First Tuesday

It's Tuesday.

Make sure you launch tonight. Racing is on.

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Sailing Instructions for the summer sailing

If you haven't had a read of these, do take the time to do it. 

The courses are different and there's a new way of shortening the course. 

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How can we get videos this good?

A couple of years ago a few dinghy people discussed use of drones to get good sailing footage. But it never got anywhere. And in the meantime most of the drone footage was from exotic locations like Miami or Palma.

But this is from Bangor.

Anyone got any ideas?

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A SLOOOOOW Start to the season

With many sailors not quite ready for the start of the season and others out injured, it was a quiet start to the year on the DBSC dinghy course.

PY had the task of supporting the regular team on the Committee Boat, and thought that a little video might illustrate life on board.

Not the best editing, and hardly an exciting day, but certainly a couple of interesting scenes if you know what you're looking for .

And a strong suggestion that you read this year's sailing instructions. The courses are quite a bit different from last year.

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SI amendment for DBSC

Please note the following:

Amendment No.1: Sailing Instruction 14.1. (The Start).

Please note the following correction to SI. 14.1

“The warning signal for each succeeding class shall be made with or after

The starting signal of the preceding class.”

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Laser Masters Championships - Ballyholme this year, 9th & 10th May

 

enter @ laser-ireland.com | questions to: Keith Storey

Just a random Monday afternoon.

Not everyone is in an office or factory or at home.

Can we confess some jealousy?

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PY Early Bird Entry to DLR! Let's get it on!!

As you may know, the early bird discount for the DLR has been extended. There's quite a bit of interest in getting the PY fleet "over the line" and getting that discount. The difference is pretty big, e.g. for Lasers it's €60 early and €90 full fee.  It's not confirmed whether double handed PY boats would have a higher fee, but we'll get to that once the regatta responds on that question.

Not life changing, but worth getting. 

So, if you have a PY boat and are interested in getting the reduced entry, please go to this form - or send this info to your members - and let me know!  

In the context of the DLR, PY includes everything except Laser Standard, Wag, Fireball, Moth, Rs200 and RS400, IDRA14, GP14 and Wayfarer.   So that means Laser Radials, 4.7s, Bytes, Finns, OK Dinghies, RS600s, Flying Dutchmen, Topper Vibes, 420s, etc!

http://goo.gl/forms/mV9ySmuQ5N

We can move quickly, I'm sure!

Even if we miss this benefit all indications are that there's a great event to be had with the interest we've heard so far.

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Cruise Ship Petition

There's an online petition on the go related to the Cruise Ship plan for Dun Laoghaire Harbor.

It's here.

It's getting good traffic and has (at the time of writing) 1296 supporters. But don't let that be the only response.

If you care about sailing in Dun Laoghaire, or indeed about the historic legacy of the harbor, put in a formal and personal response.  The link to the proposal is on the petition, and the email address for formal responses is there too.

So, here are some suggested steps.

1. Go to the petition
2. Follow the link to the proposal
3. Read it. 
4. Go back to the petition
5. Sign it
6. Go back to the proposal
7. Send a considered and serious response to the email address there. 

Dun Laoghaire Harbor is a special place. Its space has already been eaten up by the marina. Don't let a cruise ship pier destroy the harbor.  And if you think Dun Laoghaire is more home to this...

Image from the DL Harbor Public Consultation Pate. 

rather than this...

Copyright David Branigan (we hope he's OK with this use...if not, he'll let us know)

then don't sign the petition.

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Sunny Sunday

The Frostbites ended a week ago and it's already summer.

Easter Sunday saw surprisingly few boats on the water. A couple of OK Dinghies, a 29er, a couple of Moths, a couple of Fevas and oppies and a Topper Taz. But my goodness the people who went sailing got good value for the day.

Sun. A surprisingly steady breeze - given the forecast. Sun. CLEAR water. Sun. A little sea fog in the distance. Sun.

And WHERE was everyone else?  A dozen dinghies on the harbor all day?

The video shows the experience from the OK Dinghy with the kids from the Taz. But the conditions? Marvelous.

(faceblur cos the kids are in it)

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