Yesterday, 12/3/22, saw a very early season start at GHYC with a Powerboat Instructors Pre Entry for five club members undergoing assessment by Victor Fusco. The adult candidates were older, and colder, than many recent graduates but all passed with flying colours and will go on to train over the[…]
FINAL TWO RS QUESTS ARRIVE AT GHYC
The final two new RS Quests being delivered this evening. GHYC now has a matching fleet of six brand new Quests thanks to our Debenture investors. The six are all rigged as asymmetric with a symmetrical option also available. These boats[…]
SENIOR INSTRUCTOR COURSE AT BSC
A Senior Instructor course will now take place in Baltimore Sailing Club Tuesday 7th – Saturday 11th June attended by some GHYC members. To book use the link : https://www.sailing.ie/Shop?pId=307&cId=88&pName=Senior%20Instructor%20Course%20-%207855/7856/7857%20-%20June%202022
NEW MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY FOR GHYC
The Board of Directors are delighted to announce the appointment of the Reverend Cliff Jeffers as Membership Secretary at GHYC. Cliff has long experience in inland waterways boating and has been looking seaward in recent years also. Cliff has been an active race management volunteer during 2021 and hopes to[…]
Happy New Year-AGM
Happy New Year from the Committee. We hope that 2022 will see improvement in the Covid situation and that we will be able to organise at least as much activity on the water as the past two years and hopefully the more social aspects of the Club will see[…]
END OF SEASON CLEAN UP
Thanks to all the Club Members who volunteered all morning for an end of season clean up and cleaning and storing of gear. The Club Squibs are now also housed under cover along with a lot of other equipment. Great work was done by Club Members old and young with[…]
Club BBQ & Fundraising Raffle Saturday, September 11th
The GHYC Club BBQ will take place outside the Glandore Inn next Saturday, September 11th at 6PM. All are welcome! Tickets are €15 and our much-needed fundraising Club Raffle will take place during the event. As the summer draws to a close and our thoughts are turning autumnal, I am appealing to[…]
THE GLANDORE INN ROSE BOWL 2021
This past weekend, August 28th/29th, was Rose Bowl weekend for Dragons and Squibs generously sponsored by the Glandore Inn as always. Race officers David Forde and Siobhan Keane Hopcroft and a team of top notch volunteers provided five great races in Glandore Bay for each fleet. The weather Gods[…]
COVID THREAT & KAREN HORGAN MEMORIAL RACE
The safety and welfare of all our members, staff, volunteers and local community has always been a priority so following a short pause in Club activity on Friday, to assess emerging events, activity resumed yesterday Saturday 21st August 2021 with the successful running of the Karen Horgan Memorial Race to[…]
COVID SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Glandore Harbour Yacht Club has been advised that one of our instructors may be deemed to be a close contact of a potential positive COVID -19 case. We are awaiting results to confirm a positive or a negative result. As per our procedures and in accordance with good practice the[…]