“Great Sailing , in a fantastic location, in the company of the VERY best people “.
If you can find a bottle big enough and squeeze that into it & sell it on the shelves then “Cullaun Sailing Club” will be the richest club in the world !!!! BUT……..Please, Please, Please don’t do that……….call me selfish, but I want to keep your little piece of paradise all for myself and a few Chosen friends !!!!!!!!
Gordon Jess 2011 (EDYC)
Located on the shore of the Lough Cullaunyheeda (Cullaun Lake) in the heart of east Clare, We are a very active dinghy sailing club, and provide a home for dinghy sailing enthusiasts in the Shannon region.
The club organises cruising, training, coaching and racing activities throughout the year, alongside an active social programme.
Membership is open to anyone with an interest in sailing, for more information on the club (click here) to send us an email, or come along to one of our events, Thursday evenings are usually best, (click here) for 2012 list of events
To keep up to date with club news, events, and activity's it would be best to join our mailing list (click here).
ISA Level 2/3 rescue boat training
Level 2 rescue boat training:
The first planned activity for the 2012 season is level 2 rescue boat training. This two day course is suitable for those with little experience of launching/driving the rescue boat.
The goal is members with little experience of driving the safety boat, parents of juniors and those new to the club will acquire the skills necessary to perform basic rescue duties within the club. The course includes instruction and assessment and an ISA level 2 Powerboat Certificate will be awarded upon successfully completing the course. One instructor has been booked for two weekends/3 people per weekend.
When: 25th/26th of February
Where: Cullaun Sailing Club
Cost: €110
(A second course will be 3rd/4th of March OR 10th/11th of March whichever is most suitable.)
Level 3 Advanced Safety boat training:
There is also a level 3 Advanced Safety boat training course being run
by Shannon Sailing. This course is suitable for those with level 2
powerboat certificate and have some experience. The course includes
instruction and assessment in powerboat maneuvers and rescue
techniques on the water. It would be very beneficial to get this
expertise within the club.
When: 24th/25th March
Where: Shannon Sailing Dromineer
Cost: €150
The costs of both of these course has been kept to a minimum to
encourage sailing club participation. Both courses are very
competitively priced.
As voted at the AGM the 2012 Committee will be comprised as follows:
Commodore: Coranne Heffernan Secretary: Mike Byrt Treasurer: Kevin Ryan Sailing Sec: Tom Mchugh Property/Bosun: Cillian O'Mara PRO: Brian Connolly Junior Training: Lelia O’Shaughnessy Social Secerary: Emmet O'Mahony
Hello all,
We had a great night last night at the laying up supper. Good food, good craic and great prises thanks to Chris Davis. There were some familiar faces missing, Please let us know if we should change the format of the laying up supper? Should we do some thing less formal such as finger food and drinks?
As our funds were depleted while buying the Omeagas, we are trying to fund raise. Betty Ryan has donated a magnificent oil painting of our sailing fleet. It is beautifully mounted and would grace any wall. I attach a photo of it which hardly does it justice. Many of our club members are clearly recognisable in it. We are having a raffle for it. The tickets cost 5 euro each. I'll be selling them at Santa and also at the AGM where we will have the draw.You can also send Kevin a Checque.
Emmet and Cillian have produced a fabulous calendar depicting our sailing year. It really captures the essence of the club. There are some great action shots. It's an ideal gift for friends and family costing 10 Euro. Please contact Emmet
Finally Santa will be arriving at Cullaun Lake at 4.30pm on Sunday 11th Dec. It's a lovely night for young and mature. Contact Margaret
We wish you a happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New year.
Coranne and Committee.
The final races of the Cooler Series on Sunday 6th of November were also the last organized sailing events for the 2011 season. Weather during the Cooler Series was not the most suitible for dinghy sailing. Some Sunday afternoons were best spent sitting in front of a warm fire instead of togging out in wet suits on cold wet and windy weather. Margaret Hynes and Jim O'Sullivan were the only two boats to sail every Sunday and as a result both are neck and neck on points coming into the final races.
Jim O'Sullivan and Kevin Donlon were OOD and organtzed two races for the 10 boats. The good weather enticed people out of the house and it was the highest number of participating boats for any Sunday of the series.
Chris Caher and Margaret Hynes swapped 1st and 2nd place in the two races. Taking discards into account Margaret and Emmet won the series, with Chris Caher and Jim O'Sulivan tied on equal points. Chris had a higher number of 1st place finishes so is awarded 2nd place overall.
1st Wayfarer Margaret Hynes/Emmet O'Mahony
2nd Chris Caher
3rd Jim O'Sullivan
Weather conditions for the Cooler series hasn’t been the most clement and participation has been on the low side. However, eleven boats have participated on at least one day of the series and there are still some adventurous individuals that have sailed every Sunday. There is strong competition at the top of the fleet and it is still anybody’s series to win factoring in discards. There are two remaining Sundays, (23rd Oct and 6th Nov). It would be great to finish the 2011 season with a big fleet racing so I’d encourage everybody to come out for the last two days of the season.
SAT 26 TH NOVEMBER ......THE CORNSTORE, LIMERICK 8PM
We have The Cornstore booked for Sat 26 th November
To facilitate organising the night please reply via e mail to let me know if you plan attending or if you cannot attend......
To book your ticket please forward cheques payable to "Cullaun Sailing Club" to Sheila O Malley, c/o O ' Malleys Pharmacy , Dooradoyle, Limerick.......or drop into me at work with cheque or cash.
Cost per ticket 40 EURO
Hope you can make it. Even if you haven t been sailing lately or have only recently joined the club........the night is always extremely sociable and a great chance to catch up with both new and not so new!!! members........
We've had a busy sailing season with a successful children's course, Thursday evening sailing and Sunday sailing culminating in a busy September regatta. The Omeagas have been an invaluable addition to our club activities both facilitating the children's and adult beginner's course and encouraging these new sailors to hone their new found skills. These new sailors, junior and senior have added life and vitality to the club. To this end the Omeagas have more than fulfilled their intended role.
It has always been intended that there should be some charge for the use of the Omeagas. This charge will help cover maintenance and replacement costs. As the cooler series is an open event with a racing fee, we feel that it is appropriate that we should implement a fee for the use of the omeagas. The fee will be 10 Euro per boat for each cooler sailing session. We feel that this fee represents great value and hope that it is not prohibitive as we wish to encourage new sailors to use the boats and become active club members. One of the committee will be at hand each Sunday afternoon to collect this fee.
Former Commodore and one of the original members of Cullaun SC, Stuart Nairn passed away yesterday. Stuart was one of the driving forces in years gone by to bring our club to where it is today,
He will be missed but always fondly remembered - May he Rest in Peace.
2011 Open September Regatta Incorporating the Wayfarer Inlands
Cullaun Sailing Club Notes – September Regatta 2011
On the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of September, Cullaun Sailing club hosted the Wayfarer
Inland championships in conjunction with the club’s annual mixed fleet regatta.
It was a heart lifting sight to see so many cars in the car park at Cullaun, whilst in the
compound there were boats everywhere and a real buzz about the place, and was fantastic to see
boats travel from East Down YC, Greystones and Killaloe sailing clubs to support the event , they
really brought the event to the next level.
Registration closed at 11am and was immediately followed by the race briefing and by 11.30
the first race promptly kicked off, in all twenty boats took to the water with sailors ranging in age
from eleven to seventy one, there was a nice south westerly breeze at the start of the first race, and
it didn’t take our visitors long to adjust to the quick wind shifts on the inland waters, in particular
Trevor Fisher and Simon Jeffery (Wayfarer) who set the standard for the weekend by winning the first
race, the racing continued in that vein for the day.
By 5pm everyone was off the water, and after stowing the boats it was off to Donellons for a
BBQ. Salads arrived in Tupperware boxes and tables laid, the adults began to unwind in the bar and
chat of the days events while children picked chestnuts in the garden. As the evening turned to night
the music started and the fire stoked. What a glorious day.
Sunday was a shorter day, two races with the intention of finishing at lunch time. The wind
was fresh and squally early morning and the scene was set for some exciting sailing, but the wind
began to ease as the racing started, Trevor and Simon started day two as they had ended day one.
Only in the final hour were the pair denied the perfect finish to the regatta when Gordon Jess and
Robert Anderson (Wayfarer) took the final race followed by Chris Caher (Super Nova) with
Fisher/Jeffery paring coming in 3rd.
Results:
Wayfarer Inland Championships
1st Trevor Fisher/Simon Jeffery East Down Yacht Club
2nd Gordon Jess/Robin Anderson East Down Yacht Club
3rd Austin Collins/Mike Laffan Cullaun Sailing Club Best Cullaun boat
Chris Caher in 3 rd place overall (Super Nova) Enterprise Fleet
1st Colm Ward/Lelia O'Shaughnessy Cullaun Sailing Club
2nd Brian Park/Mike Logan Cullaun Sailing Club.
Thanks to all the Volunteers both on and off the water who all helped make this such a successful
event, and provide the lifeblood of the club.
