Entries by Galway City Sailing Club

Club News From Club Secretary / PR

Hello Members and Friends, AGM And New Committee As you most likely know by now the AGM voted for the club name to change to Galway City Sailing Club. This will more clearly describe what our activities are – dinghy sailing at the moment, and wind surfing is there is a demand for it. The […]

Beach Clean Up In The News

Galway Sailsports Club was in the news this week with the Galway Independent running a piece on our beach clean up. With our own Ger Moyles and Jack Harty as poster stars, our clean up of Dead Man’s Beach in support of the Volvo Ocean Race was featured in this weeks edition of the paper. […]

Club Notices

Sailing Times The sailing times are now Thursday 6 o’clock sharp – on the water for 6.45pm racing Saturday 1 o’clock sharp Club Racing We are going to start some club “racing”. Club racing will be on Thursday at 6.45pm. Sail Training Course The club will be running an informal four week training course in […]

How To Rig A Vanguard

On Thursday 8 September Joan Molloy demonstrated how to rig a Vanguard 15 at Galway Sailsports Club. A big thank you to Joan from all at the club. Photos of the rigging plus links to further Vanguard 15 information can be found on the Vanguard 15 Page.

General Meeting Tuesday June 14th @ 20.15

Hi Everyone Galway Sailsports Club invites you to the GOSC Tuesday June 14th @ 20.15 to share with you the next steps and our plans to get sailing. More detail about this is in Nancy’s newsletter emailed to prospective members earlier this week. Please feel free to extend this invitation to anyone you feel is […]

Latest Newsletter Out Now

Our latest newsletter has been emailed to prospective members who have registered their interest in the club. Highlights include: Securing facilities at Galway Ocean Sports Club. Dinghy parking allocated by Harbour Board. 6 Vanguard dinghies loaned to the club for use this summer. Access track to beach from dinghy parking area. ISA affiliation. Sailing information […]

Club Chairperson Speaks To The Galway Independent

Nancy Roe was last month appointed chairperson of a voluntary group of dinghy, windsurfing and kite surfing enthusiasts operating from the new Galway Ocean Sports Centre in the Galway Harbour Enterprise Park. The proposal to establish a Galway City club focusing on dinghy sailing was first mooted in 2001, and Nancy says that the Galway […]