JUNIOR SAILING UPDATE
Glandore Harbour Yacht Club, after recently suspending some of the clubs activities, is to resume a full schedule of courses and training events from Sunday 18th July. The safety and welfare of all our members, staff, volunteers and local community has always been a[…]
Fundraising Raffle
We are delighted to be running a raffle again this year to raise much needed funds. Deirdre Brennan has come up trumps yet again with the very lovely painting seen here, titled ‘Wild Flowers‘. This will be on display on the window of Waters + Wild in Glandore. In addition, a[…]
Sponsored Walk – July 30th
In an effort to socialise safely, there will be a Sponsored Walk followed by Teas, Coffees and Cakes held outside the Clubhouse on Friday, July 30th at 10.30am. The walk will be about 5K and tickets cost €25. This will include tea/coffee and a scone or cake on your return.[…]
Junior Sailing Advisory
Glandore Harbour Yacht Club has been advised that one of our students was deemed to be a close contact of a positive COVID -19 case from outside the county. Subsequently the student has tested positive for COVID -19. As per our procedures and in accordance with HSE guidelines the committee[…]
ARE YOU A MEMBER OF GHYC ?
Issues have arisen with non members or former members using club boats/equipment/facilities. These may be due to oversight in paying subscriptions and also where young adults (25) who have passed the threshold genuinely believe they are members under a family membership whereas they are not. If you are using club[…]
COVID 19 AND THE RISK FROM NEW VARIANTS
It’s great to see all the activity around the Club and Harbour. Sailing as an outdoor sport has been deemed low risk but there have been new cases of Covid 19 diagnosed in our electoral area in the past twelve hours. We would ask everyone to continue to limit their[…]
Cork Co Council Harbour Safety Reminder
The effect of the continuing absence of foreign travel can be seen daily in Glandore Harbour with staycationers, new boats and new faces and a general busyness and increase in water based leisure activities. It’s against this background all along our coasts that Cork County Council have issued a safety[…]
2021 Primary Schools Regatta at GHYC
Primary School Sailing 2021 for Abbeystrewry, Glandore, Leap and Union Hall National Schools. Kids from each school had three days of fun on the water under the watchful eyes of young GHYC instructors & helpers using GHYC fleet of sailing dinghies. Vice Commodore Tim Forde masterminded the event. The 2021[…]
Irish South Coast Dragon Championship 2021
Supported by: John Pollard Foundation Glandore Auto & Marine Services McCarthy Insurance Group West Cork Distillers 11 – 13 June Day 1 The first major Irish Dragon Championships in Ireland since 2019 was hosted by Glandore Harbour Yacht Club started today with 19 Dragons on the race course in a[…]