Newsletter –
June 08
Regattas
Summer is definitely
here. The four local club one-day regattas are starting from next weekend.
There are really enjoyable races and there always a great buzz in the
waterfront....not to be missed. First race is next Saturday DMYC.
|
May |
DMYC
Regatta |
May 31 |
|
June |
NYC
Regatta |
June 14 |
|
June |
RIYC
Regatta |
June 28 |
|
July |
RStGYC
Regatta |
July 5 |
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If you are
interested in racing on Ruffian please contact Morgan.
For Dinghy
sailing ask Jo for details.
Tall
Ships
If you are
staying in
Honeymoon
Sailing (from
Damien Byrne)
Minorca
Sailing based in Menorca, Spain is a fantastic location with a great bay, nice
weather, a warm sea and a great choice of boats ready rigged and lots of
instructors, great accommodation, just perfect for a honeymoon!.
I was one
of 11 who went on a dinghy course with www.minorcasailing.com recently. In the group were 6
SID’ers Sheenagh, Brenda, Nicola, Jo, Wyn, and myself Damien (All instructors!);
3 from Glenans, Clare, Bill and Guido (All instructors!), John (on honeymoon
with Sheenagh) and Grace (a beginner).
Accommodation
consisted of a private villa with its own pool minutes walk from the sailing, shop,
local restaurant and pub. On our arrival we were shown to our own villa and
then adjourned to the local pub/restaurant. After a few large bottles of
Magners (this place was looking good!) we joined the other 70 or so trainees
for a 4 course meal with wine (costing e15!).
At 10am
every day we had an introductory talk and were told the plan for the day. Then
we spilt into various groups each with an instructor. All the SID’ers sailed in
the intermediate Asymmetric group. Daily lessons were from 10am to 12:30pm and
2:15pm to 4:30pm. At 4:30 and 5:30 there was the option of free sailing or
going out on a 1-to-1 with an instructor. The lessons consisted of a talk
on the beach before each sailing session, a choice of boats which were rigged
and brought into the water for you, on the water instruction which included one
half day of video footage and playback and a couple of races thrown in for good
measure!
There was a
huge range of boats all in excellent condition. During the week we tried the RS-Vaero (single handed, hiking boat with gennaker),
the RS400 with wing-wangs, the RS500, the RS800 (double handed with crew and helm
on trapeze on outriggers) , 29er, various windsurfers and of course
Laser Vago and Laser 1.
Outside of
sailing sessions we had breakfast and lunch by the pool in our villa and
evening meals mostly in the local restaurants, and as we were all instructors
(did I mention that before?) there was a lot of the talk about sailing with the
odd distractions of table football, air hockey and killer pool!
The town of
Congratulations
again to Sheenagh
and John and thanks
for the great honeymoon.
Check out our
holiday snaps here.
Anyone planning on getting married for next year's trip?
Atlantic
Sailing
Martina is
currently sailing from
Obsession
Update
Obsession
has been sailing regularly since the start of May. There are now sessions on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday evenings and on Sunday afternoons.
Please see
the schedule below if you would like to sail.
Michael McEntee will be skipper for our first long distance trip in
the last week of June. The plan is to cruise the north-east coast to
Carlingford or Ardglass. Please contact Michael if you are interested.
Training
Officer (from
Damien Byrne)
Cearbhall
has kindly elevated me to the newly created role of Training Officer.
Some of the tasks of the role include “Promote appropriate training for Members”
and “Advise members of external training opportunities”. Various statistics
on member's qualifications are currently available on the SID website. (login required)
Having just
come back from a week long course in
The Club is
actively promoting attendance at training courses with an e50 reduction on next
year's membership if you take a qualifying course (see website for details).
Taking a week long training course will cover lots of the skills you require in
a structured manner and will give days of experience on the water too (a lot
more than you will get on the odd SID session). Everyone in the club has
something to learn by attending training courses, and the more proficient members
are, the more enjoyable sailing is for everyone
involved in club sessions. So what is stopping you?
Comments and
queries gratefully accepted!
Powerboat
course
Maher
Kemmoona recently attended the powerboat course in the Royal St.George Yacht
Club. Maher says “I enjoyed the course and had great time at it. It was very
practically orientated. There was some theory as well, small groups, so
everyone got good exposure to it. Last but not least, we had great weather that
weekend to be out.”
ISA
Membership
Membership
of the ISA is included as part of your SID membership.
2008 ISA
membership cards are available in Container and in Obsession's chart table.
Please take one. These entitle you to Discounts
in Western Marine, Stenna Line etc or in booking any ISA assessments.
Membership
Promotion
There are
flyers in container and in Obsession's chart table. Please take some and
display in your workplace or local shop etc if possible. Currently
our membership is sixty, but we do need to increase this to meet our
increased running costs. Why not bring your friends along for a sail some
evening?
DBSC
Racing
There is
now dinghy racing on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons, and Ruffian
racing on Tuesdays (White sails fleet) and Thursdays (Ruffian class).
The Ruffian
and three dinghies are entered.
You can
check out our results
here.
If you
would like to take part...
-
Dinghy
racing: contact Wyn
-
For
Ruffian contact Damien
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World
Wide SID
Doesn't
your T-Shirt deserve a holiday?
http://sailingindublin.ie/tshirts.shtml
2008 AGM
The minutes of the 2008 AGM are available here http://sailingindublin.ie/masterdocs/AGM08/AGM2008.html.
Sailing Sessions
Dinghy
Sailing
Monday 18:00 Catherine Pierse
Wednesday 18:00 Jane Holland
Weekends: Contact
Jo for Details
Dinghy
Racing
Tuesday 18:00 Wyn
Hughes
Keelboat Sailing
Monday 18:00:00 Tom Irving
Wednesday 18:00 Rob Disney
Thursday 18:00 Bronagh O'Leary
Weekends: Contact
Morgan
Keelboat Racing
Tuesday 17:30 Damien Byrne
Thursday 17:30 Cearbhall Daly
Cearbhall
Daly
Chairperson
Sailing in