News

01.02.2010

The Annual Lifeboat Auction

Friday 5th February 2010 in CY&BC
Activities start with free cheese & wine from 8.30 to 9.30pm – Auction begins at 9.45 approx.
Everyone very welcome so invite your friends along!
Please bring along or donate items to be auctioned – any unwanted christmas presents etc.
There will be a raffle as well as the auction.
The Auctioneers are Gary Sargent & Felix Finlay – so the Craic is guaranteed !!!

01.02.2010

Talks at CY&BC

February 3rd Wednesday 20.00hrs
Tom from Solas Marine, Demonstration and Talk on Safety Equipment Covering such items as repair/replacing life jackets, life jacket cylinders, type and usage of flares, servicing and use of life rafts.

February 10th Wednesday 20.00
John O’Reilly, Passage and Route Planning Covering such topics as preparation for the long dreamed of trip, charts to use, time of departure, provisioning, crew preparation, insurance, etc

February 17th Wednesday 20.00
Pat Murphy, Fantastic visual show of portion of round the world trip Since returning to Ireland Pat and Olivia are keen to host an Interactive talk of their exciting round the world trip.

February 24th Wednesday 20.00
Des Mc William, Sailing trim and Tuning
How to get the best out of your sails from dinghy to cruiser to one design performance boat, improve your speed without breaking the bank, learn how to look after your sails and how to prolong the life of our sails.

25.01.2010

PHOTO COMPETITION

We are putting together the fixture book for 2010 and are inviting all members to submit a photo that they feel would make a good cover shot.
Please send your photos via email to: Sailing Secretary or post in sailing secretary box before Wednesday 10th Feb next.

You can enter as many photos as you like in the four following catagories:

Humour
Action
Vibrancy
Clontarf at it's best

There will be one over all winner on the night - Thursday Feb 11th -who will be awarded at bar tab of 50 euro!
By submitting your photo you are happy for this photo to be displayed on the CY&BC website and printed in the 2010 fixture book.

22.01.2010

OPERAS @ CY&BC

We are pleased to announce the start of our 2010 season of Operas (fortnightly on Tuesdays)

26th January - Verdi's IL Trovatore
starring Argentinian tenor Jose Cura.
8pm start.
9th Feb - Bizet's Carmen
starring Placido Domingo
8pm start
23rd Feb - Puccini's La Boheme
with Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni.
8pm start
9th March - Puccini's Madame Butterfly
with Placido Domingo and Mirella Freni.
8pm start.

21.01.2010

First Virtual Racing Series Kicks Off at Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club

The first evening of the virtual racing series took place on the 19th January at Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club.
The open event welcomed competitors from all levels of sailing and included local entries and participants from as far as Cork also.
Seven races took place during the first night of the event with some closely fought competition as the evening went on.
On completion of the group stages the top eight went through to a head to head with the winner for the night Jochen Wenski taking the prize.
Date for the next event is the 2nd February 2010, all welcome its not too late to get involved.
Spectators/hecklers also welcome to join us for a drink and watch the racing on the big screen.
If you have any queries please contact us at CYBCvirtualracing Committee

Adobe File Results Week 1 19.01.2010

07.01.2010

CY&BC presents:
The Couch Potato Series 2010
19th January; 2nd & 16th February; 2nd, 16th & 30th March 2010
Have a look at the NOR and Instructions: Adobe File