Darkness Into Light The RSGYC is delighted to be participating in their third annual sail event for Darkness Into Light on Saturday 11th May! If you would like to be involved please contact us by emailing sailingmanager@rsgyc.ie and we can send you a link to the Google Sheets file that is forming the plan for the sail, adding helps us plan. Everyone is welcome – dinghy or keelboat sailor, rib driver, or a passenger on RIB or keelboat. Sign up! Volunteer! Donate! Pick a lighting scheme! Welcome to RSGYC DIL2024 Team Thanks to all the sailors, safety team, and donors!!    The fundrais ..read more

The RSGYC welcomes back the top sailing schools from Leinster who will battle it out for a day of close racing, competition and fun to determine which school will be crowned the Irish Team Racing Association Leinster Champions 2024.  Notice of Race- Click here: Sailing Instructions: (when published)  Click here:  Online Entry Form – Click here: Parental Consent Form (Complete online) – Click here:   Declaration Form to be Signed by School Principals – Click here: Event WhatsApp Notice Board Invite will be sent to all School Representatives and Captains after entry. Qu ..read more

The RSGYC welcomes back the top sailing schools from Ireland who will battle it out for a day of close racing, competition and fun to determine which school will be crowned the Irish Team Racing Association Leinster Champions 2024.  Notice of Race- Click here: Sailing Instructions: (when published)  Click here:  Online Entry Form – Click here: Parental Consent Form (Complete online) – Click here:   Declaration Form to be Signed by School Principals – Click here: Event WhatsApp Notice Board Invite will be sent to all School Representatives and Captains after entry. Que ..read more

Before booking please take a moment to review the information below which should answer any questions that you may have.  Please note we cannot offer Junior courses in July to guests or Grandchildren of members .  Please make sure you have read the cancellation policy before booking any course.  June, July & August 2024 Junior Course Offerings  The RSGYC is continuing to step up its Summer Junior training programme with Irish Sailing 2 week modules and Class specific clinics in advance of upcoming events (the dates and booking links for the Class specific course ..read more

Locker Information There are a limited number of secure Lockers available in both the men’s and ladies changing rooms. These are available in a medium size and a large size.   Lockers can be used to store your sailing gear, a change of clothes, the reefer jacket, or your wellies- pretty much whatever you want that fits into it.   Lockers are accessed with a 4- digit code that can be changed once the locker is open. Lockers can be shared.   Lockers are assigned on an annual basis with automatic renewal of the same locker unless the Club is directed otherwise. Cost: Men’s Standar ..read more

Nine Royal St George Sailors went to Draycote Water Sailing Club in Rugby for the Optimist UK Spring Nationals over the St Patrick’s Day weekend. There were outstanding results with five of the group finishing in the top 25 out of 120 boats. 3 were in the top 10 with Maeve Donagh taking 3rd overall in Main Fleet. There were also some very credible individual performances and great fun was had on and off the water by the competitors and their parents. Huge thanks to Jason Crawford for organising, to their coach Rian Geraghty-McDonnell and also to Draycote Water Sailing Club & The UK Optimi ..read more

  POWERBOAT COURSES AT THE RSGYC Are you ready to learn the skills required to safely take out a Club RIB? If so, one of our powerboat training courses is for you! Dates For 2024 National Powerboat Certificate             (2-Day Course)                                                                                          ..read more

What is Powerboating? Powerboats, speedboats and RIBs offer a fast, exciting and versatile way of getting into boating. Because of their speed and because they can easily towed behind a car they are great for trips and exploring both at home and on holiday. Powerboats provide a popular, relatively affordable and exciting way of getting afloat. They are perfects for families wanting to get afloat and explore, picnic, ski or dive. Why do an Irish Sailing Training Course? An Irish Sailing training course provides the ideal way to get afloat for the first time, or to build on skills you already h ..read more

It is early days yet but the nominations are starting to come in, thank you to those that have provided nominations so far and congratulations to those nominated below. This page will be updated with more details and nominees soon, so please feel free to make your nomination here:   Commodore’s Cup (Best Offshore Performance) Ian Bowring – challenges encountered and overcome competing in D2D Vice Commodore’s Cup (Significant Dinghy Performance)  RSGYC Laser/ ILCA Master’s team – trip to Spain – excellent results posted and a general joie de vivre (or voile)  John Sheehy – Melges ..read more

If you’re not familiar with Crew Class already – we’re a small team passionate about rowing. We’ve been running indoor rowing classes in the Royal Saint George Yacht Club for the past 5 years, teaching non-rowers how to row and the huge benefits of rowing. Our members are all really different, ranging from 20-somethings right up to 70+ year-olds and everything in between. We do have people who love the gym and use Crew Class to supplement their training, but most of our members probably wouldn’t describe themselves as gym enthusiasts, and come for various reasons, some want to ..read more