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   to Wicklow Sailing Club

(affiliated to The Irish Sailing Association)

home of the BMW Round Ireland Yacht Race - 21st June 2008

2nd March 2008 - follow the above link for some good news on this years race......

Campaign to get the "Sea Stallion of Glendalough" to Wicklow

  The Danish Museum Authorities (per Preben Rather Sorenson) have confirmed that Sea Stallion will not be coming to Wicklow for the day of the BMW Round Ireland start - 21st June 2008. However, there is a 75% possibility if the weather conditions do not favour them, that they will put into Wicklow  to await a favourable tide/weather window (scheduled to leave Dublin Sun 29th June). Start praying to your Christian, Norse and any other Gods that might help get them in for a visit.

Our Friendly Little Club

(Click here for potted history.)
Founded in 1950 the club currently has over two 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 we often take in other 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 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 can be a problem.

   John Johnson, our Commodore, would like to extend a warm welcome to all our friends/visitors and hopes to see our own members regularly using the clubhouse. 2008 is a BMW Round Ireland year and we look forward to welcoming many old and new faces to our well established International Offshore Racing event. We are very grateful to BMW as our title sponsors and of course to the man who makes it all tick, our very own Dennis Noonan, a man for all seasons. Our members give generously of their time for this major event and we look forward to their involvement again. Of course our sailing season will operate around all the Round Ireland activity and we are delighted to have Wayfarer and Fireball championships coming to Wicklow Sailing Club in July and August also. Go n-eiri an bothar libh. (May the road rise with you). John

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:- 27th April 2008
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.