Malahide Yacht Club

IODAI, the International Optimist Dinghy Association of Ireland, organises a Spring training week every year which is open to all Optimist sailors in Ireland.

Baltimore in West Cork sits near the very southern tip of Ireland on the beautiful southwest coast roughly mid-way between the busy tourist destination of Dingle and Kinsale. Slightly off the tourist trail, Baltimore has retained a village atmosphere, but it still has plenty of top class accommodation and a great place to eat and drink.

The village of Baltimore will be taken over by approximately 150 sailors and their families for the week of February mid-term. Coaches have not yet been announced, but typically are a mix of the top Irish and international coaches; in 2011, the Irish coaches were joined by coaches from Denmark, Spain and Italy.

Training...

420 Class training will take place at Broadmeadows, starting at 14.00, on the following dates:-

Sunday 22nd January, Sunday 29th January

Sunday 5th February, Sunday 25th February

Sunday 4th March, Sunday 11th March

The cost of the training is €180/boat for the sailors with their own boat.

The cost of training including the use of one of the MYC club 420's is €330/boat.
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Happy New Year. it's time to enjoy our new clubhouse!
 Come sailing on Saturday January 7th between 11 and 3, enjoy the elements, a hot shower and a cup of tea afterwards. View some photos of the build and finish here.

In September 2011 MYC successfully staged its first open one-design keelboat event when it hosted the J24 Eastern Championship with sponsorship from Malahide Marina.

The Championship was something of a dress rehearsal for Irish entries in the BMW J24 Europeans at Howth (Sept.12-15), but the second day of the event was hampered by bad weather which prevented racing (as well as the Pirates being forced to stay ashore!). Four good races on the Saturday however, with courses set by PRO Neil Murphy, produced competitive racing with four different race winners.

Here is how we are doing against our goal of raising €50,000 towards the Broadmeadow redevelopment!  So far we have raised approximately €15,000 - still a long way to go! This amount is critical to match the bank loan and club reserved funds. Initial preparation work is well underway at the site. Please do your best to support the various fundraising efforts and help develop this much needed resource for the club. The quiz nights have been a rip roaring success and have provided great fun nights in the clubhouse. The raffle is underway and we hope you are making great progress in selling those tickets. There is also an ambitious "sponsor a brick" scheme - ask the Commodore about this! Watch out for other exciting fund raising initiatives in coming months!

By signing in to the 'Members Forum' and clicking 'All Discussions' on the right side of the page members can now read a brief summary of the principal matters discussed. There are also lots of other interesting discussions where you can join in or start your own.

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Last Saturday’s Wicklow Vase Race, which neatly coincided with Malahide Festival to attract hundreds of onlookers and passers-by, attracted a record entry of 33 boats, with 20 dinghies coming down from the Broadmeadows to battle it out with 13 cruisers.

And in near-perfect conditions, it was the dinghies which dominated proceedings, with Lizzie McDowell and her cousin Gemma in a 420 winning the annual race by nearly two minutes on corrected time from Orlagh Thompson in a Laser Radial rig and last year’s winner Conor Costello (in a Laser full rig) taking third spot.

Indeed, Lasers filled the first nine places overall, with Chris Shackleton’s J24 ‘Johnny Bravo’ the first keelboat on corrected time in 10^th place.

In a separately-handicapped Festival Trophy, Brian Stewart’s 21-footer ‘Mon Read more

The annual Wicklow Vase Race – where dinghies and keelboats race together out at sea – will this year (Saturday 23^rd July) coincide with Malahide Festival in a nautical feature called ‘Malahide Afloat’, devised by MYC and involving a three-way collaboration with Malahide Sea Scouts and Malahide Marina, as the organisations most closely associated with our town’s most natural resource.

 In what is a loose-knit arrangement, the three groups are hosting activities which amply demonstrate Malahide’s marine ties and so encourage even greater usage of the town’s marine-based facilities and its renowned seaside setting. It promises to be a day of vivid colour and frenetic activity afloat.

MYC’s Wicklow Vase Race starts at 3pm on Saturday...

Congratulations to the two club boats that competed in this years Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. "Scandal" got 3rd overall on IRC and "Goyave" a 4th overall on ECHO, both Class 3 Keel Boats.  Well done to Brian, Colm, Russel and their crew!

A wide variety of craft, totalling 25 in all, went to the starting line for the 11 am start of the 2011 Rockabill Rally.

At the gun a number of 'racers' popped their spinnakers and headed straight for the Rock in a fresh balmy broad reach. The rest of the fleet followed at a more leisurely pace. However, after rounding the lighthouse the long beat home against the tide made for tiring , but enjoyable, work in sometimes gusty conditions.

The 'racers' were home in about four hours with the rest of the fleet well spread out behind. Some tacked inshore, others out to sea and two left Lambay to starboard. Several admitted to using their engines for the final stages. Several Howth Sailing & boating Club members participated including one single-hander.

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