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It’s that time of the year again folks – Annual Swilly Worlds Regattas
See info below for each day
Saturday 5th August – Fahan Regatta
9.30am – 10am – Registration and skippers briefing in the clubhouse followed by 11am start in the vicinity of salt pans mark. There will 2-3 races of Olympic style course. To insure a prompt start we’d advise boats to leave the marina by 10.15.
Following racing we’ll have our annual regatta prizegiving, disco and karaoke in the clubhouse with doors opening at 7.30pm, food served from 8.15pm and the world famous dj Gerry from 10.00pm til late🤪
Sunday 6th August – Buncrana Regatta
11.30am start in vicinity of spit mark with 1 – 2 races to taking place. Prizegiving will follow in the clubhouse after racing.
Monday 7th August – Rathmullan Regatta
12pm start in vicinity of Rathmullan pier with 2 – 3 races taking place followed by parade of sail and prizegiving in conjunction with Rathmullan sailing school at circa 4.30pm in the boat compound. A reminder that Rathmullan festival will be in full swing so remember to pack your dancing shoes😃
Further instructions will be available each day from the race committee. The racing may be extended or curtailed on the day depending on weather conditions.
Entry fee is €30 per boat for members and €40 per boat for non members. This is payable on Saturday morning at the skippers briefing and registration in the clubhouse. All boats wishing to race must register.

Guys considering it looks like Saturday will be a washout and gusty, we think it’s better to reschedule the women on water event to this Sunday at 3.30pm.
This will run concurrently with the Helmsman 6 race as the winners of both fleets have already been decided at this point in the series.
There will be a prize giving in the clubhouse after the event and there’s a newly sponsored award for this years annual prizegiving.
Numbers are looking good atm, hope to see as many on the water as possible ⛵️
Anyone interested in taking part or crewing get in touch with myself of Shauna.
Jack – 0860819415 Shauna – +44 7597 747940

Tomorrow sees the round the island race kicking off at the start line at Fahan at 4pm.
Course info will follow from the od on the day. See attached info on were the mark is located at the back of inch island.
N 55. 02.71 W 07. 32.80
The clubhouse will be open after the race for refreshments 🍵 🍹

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Tomorrow sees our first offshore race of the year kicking off at the start line at Fahan at 9.00am for the club fleet and irc fleet starting at 9.30am.
The course will be from the Starting Marks at Fahan, leaving Swillymore to port with the finishing line a transit line on the east side of the pier in Tory. See the image below
The weathers looking a mixed bag with no shortage of wind forecast so should be a good one. The hotel has been informed of our arrival and a prize giving will take place in the hotel on Saturday evening.

Tomorrow sees our Annual portsalon bells kicking off at the start line at Fahan at 9.30am. We will have one long race that should take circa 3-4 hours and finish at spit giving boats the choice to return to Fahan when there’s enough water.
The course for the irc fleet will be
IRC FLEET START FAHAN 9.30AM SPIT – PORT KINNEGAR – S/BOARD SALTPANS – PORT WHITESTRAND – PORT COLPAGH – PORT KINNEGAR – PORT* FLAT – PORT* SPIT – S/BOARD — This would be the finish ,ie as you complete mark rounding and boat is the pointing in a southerly direction in a line with kinnegar
The course for club fleet will be
START FAHAN 9.30AM SPIT – PORT KINNEGAR – S/BOARD SALTPANS – PORT WHITESTRAND – PORT KINNEGAR – PORT* FLAT – PORT* SPIT – S/BOARD — This would be the finish ,ie as you complete mark rounding ,boat is the pointing in a southerly direction in a line with kinnegar
I remind everyone to take their own times and submit them to a member of the sailing committee after the race. The weather is looking good, hope to see as many boats on the water as possible ⛵️