Newsletter -
July 04
Welcome to the new members who have
recently joined and who are sailing in the previously male dominated dinghy
sessions and showing them a thing or two on how the right a capsized boat is
seconds! The membership is now at 54, and hopefully we will continue to
grow and cope with the increasing numbers. The organisation of club activity
will be helped by 2 new recruits to the committee (see below).
Weather : Well the weather has
change a bit in the last few weeks with plenty of wind forecast most
evenings. This evenings (Thursday 8/7) dinghy session is cancelled due to
the following forecast from www.met.ie Forecast for E'ern and S'ern coastal waters from Carlingford
Lough to Carnsore Point to Valentia
and Irish Sea :- Wind : Northeasterly
force 6; reaching gale force 8 this afternoon between Howth
Head and Roches Point and on the Irish Sea...and
the weather from www.dlharbour.ie
is currently showing windspeed : 18.5kt Beaufort
Force 5. The normal rule for dinghy sailing take place is sailing in
winds up to force 4. It is often difficult to predict what conditions
will be like in
Committee : Welcome to two new
committee members : Sailing secretary:
Carina Myles and Maintenance
secretary : Georgina Lanigan. This
adds to the existing committee of Chairperson/Commodore :
Damien Byrne, Secretary
: Bryan O'Grady, Treasurer :
Ann Coyne, Safety officer
: Michael McEntee. The committee is meeting
next Wednesday so more news next week!A
number of people have volunteered for maintenance duties etc. and hopefully
next week we will be in a position to get them organised!
Thanks to :
- Kieran McCarthy :
who has designed and printed new club posters. These are available in the
container so please take some for your workplace.
- Eamonn Cullen : who has printed and bound new log books for
dinghy and ruffian sailing. There is now a separate log book for Dinghies
and for the Ruffian.
- Alastair Davies : for the ongoing dropping and collecting of sails
for repair with Downer Sails and his updating of the SID website and egroup.
- Damien Bradley who is currently buying
spares and tools for the Ruffian.
- All the organisers, Captains and Vice
Captains
- Anyone else I have missed who has done
work or helped in the organisation.
A different type of sailing ? I was recently on the Jeanie Johnston a large
replica emigrant sailing ship which is currently sailing around
MAGNO : The SID Committee met
on Wednesday and one of the topics discussed was the replacement of the dinghy
fleet. The committee have selected the Magno
as the most suitable dinghy for the club. Some of the factors
in this decision are :
- The boat is suitable for sailing by 2 adults
- The boat is equipped with a reefing main
allowing it to be de-powered for higher winds/smaller crews,
- The jib is a furling jib allowing it to be
packed away easily and also allowing the boat to be sailed by one person
- The Magno has trapezes
and a gennaker which provide exciting sailing for
competent crews
- The boat is durable and suited to club
needs.
Check out http://www.toppersailboats.com/magno.html for
more details including test reports. The committee will now set about buying 2
of these boat at the best price available. It is
proposed to have a maximum of 6 boats in the dinghy fleet so maintenance is
required on the existing fleet as the club need to determine which boats are
suitable to keep and which boats can be sold.
Drinks : Next Thursday at
8:30pm in the Market Bar in
Damien