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.
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New of interest to all members and public
Off Season 2018/19 talks begin!
Conor O’Brien – the sailor who made the first circumnavigation.
Wednesday 31st 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
Junior Regatta
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
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
Wednesday Evening Series 2018 Results
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
Sail No | Type of Boat | Owner | Points | Place |
13847 | GP14 | Noel Clarke | 29 | 1 |
858 | RS600 | Stuart Burns | 30 | 2 |
14938 | Fireball | Niall McGrotty | 39 | 3 |
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.
Sail No | Type of Boat | Owner | Points | Place |
858 | RS600 | Stuart Burns | 37 | 1 |
185105 | Laser | Eric Quinn | 40 | 2 |
13847 | GP14 | Noel Clarke | 46 | 3 |
Cruisers – Congratulations to Paul Hick in winning the Cruiser PY series over 12 races over Robbie Keys as
Sail No | Type of Boat | Owner | Points | Place |
128 | Eboat | Paul Hick | 12 | 1 |
268 | Ruffian | Robert Keys | 22 | 2 |
1195 | First 32.5 | Johhston & Fox | 27 | 3 |
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.
Sail No | Type of Boat | Owner | Points | Place |
3337 | First 33.7 | Paul Harrison | 23 | 1 |
1195 | First 32.5 | Johhston,Fox | 25 | 2 |
268 | Ruffian 23 | Robbie Keys | 25 | 3 |
2018 Gul GP14 World Championship
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…
SSC 2018 Regatta incl. EBoat Nationals – RESULTS
Results of SSC 2018 Regatta and EBoat National Championships (click on icons)
Skerries Sailing Club are please to announce that our annual 2018 club Regatta will take place on July 28th and 29th next and will be held in conjunction with the 2018 E-Boat Nationals. Provisional details below including those for the cruiser Rockabill Cup from Howth to Skerries on 28th July. More details to follow.
Skerries Regatta and EBoat SI 2018
Skerries Regatta 2018 Entry Form
EBoat Nationals Entry Form 2018
Skerries Regatta 2018 Main NOR – Provisional
NOR and Sailing Instructions for Rockabill Cup 2018 – Provisional
Leinster GP14 Championships – Full Results & Photographs
Selected Photos – {more to follow}
Skerries Sailing Club are please to host the Leinster GP14 Championships on July 7th/8th next. Initial details below:
GP14 SI – Leinsters – 2018 SSC
Note registration is Saturday 7th July 0900 to 1030.
Some Updates…..
Please note
- Results for Fireball and Wayfarer Nationals held in SSC recently are available above on the featured tab. Well done to all SSC participants,
- 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
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ur 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!
Just Sailing Continues its 3rd Year……
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.