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Home of the Round Ireland

Celebrating 60 years as a Club and 30 years of our Round Ireland in 2010

This project is being assisted by the European Regional Development Fund through the irish-sea.org Ireland/Wales Interreg IVA Programme.  

Charlie Kavanagh, our Commodore, would like to extend a warm welcome to all our friends/visitors and hopes to see our own members regularly using the recently upgraded clubhouse. We now have thriving sailing and house sections that help contribute to a vibrant active club enjoyed by our members of all ages. In 2010, we celebrate 60 years since the foundation of our Club and also 30 years since the first Round Ireland Yacht Race. We are delighted to welcome Conway Media on board as our race Sponsor for 2010. Also, Wicklow Town has put together a very exciting entertainment programme for the Round Ireland SailFest, for which we thank them.

Our Friendly Little Club

(Click here for potted history.)
Founded in 1950 the club currently has over three hundred members, racing in several classes including cruisers, wayfarers, 420's, lasers, toppers and mirrors. Racing for cruisers during the summer season is every Wednesday and Sunday, while racing for dinghy's is held every Saturday afternoon. Our cruising sailors usually head to Porthmadog in July and sometimes Caernarvon. We often take in other cruising trips along the Irish coast. We provide Junior Training during the month of July and/or August for 10 years old and up.

Wicklow Sailing Club is an I.S.A accredited training centre for junior training levels 1 to 5 and also powerboat training.  

 Our sailing visitors are always welcome to use the Clubhouse and it's facilities. We have a very friendly reputation on Irelands East Coast and love to hear tales of sailing derring do. The bar is open every night (except Mon) in the summer (Jun/Jul/Aug) and Thursday to Sunday in the winter. (See Newsletter < on the panel). Adequate berthing is available on the quayside (East pier) or only by prior arrangement on swing moorings. Wicklow is a busy commercial port, with often 1 or more large ships berthed in the river and an active whelk fishing fleet, so berthing space up river can be a problem.

Our clubhouse is located on the South Quay of Wicklow harbour, adjacent to the RNLI station.

We are twinned with Madoc Yacht Club, our Welsh neighbours in Porthmadog, North Wales.

Now our Town Councils are also twinned which was formalised in September 2006.

Last updated:-7/6/10
We hope you find our site useful, if you have any comments or requests please contact the club by phone at +353 0404 67526 or by email info@wicklowsailingclub.com.