Ireland s Eight America s Cup Challenges Are Now Remote History
27th February 2021
No longer at the races……The AC75 American Magic at an early stage of the selection trials for the current 2021 series, when she seemed well able to cope with awkward seas. But she was actually in smoother water some weeks later when she became airborne in squally weather on starboard tack, and in crashing back to sea level, the port foil snapped like a stick of celery, holing the hull
When the low black schooner America won what was to become an historic race around the Isle of Wight on Friday 22nd August 1851 from a small fleet of varied English yachts, thereby winning a silver ewer which was eventually to become The America s Cup, the British Empire was approaching its world-girdling all-powerful peak. As for the United States of America, they were expanding with such vigour that they overcame a destructive Civil War ten years later to enter an era of such growth and strength that inevitab
Falling Faintly; a Poem for the Late Team Race Legend Jimmy Fitzpatrick
10th February 2021
Writer Alison Hackett knew the late Jimmy Fitzpatrick as a great friend since her university sailing days in the 70s and 80s. Hackett says Jimmy s obituary written by David Sommerville on Afloat last week meant an awful lot to her and she has responded to the sadness she feels at the death of the team racing legend with a poem
FALLING FAINTLY
for the last time, the gate open a little,
his absence not an absence but the possibility
of return; his laugh echoing from somewhere,
History of the America s Cup
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Feb 8, 2021
After years of boatbuilding, engineering and, of course, training, the 36th America’s Cup is finally here, the latest in a series stretching back to the 1850s. As fans gather to watch the racing down in Auckland, New Zealand, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of the more notable moments in the history of this storied event. For real-time updates on developments down in Auckland, visit sailmagazine.com.
1851
On August 22, the New York Yacht Club’s schooner
America wins a 53-mile race around England’s Isle of Wight organized by the Royal Yacht Squadron. It is awarded a “100 Guinea Cup” or “Queen’s Cup,” as it was variously known. Later the trophy comes to be known as the “America’s Cup,” in honor of the schooner that won it.
Enda O’Coineen s RIYC Talk on Across the Atlantic by Inflatable & Other Ways to Get Wet
2nd February 2021
RIYC member Enda O Coineen
The Royal Irish Yacht Club s Home Together virtual talk this Thursday 4th February will feature RIYC member Enda O’Coineen.
Enda will recount the extraordinary story of his epic transatlantic solo voyage onboard his 16-foot inflatable, the Kilcullen just over 35 years ago.
Having first made landfall in Dunmore East, upon arriving finally in Dun Laoghaire, Enda promptly sold the Kilcullen. It subsequently changed hands several times before Enda finally bought her back and restored her, reviving memories of some extraordinary adventures, long submerged and almost deliberately forgotten.
Who is the Chief Executive of the Royal Irish Yacht Club?
Padraig McCarthy is the RIYC CEO. Tel 01 280 9452 extn 7 email: [email protected]
What reciprocal club arrangements does the Royal Irish Yacht Club have?
As one of Ireland s leading club s, the Royal Irish Yacht Club has significant reciprocal arrangements with yacht clubs across Ireland and the UK, Europe, USA and Canada and the rest of the World. If you are visiting from another Club, please have with a letter of introduction from your Club or introduce yourself to the Club Secretary or to a member of management staff, who will show you the Club s facilities.