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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[…]

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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[…]

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SOLD OUT !

  Apologies to people trying to buy courses on EPP for next week (Week 2). Everything is sold out except for a few slots for people who have bought mornings to upgrade to a full day. Please look forward to Week 3 and beyond if you’re trying to buy courses.[…]

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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[…]

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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[…]

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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[…]

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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[…]

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School Programme

2024 School Sailing School sailing will go ahead in 2024.   Children should have a wetsuit but it is imperative that each child have their own properly fitting  PFD or buoyancy aid.  

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Courses for Summer of 2021

GHYC  offer 3 courses this summer: National Powerboat Certificate Beginners Supported Sailing 5 half days Supported Sailing 5 half days The National Powerboat Certificate is the course to do if you want to drive a powerboat. Start here by filling out the this form. You can purchase membership and courses[…]

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