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Our two teams are through to the final of the Rib Challenge taking place this Saturday in Dun Laoghaire at the National Yacht Club. They have been training hard over the last three weeks with Ciaran and Bartley. The tests in the competition are wide ranging including knowledge of rules of the sea, navigational […]
Hello, Two teams from the new Galway Sailsports Club which is based in the Harbour Enterprise Park took part recently in the Regional competition of the Yachtsman Euromarine Rib Challenge organised by the ISA. The competition consists of a series of tests of boat handling skills on the water, and theory and practical tests on […]
Hello, Weather permitting there will be sailing tomorrow morning 11am using the Vanguards and, of course, your own boats. We now have the use of a new Rigiflex safety boat and engine, so progress is made. We have entered two teams of youngsters in the Western Euromarine Rib Challenge regional competition to take place at […]
Hello, The new safety boat has arrived – a 3.7m rigiflex boat. All we need now is a suitable engine! 10 or 15 hp in good condition. Any sponsors out there? – ideas please contact me. €2925 buys a new Yamaha 15hp. In the meantime we can use a borrowed 5hp if the weather is […]
Hello Everybody, We have had some good sailing over the last month and it is really interesting to see the city from the sea. The sailing area is quite well sheltered and Hare Island and Mutton Island form a natural outside boundary. Our numbers are still small but as we have a problem providing safety […]
Galway Sailsports Club – Newsletter July 22nd. 2011 Hello Everybody, Yesterday evening was a lovely sailing evening with a gentle wind and the Burren lit up by the evening sun. Tim had the Wayfarer out and Fergal and Tara were sailing their Dart 16, John and Darog took out a Vanguard and Colm sailed his […]
Galway Sailsports Club – Newsletter July 5th. 2011 Hello Everybody, Well we got sailing at last! Last Thursday about ten of us launched a Vanguard, the Lightning 368 and Tim’s Wayfarer from the beach. It was a soft grey evening with a SW wind of F3 to F4 and it was half tide. We wheeled […]
Hello Everybody, To keep you up to date with our progress: We had a dinghy sub-committee meeting on Tuesday 7th. At this we decided to ask the Harbour Board if we could rent a part of the steel-yard as a dinghy park near the beach. I am glad to say that they have agreed (verbally) […]
Sailing sessions are organised from our dinghy park. The dinghy park is located on the sea front, 100m on the left, down the gravel road to Dead Mans Beach. Find us here..
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