Four West Cork Sailing Clubs gathered in Glandore for the annual junior Team Racing Regatta Saturday, 23rd July, Glandore Harbour Yacht Club hosted the annual West Cork interclub team racing regatta. The event had been absent for the past two years due to Covid so excitement had been building[…]
“JEM” TEAM RECOGNISED BY GHYC
Two Topaz were delivered last week to round out the new sailing school fleet. This pair didn’t hang as heavily on the Treasurer’s finances however due to the amazing fund raising efforts of three entrepreneurial young club sailors. Jess Tubb, Emma Barrett and Muireann Creswell, the[…]
GHYC Dinghy News 2022
GHYC Dinghy News 2022 It’s all go for a very busy Sailing Season 2022! So that dinghy sailors know what’s being laid on for them, the following outlines dinghy racing and related training for the Season. Racing back to Tuesday and Thursday Evenings! During June, July and August all the[…]
UKRAINIAN REFUGEE SAILORS IN IRELAND
Refugees from the ongoing war in Ukraine are arriving on our shores in numbers and include sailors among them. Approaches by Irish Sailing to their Ukrainian counterpart have now seen enquiries begin from Ukrainian sailors here who are interested in getting back on the water. If you[…]
Update Statement 9.5.22 Re: Proposed Curtailment of Marine Leisure at Glandore Co Cork
On Sunday 8/5/22 as young people gathered for the Spring Dinghy League at Glandore Pier it was easy to envisage the practical implications of the proposed plans to curtail activity at the pier. The entire area as proposed as “Storage” is already full of kayaks, dinghies,[…]
PIER SITUATION. MEETING WITH CHRISTOPHER O SULLIVAN TD
A big thanks to Christopher O Sullivan TD for taking the time out to travel to Glandore Pier last night to hear the concerns of local residents, sailors, local business owners, rowers, kayakers, swimmers , members of the Harbour User Group and GHYC members[…]
2022 Sailing Season Kicks off with Spring Dinghy League
Calling all dinghy sailors that have been thinking longingly of getting on the water – now is your chance! The first Dinghy League of the year starts on Easter Monday (17th April), first gun at 2pm. If the weather is kind to us, we will be racing for six Sundays[…]