LSYC Opening Day Lunch Sunday 26th April 1pm

Don’t forget the LSYC Opening Day Lunch on Sunday!

Kerry has produced another fabulous menu, great value at €15 / £12 (€6 / £5 for children)

Come along and join your friends, new and old, for the traditional start to the new sailing season.

See you there!

MENU

Main Course

Moroccan Chicken / Stuffed Roast Leg of Lamb / Baked Salmon served with Chive Cream Sauce

served with seasonal veg and potato

Dessert

Vanilla Custard Slice / Eton Mess / Chocolate Biscuit Cake / Selection of Farmhouse Cheeses

Kids

1/2 portions of menu

Help RNLI Yacht Sailing Research

Lifesaving charity the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has commissioned Substance to undertake new research with yacht sailors in Ireland. This is to understand their approach to yacht sailing and their approach to safety. The research is in partnership with the Irish Sailing Association and supported by a range of other organisations including the Cruising Association of Ireland and the Irish Cruising Club.

The online survey is at: www.rnliyachtingireland.substance.coop

The survey remains open until April 30th and it is important that as many sailors in Ireland as possible take part.

Thanks again for your support.

Dr. Adam Brown

Project Manager

substance.

Foyle Sailability Inclusion Training – Saturday 18 April 2015

Venue: Meet for registration at Maritime Museum. Training will take place at pontoons, Greencastle. Training will be delivered by Ciaran Murphy, Irish Sailing Association.

Time: 1.30pm Registration. Training from 2-5pm.
Cost: €10 per person (full time students €5)

Contact Karen McCormick to book.

The Round Ireland Passage in aid of Sailability Ireland will be formally launched directly after the training.

A Volunteer Celebration will take then place in the Castle Inn later that evening (18 April) at 7.30pm. Cost is €12 per person for buffet style dinner. This will be followed by music by the Prehistoric Infants with special guests Lauren & Shane. We hope as many of you can join us for this and please encourage family and friends to join us too.

Notes: Please bring your own PFD and foul weather gear if required. If you cannot get access to a PFD, please let us know in advance.
Also we are expecting a large number of volunteers so please arrive on time so that we can start and finish on time.
Showering facilities will be available after training and before dinner courtesy of the Irish Coastguard.
I realise that many of you have already confirmed attendance but I would appreciate if you could do so again, along with an email address and mobile number.
We also need to give the Castle Inn an indication of numbers for meals by Wednesday, again please let me know if you intend to hang around for dinner and/or if family or friends will be joining us.

Many Thanks – looking forward to a learning day and fun night to officially kick off the Foyle Sailability season for 2015. Happy Sailing!

Karen McCormick
00353 86 3871880

Greet the new Shannon Lifeboat! – Friday April 10th

On Friday April 10th, Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station will take delivery of ‘Derek Bullivant’ the new Shannon Class Lifeboat, which will be arriving in the Lough around 11.00 am with a view to docking in the Lifeboat berth at Buncrana Pier at 12 noon.

As many of you know, our own Peter Eyre, an RNLI Naval Architect with family connections to LSYC, was instrumental in the development of the new lifeboat, designing the hull form at the age of 24!

The plans include an invitation for yachts and all seagoing craft to greet the new lifeboat north of Buncrana around White Strand Buoy / Stragill Beach as it makes its way from Dunree, and escort the new boat to Buncrana Pier, where we are invited to join in the on-shore celebrations.

A good turn-out from LSYC would make a fine spectacle for this fine new boat which will save lives around our coast for at least the next 25 years.

Northern Ireland Tall Ship Bursaries

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2015 Youth-Exchange Voyages

Irish Sea Voyages on Tall Ship Morgenster

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
Heavily Subsidized for Young People Aged 16-25

Be Part of a Mixed UK and Ireland Crew, Sailing a Tall Ship on the Irish Sea.

A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE!!

Each Year since 2012 Sail Training Ireland has coordinated "Youth Exchange" projects on Square Rigged Tall Ships in the Irish Sea. This year, in partnership with the Charity M.A.S.T. in Liverpool, we will run 2 of these exciting projects, which are funded by the "Erasmus +" programme through the EU Commission. These projects are open to 16-30 year old’s in the Ireland, Northern Ireland and UK wide.

For more information please contact Sail Training Ireland:

Phone: 00 353 (0) 1 855 9597
Email: info

DETAILS:

YOUTH EXCHANGE VOYAGE #1
18-30 Year Olds

TALLSHIP: Morgenster, of The Netherlands
DATES: 31st May – 12th of June 2015
WHO: 34 participants, 18-30 years, male and female from Ireland, Northern Ireland and UK wide.
Embarking at Dublin Port River Festival
Visiting Liverpool’s "Mersey International River Festival"
Sailing in Company with a fleet of other Tall Ships and possibly visiting the Isle of Man.
Dis-embarking at Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club (Dublin).

YOUTH EXCHANGE VOYAGE #2
16-17 Year Olds

TALLSHIP: Morgenster, of The Netherlands
DATES: 14th – 26h of June 2015
WHO: 34 participants, 16-17 years old, from Ireland, Northern Ireland and UK Wide.
Embarking at Dublin
Visiting Drogheda’s "Irish Maritime Festival"
Sailing in Company with a fleet of other ships.
Dis-embarking at Bangor (NI)

Anyone can apply for participation. We particularly encourage organisations that work with young people to apply to nominate participants, for example: Youth and Community Groups, Clubs, Scouts, Guides, Cubs e.t.c. Our mission is to make the projects accessible to ALL young people and we will work with organisations to insure that this is the case.

To apply – CLICK HERE, fill out your details and select the appropriate voyage.
If you represent and organisation that would like to get involved CLICK HERE

"This is truly the Adventure of a Lifetime. A life changing experience for all involved and a chance not to be missed. The programme of activities on board are designed to develop confidence, interaction skills, motivation and a work ethos. At the very least, it will be an excellent experience to include on your CV…at the most, it could lead to a career in the maritime industries. Trainees will meet members of the port, Naval and shipping industries and learn about opportunities for future careers.

They will learn how they can enjoy applying themselves in a challenging environment. They will make new friends for life from lots of different places." Michael Byrne, Manager, Sail Training Ireland.

For more information please contact Sail Training Ireland at our office in Dublin Port Centre.

Phone: 00 353 (0) 1 855 9597
Email: info