Killowen - the bigger picture
Like golfers, individual cruisers have personal handicaps based on their previous performance. Handicaps are adjusted after every race. We had 57 races in 2021
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...It's not always as leisurely as this...
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...like the RS Northern Championships
We have a very active dinghy fleet, with more than 90 races each year.
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Some of our younger members have had sparkling results in Provincial and National Championships.
You can drop moorings just off the Club slipway and store your boat in the grounds over the winter.
If you fancy exploring otherwise inaccessible places - come dinghy cruising
Visiting sailors can camp at the Club or nearby Kilbroney Forest Park...
Kilbroney Forest Park
...but the conditions can be a challenge for sailors...
You can park or launch a powerboat, board or kayak etc
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The Clubhouse is very suitable for social events, with a bar, lounge room, function room, well equipped kitchen and ladies' and gents' rooms for changing and showers, and for outdoor events like BBQs, spacious grounds with fabulous views.
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From leisurely cruising to excitement-packed racing in large or small boats, whether you sail or not, no matter what age you are, our Club is for you.
Read about the ClubCLYC 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!
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, […]
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 […]
