Two Class wins from RIYC yachts at the Regatta Royles Cannes

1894 G L Watson designed cutter Peggy Bawn was awarded “Most Authentic Yacht”. 

The Royal Irish Yacht Club has nominated Dave Maguire's 'Team Valkyrie' to represent the Club at the 2025 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, September 6th to 13th.

RIYC Sailors at the SB20's

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We are delighted to inform you that the 2025/2026 winter storage forms are now live on our website. 
 

The Royal Irish Yacht Club is proud to announce its participation in the 2025 Admiral's Cup. Read here for latest updates.

The TY Sailing Program has run for a number of years now, very successfully between the Dun Laoghaire clubs (RSGYC, NYC and RIYC) and has proved to be a great way to keep our teenagers involved in sailing through their TY year,  prepare them for instructing, and to build lifelong friendships.

RIYC Member Pete Smith's Searcher emerged victorious

RIYC Cadet Sailing Program news!  

For the past six years we have been running a very successful Adult Sailing programme in which we teach adults to sail using our 1720 fleet. 

Congratulations to our RIYC White Sails Cruiser team of Joan Sheffield (Just Jasmin), Katherine Sheehan (Great Escape) and Catherine Day (Shearwater) on winning the Roy Family Perpetual Trophy for the best team performance at the Women At The Helm (WATH) 2024 regatta held at Dun Laoghaire.

Mysail.team – connecting Skippers and Crew!

In order to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Fastnet Race, the Crew of the 'Irish Independent' will bestow their trophy to the Club as a perpetual award.

Many of you will have seen the new Liebherr LRT 1090 crane on the deck over the past week. This is being commissioned at present and we expect it to be fully operational next week. 

The J B Kearney Cup is awarded by the Irish Cruising Club for “an outstanding contribution to Irish Sailing”

A tribute to Carmel Winkelmann from Commodore, Pat Shannon