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 the rate of knots on a broad reach, in the certainty that you know this 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 of having a world of our own in sailing that in 2021 and 2022, Ireland-on-the-water 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 be of interest to those of us who are fascinated by the history of cruising 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! Over the years, a total of twenty-one boats were built, of which nineteen still actively Read more
Club Business
Deed of Gift “Friendship Cup”
March 25, 2023 By 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 oceans and sharing seafaring experiences. A foundation of both clubs is the mutual respect, 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 America, and of the Royal Cruising Club, Chris Otorowski and Nick Chavasse and their wives 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 possessed by the [Royal Yacht] Squadron of flying the White Ensign. A debate in Parliament Read more