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| End of Season - out they come |
As yet another year comes to an end the annual ritual of the boat lift has come and gone. Always an anxious time for any boat owner as they watch their nautical pride and joy swinging in the air en passage from sea to pen.
Here are a few photos from the day with a link to the full album here.
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Courtesy of Mike Medcalfe |
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| Annual Dinner |
| The HSBC annual dinner will be held in the Abbey Tavern on Friday 18th November. Tickets are limited and are available from the secretary Paul Holden at €45 per ticket. |
| Members photo competition |
| Closing date for entries to john@craddock.ie is October 31st |
| Joe Ivory submitted these |
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| Luis Seghezzi - "Congestion charge at the Spit Mark" |
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Winter Cup 2011 |
| So far more than a few discards in the Winter Cup series. Six Saturday races starting each week at 2pm, with a special award at the end for folkboat participants. |
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| RNLI Barbecue |
| The sailing secretary has produced an interesting collection of pics from this fun filled day. View them here |
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2011 Ulster Bank Islands Race |
| The hotly contested annual Ulster Bank Islands race took place on Saturday 20th. A great time was had by all with close quarter racing throughout. Special congratulations to Terry and Louis on their first wins of the season. |
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Tour of Anglesey |
Taurus, Carnjoe and Boogaloo have just returned from a successful and enjoyable cruise of the Island of Anglesey.
Pics courtesy of Taurus here |
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Regatta 2011 - early pics - more to follow |
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High Winds greet the start of the racing season
High winds have created plenty of challenges to the start of the Wednseday racing series, with only a hardy few braving the elements and taking advantage of the lack of competition to get a good start to the season. See the latest results on the racing page |
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Welcome back
Sinead, Paddy and newly extended family back in the water. Congratulations on the new arrival. |
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Lift in made easy!
Getting all the boats back in the water provides plenty of opportunity for the members to demonstrate the spirit of the club. This years effort was an example of good planning from start to finish, with the entire operation completed by 4 in the afternoon, leaving some members wondering what to do until it was a respectable time to go to the pub.
The combination of two cranes and good management will take most of the credit. Special thanks goes to those members who had no reason to be there on the day as their boats were already in the water, yet turned up and made a huge effort to assist anyone who needed it. |
| Free registration to ISA small crafts register! |
The (ISA) Irish Sailing Association who administer the "Small Craft Register" in Ireland have offered free registration for Cruising Association members until the end of June.
The Small Craft Register usually costs €62 for non-ISA members so this is a substantial discount!
See the Cruising association website for further details.
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