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Foynes Yacht Club
Cooleen Point, Foynes,
County Limerick, Ireland
+353 69 65261
Location:
Latitude
52°36"54’ N
Longitude 09°06"484’ W
Commodore's Day to be a Special One
May 13th, 2012
This Sunday is a very special day in the
calendar of Foynes Yacht Club, because we will be celebrating Commodore's Day,
of course as members are aware it is our golden jubilee year as well.
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May Series Results Uploaded to the Website
May 13th, 2012
Apologies for the delay. May Series IRC and ECHO results now available from the Racing Results section.
Cruise to Limerick Hailed: 'A Great Success For All'
May 7th, 2012
ON
Saturday
last the annual cruise to Limerick city took place with a flotilla of
yachts
leaving Foynes Yacht Club at 2pm as part of the Riverfest
celebrations. This is the fourth year that this particular
cruise was organised,
and of course as member's know, it is a very special year in the annals
of
Foynes Yacht Club-our golden jubilee.
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Rib Drivers and Assistants wanted for West Coast Championships
Apr 23rd, 2012
Peadar
McGrath, RIB Manager for the week of the West Coast
Championships,
is
looking for RIB drivers and assistants for the 4 day event from July
11th to 14th. Any members interested in helping out for all or part of
this
event please contact Peadar on 087 2600817.
'Hello' for Sale at Reduced
Price
Mar
15th, 2012
Impact
30, based on Golden Shamrock for sale. Price recently reduced. Check
out details on the Buy and
Sell page.
Win an Apple iPad with Yachtsman Euromarine
Feb 10th, 2012
Yachtsman
Euromarine are well known to FYC for their sponsorship of the
annual RIB Challenge from which FYC won a brand new RIB in 2009. They
have just launched their new rates for 2012 with big
reductions on
a variety of vessels and are running a free draw for an Apple iPad for
any business through their website in the next three months. Click on
the link on the right hand side of this page to go to the quote system.
Happy Birthday to FYC - 50 in 2012!
Jan 1st, 2012
Happy
birthday to Foynes Yacht Club who turns 50 years old this year!!!! Read
a little of the clubs history including who the founding members were
and how the club was formed via the History link in the
menu bar.
Keep
in
touch with website to find out how to join us in our celebrations
during the year....
Recent Press Release by the RNLI
Dec 31st, 2011
THE
Royal
National Lifeboat Institution has issued an appeal for funds to keep
this very
important institution in
survival.
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to view/hide details
The
volunteer crews from the RNLI go to sea hundreds of times a year to
help those in danger off the Irish coast, often in terrible conditions.
One recent rescue in Fenit saw the inshore lifeboat launched to go to
the aid of a fishing vessel in Tralee Bay, as it was having
difficulties in thick fog. The lifeboat successfully found the
disorientated oyster fishing boat, with three crew members aboard, then
produced to discover two further oyster fishing boats, also struggling
in the fog. The good news was all three were escorted safely back into
the harbour.
The last two year's were the busiest in the RNLI's
history, but income is in danger of not keeping pace. The volunteers
give amazing amounts of skill, courage and time. Last year lifeboat
crews rescued 813 people from the seas around the Irish coastline, and
they are ready to go to sea whatever the conditions, and are on call 24
hours a day. But they can't do this without your help. The RNLI are a
charity and rely on donations to keep the lifeboat service running.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution run 43 lifeboat stations around
Ireland, and to make sure crews have the right equipment and training
to save lives they need your help. Therefore, the RNLI are looking for
donations from the public, if you can give a donation please forward it
to RNLI Fundraising Appeal, RNLI Ireland, Dept. AA1280, PO Box 4214,
Freepost, Dublin 2.
The
volunteer crews from the RNLI go to sea hundreds of times a year to
help those in danger off the Irish coast, often in terrible conditions.
One recent rescue in Fenit saw the inshore lifeboat launched to go to
the aid of a fishing vessel in Tralee Bay, as it was having
difficulties in thick fog. The lifeboat successfully found the
disorientated oyster fishing boat, with three crew members aboard, then
produced to discover two further oyster fishing boats, also struggling
in the fog. The good news was all three were escorted safely back into
the harbour.
The last two year's were the busiest in the RNLI's
history, but income is in danger of not keeping pace. The volunteers
give amazing amounts of skill, courage and time. Last year lifeboat
crews rescued 813 people from the seas around the Irish coastline, and
they are ready to go to sea whatever the conditions, and are on call 24
hours a day. But they can't do this without your help. The RNLI are a
charity and rely on donations to keep the lifeboat service running.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution run 43 lifeboat stations around
Ireland, and to make sure crews have the right equipment and training
to save lives they need your help. Therefore, the RNLI are looking for
donations from the public, if you can give a donation please forward it
to RNLI Fundraising Appeal, RNLI Ireland, Dept. AA1280, PO Box 4214,
Freepost, Dublin 2.
A Useful Tool for
Anglers Looking for the Perfect Catch
The
National Biodiversity Data Centre has launched a new online
atlas of Irish freshwater fish in Irish
lakes. Produced in collaboration with Inland Fisheries Ireland the
website has a species search tool that gives detailed data and
images of 23 species of freshwater fish found in Irish lakes. The
browser facility also allows users to see what species were recorded in
the 956 lakes across the country.
UKHO Navigational Charts
Digital
copies of the UKHO Navigational Charts showing the Shannon Estuary
Chart Bundles are currently available from the Royal
Western Yacht Club website. These charts are not suitable for
navigational purposes but may be of some interest to sailors on the
estuary.
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