Royal Cork Yacht Club

At a recent meeting held in the Club a committee of Nick Walsh (Class Captain), Mark Whitaker and Damien Byrne was set up to reinvigorate the Laser class in the Club. This will initially focus on bringing junior sailors into the Laser 4.7 and Radial fleet. An open day for all those interested in joining the Laser fleet has been set for Sunday 5th September. A question and answer session, boat availability etc and an on the water introductory session for all perspective sailors is planned. Coaching is planned from October to Christmas and a Frostbite League for Nov/Dec.

Please email Nick as This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to express your interest and to be put on the mailing list for forthcoming developments.

The Irish Optimist Team consisting of four boys and three girls had an heroic and outstanding performance at the event. In particular, the boys team, en bloc, produced the best ever overall result for an Irish Optimist team at the Europeans. To put that achievement into it's deserving context, it should be noted that in the previous year, the best Irish result was a 50^th position. At that time, that had been the best result of an Irish sailor for many years.

Interesting report reproduced from today's Curmudgeon concerning Kiteboarding and Olympic Sailing.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is concerned about the future of Sailing as an Olympic event. In May 2010, a special committee published their draft report that focused on the problems of Olympic Sailing, that are many when compared with other Olympic events.