a rudimentary fashion and with the many changes that time brings – farming/industrial runoffs, dredging, changing water levels, etc – it has long been understood that there is a need to establish a much more reliable data set.  To this end Les and his team have been running the project for over 6 years now, and have over 7 million soundings, covered from Limerick to Beleek, the canals and Barrow, and other off navigation lakes.  Les will talk to this project and perhaps how the approach used may be extended to the shores off the north county.  Les has held the role of PRO in the CSIG since its formation in 2011. He is an elected Council Member of the IWAI and represents the CSIG on the IWAI Executive. He is also the current Commodore of Gortmore Boat Club in Terryglass.

Club open at 8.00pm. Non Members Welcome.  Bring a friend!

Congratulations to all 2018 Cup and Trophy winners who will receive their prizes at the 85th SSC Laying Up Supper on Saturday November 10th next.  Click here ==> Winners 2018

Skerries Sailing Club are pleased to announce that Lynda MacMahon is our new Club Manager. Lynda comes to us with lots of experience in the hospitality industry having, most recently, been the welcoming and friendly face in Stoop Your Head.
Next time you are in the club please take a moment to introduce yourself and welcome Lynda. Contact her at 083-068 5666 for all social events and bookings.
We wish Lynda all the best in her new role and look forward to working with her to make Skerries Sailing Club a club members and friends will be proud of.

Conor O’Brien – the sailor who made the first circumnavigation.

Wednesday 31^st October, 8.30pm

Skerries Sailing Club (SSC) Winter talks have restarted! – When the kids are exhausted from their antics come and relax in SSC club house and listen to an interesting talk on Conor O’Brien, sailor extraordinaire to be given by Gerry Byrne.  Conor was born in 1880. An interesting time in Ireland. Ground breaking things were happening across a wide range of fronts, in science, the arts, the Gaelic language revival, agriculture, economics and independence politics. He was to dip his toe into most of them and fully immerse himself in others. But he’s best known as a sailor who made the first circumnavigation, aboard Saoirse, south of the Great Capes. More recently he’s back in the news with the restoration of his 1927 creation, the working sailboat Llen, which he designed and had built for the Falklands Island Company

He witnessed the birth of a nation, experienced the death-throes of the wealthy upper class into which he was born and saw the resurrection of the peasant class which had once tugged forelocks to it. He served in two World Wars, and also, through his role in the Howth Gun Running, unwittingly helped spark a violent Irish insurrection.

This will be a popular talk, so please come early.  Club open at 8.00pm. Non Members Welcome

We will be holding our Junior Regatta on Saturday 15th September. Please see Notice of Race and Entry Form below,  entries can be sent by post or emailed to juniors@skerriessailingclub.com by 14th Sept.

SSC Junior Regatta 2018 Notice of Race Junior Regatta Entry Form Skerries Sailing Club 2018

Autumn Training for Juniors to commence on Saturday 8th September. To book your place please complete the form and send it to Debbie.mcinerney@gmail.com

Autumn Training 2018 Form

Hard to believe that we have already completed our 2018 Wednesday Evening series – 11 races were undertaken by Dinghies while 12 racers were completed by the Cruisers.

Dinghies – Congratulations to Noel Clarke in winning the Dinghy PY series over 11 races by one point over Stuart Burns as

Stuart gained some compensation by winning the Dinghy Progressive  by 3 points over Eric Quinn.  Full results for this series on Results tab on this website.

Cruisers – Congratulations to Paul Hick in winning the Cruiser PY series over 12 races over Robbie Keys as 

 Paul Harrison won the Cruiser Progressive series by 2 points over Michael Johnson.  Full results for the Wednesday series are on the Results tab on this website. 

Well done to SSC competitors in this biennial world event held at Mount’s Bay, UK, last week. This event next takes place in our club in August 2020! 3 SSC GP12 teams entered in this 119 competitor event – Colman Grimes/Sam Wray finished 33rd, Doire Shiels/Andrew Sexton finished 46th and Cathal Sheridan/David Cooke finished 64th. Each were successful in receiving individual race prices as Colman 2nd Gold in Race 1, Doire 1st Silver in Race 5 and Cathal 3rd Silver in Race 8. Highlight amongst a great week was Colman’s 2nd place in the first race of the week. Good learnings made by David Cooke as he leads our preparation for 2020, of which more anon.

Full details at https://www.gp14.org/…/GP14-World-Championships-Results-Day…

Please note

1.  Results for Fireball and Wayfarer Nationals held in SSC recently are available above on the featured tab.  Well done to all SSC participants,
2. Punting has been included in the Calendar tab (“Calendar Including Punting“) as above (ignore sidebar).  Please note that due to weather and changing events Punting can be a moveable feast and every attempt will be made to keep all informed via this website, your regular Newsletter and on SSC notice board, and
3. Your WindGuru’s weather station as available on all pages of this website and directly is currently, due to mechanical difficulties, reporting lower than actual wind speeds.  After three years of constant working some repair work is required and hopefully will be completed within the next few weeks when parts arrive.  Note that wind direction and temperature are accurate.  We will advise when normal working is restored.    Now Repaired – Thanks to Michael Johnson!

21 new members took to the water in light airs on the third Saturday in the new season in 8 dinghies and two cruisers.  See SSC Facebook page for details.