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Resumption of Training
With the announcement of the resumption of training in Ireland I would like to point the club members in the direction of the schedule in the website, here.
This weekend sail training is scheduled for Saturday at 1pm and Sunday at 2pm.
Under government guidance we can officially train outdoors with a pod of 15 people.  
Skippers should keep a log of the crew and observe contact tracing protocols.

After 7th of June we can start the official racing schedule.

Regards

Next 4 Training Sessions,

Day	Date	Session Name	Time
Sat	22 May	HELMSMAN 2	13:00
Sun	23 May	PHOENIX 1	14:00
Sat	29 May	LIMEBURNER	09:30
Sun	30 May	PHOENIX 2	19:00

The regatta / training scheduled for tomorrow will be one race only starting and finishing at Fahan.  The training session is due to start at 9am. High water is 10am so we should be out and back before 11:30 depending on the wind.  Forecast is 7-10Kts so a shortish training session is in order.

All,

As we look towards starting outdoor activities and getting back onto the water this is a reminder that IRC certs should be applied for and forwarded to me for this season.

As with all races and regatta’s we request an IRC certificate before we allow any yacht to participate and award any final results.

Regards,

Fergal

All,
Some of you have received your reminder to renew your VPRS cert for the incoming season.
As stated in earlier emails, we tried the VPRS system so we could merge fleets if necessary.  This was not the success that we thought it would be.
For the incoming season, hopefully April, or soon thereafter I am reverting back to a Club and IRC handicap system.  Club fleet will revert to the handicaps that were used last and published in the club website (2019).
The IRC fleet should apply for their IRC cert and present this to me upon resumption of competitive sailing.

Any issue please let me know.

NOTE: Please vote for your sailor of the year on the Afloat website. By the way, this IS Garry Crothers…just saying..

Regards

Fergal
Sailing Secretary 2021

Please Stay Safe on and off the water!
Wear a Mask, Wash your Hands and Keep your Distance!

All,
See the enclosed link to a letter sent to Minister Noonan regarding the proposed changes to the visitor schedule for Skellig Michael. Please read the letter 201202 Skellig Michael and the implications that the proposals will have on visiting yachts and the standards applied to other World Heritage Sites.

The full text of the draft proposals are available here on the World Heritage site Ireland website.

This is a very good read both in terms of the work that ICC undertake and the work of the OPW in terms of heritage protection.

The views that Norman and the ICC present are about standardising access to WH sites and inclusion rather than exclusion.

Please give yourself some time to have a read through.

Regards