Articles
“Stupid Me”
By Alex Blackwell You know you are stupid, at least I think I am, when something ‘hits you in the eye, like a big pizza pie’. It is like when you are sailing along at Read more…
Articles
Ireland’s centenaries ashore are matched by sailing centenaries afloat
By WM Nixon (From Afloat Ireland) In Ireland, we’re living through the Decade of Centenaries in terms of marking conflict-laden historical events and major national happenings ashore. So it says everything about the blissful sense Read more…
Articles
Across Three Oceans – A Voyage in the Yacht Saoirse
By Conor O Brien Available Now The Pioneering Circumnavigation of the World in a Small Yacht, South of the Great Capes, 1923-1925 6th EditionPaperback: 343 pagesISBN-13: 979-8366211659Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.18 x 20.32 cm It will Read more…
Events
Howth 17s celebrate 125 years
by Alan Markey Designed in 1897 and first built and launched in 1898, the Howth Seventeen-Footer is the oldest one-design keelboat racing class in the world and is still racing today to its original design! Read more…
Club Business
Deed of Gift “Friendship Cup”
March 25, 2023By All Presents Known: The Cruising Club of America and the Irish Cruising Club have a long standing and close relationship founded on their shared love of challenging the elements, cruising the world’s Read more…
News
Autumn 2023 Commodore’s Letter
By David Beattie Hasn’t it been a busy season? It started with the Annual Dinner weekend in Sligo where we had an attendance of over 240 people, including the Commodores of the Cruising Club of Read more…
Articles
The origins of the wearing of the White Ensign by the Royal Yacht Squadron
Extracted from ’Memorials of the Royal Yacht Squadron’ by Montague Guest (Librarian of the RYS) and William B Boulton, printed in London in 1902. In 1859 was agitated the famous grievance of the supposed privileged Read more…