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As I write this piece, RCYC’s Stephen Hyde’s Oyster 56 “A Lady” is fast approaching St Lucia, as she completes the ARC Rally in what looks like being an excellent Atlantic crossing time of less than 16 days.  Arriving in Rodney Bay, “A Lady” will have completed the first stage of her world girdling voyage as part of the World ARC.

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The Cruising Committee are pleased to announce that Vice Admiral Paddy McGlade is the winner of the inaugural Cruising Log Competition.  Read More here…

On Saturday night last, Member’s from all sections of the Club packed the Dining Room to hear Evelyn Cusack of Met Eireann present a most entertaining talk on global and Irish weather forecasting.  Like all good scientists, Evelyn succeeded in making the complexity surrounding the dark art of weather prediction accessible and exciting to an audience full of skeptical sailors.

While many of us appreciate the sage and sometimes humorous weather lore of old salts, Evelyn illustrated how the advent of high speed computing and impact of satelite imaging is fast seeing off “alternative” methodologies such as moon dances and leaping frogs for guiding our ventures upon the oceans.

In addition, on the night Members contributed a total of € …

REMINDER

Please note that the closing date for 2009 Cruise Log entries is Saturday next, October 17th. Read more

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