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On August 27th CLYC was proud to host their annual Junior Regatta, along with several sailors from CSC as they were blessed with good weather and steady wind. Through their best efforts the fleet of 15 boats competed in 3 races on the sunny Carlingford Lough. In our Junior fleet the competition was extremely close with the young sailors finishing within seconds of one another, […]

The CLYC Junior Regatta


                                  A Humdinger ! Report by Pat McCormick and Gerry Byrne The Moneley Oyster Pearl Regatta was run last Saturday, reflecting the past hugely successful event which attracted over a hundred boats from around the British Isles and Ireland.  The hope is that this weekend’s event will serve as an advertisement for future years, and restore this event to its status as one of Ireland’s […]

The 2022 Moneley Oyster Pearl Regatta


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CLYC was delighted to welcome Robin Gray from Ballyholme Yacht Club and RYA NI to talk to us about the Racing Rules of Sailing, on Saturday last.  Robin took us through the rule book from start to finish, illustrating many examples on his magic magnetic white board.  Cruiser sailors and dinghy sailors attended and everybody found the talk enlightening and entertaining.  Thank you Robin!

Useful talk on RRS by Robin Gray, International Race Officer ...


On St Stephen’s Day, the Roche Trophy and Cranley Mince Pie races were run simultaneously in murky conditions and a dying breeze. Sailing Secretary Brian McConville presented Conor O’Farrell with the Roche Trophy. This was a close run A-fleet race, with Conor O’Farrell, Henry McLaughlin and Stephen Finnegan finishing in that order. The Cranley Mince Pie for the B-fleet race was won by Izzy O’Farrell, […]

The Roche Trophy and Cranley Mince Pie


Even before the last 12-boat race of the Frostbite Season on Sunday 22nd December, it looked as though Izzy O’Farrell in the B-fleet and Tim Gibbons in the A-fleet were uncatchable, having established a sizeable lead ahead of their fleets.  And so it came to pass – although Jim Linton pipped Ian Finnegan into 3rd place, Tim didn’t even have to be there to have […]

Izzy and Tim couldn’t be caught