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People in Ireland believe there is gold at the end of rainbows?
Within popular folklore, there is the belief that a leprechaun can be found with a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, the accompanying picture was taken on Sunday 16 th October between squalls, could perhaps reveal a cache. Once the Vikings invaded and lived in Ireland, looting and plundering as they pleased, […]
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Geese flypast EDYC 11 Oct 2016
On Tuesday morning 11 Oct 2016 at approximately 09:00 am, two flights of geese flew over the clubhouse heading SE towards Portaferry in a light Easterly 10 kn wind. The flights were separated by about two minutes, accompanied by considerable geese noise and just two photographs of each flight were obtained. The first photo incorporates […]
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Killyleagh Yacht Club Topper Traveller No 5 on 2 Oct 16
The weather was ideal for the last of the season’s Topper Travellers hosted by Killyleagh Yacht Club on 2nd October 16, with a light breeze and a fleet of around 40 overall assembled. This fleet included six Topper 4.2, the smaller sail version of the boat, who uses a shorter course.. After a wind shift, […]
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Commodore’s Cruise Sun 18 Sept 16
With the forecast for rain at 15:00 the club met at around 12:00 expectant of a downpour. The cruise destination was selected on wind direction. After a wait to see if the rain at Carryduff would arrive, we made our way to the cruisers as the chevvy photo shows. On the water photos were marred […]
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Powerboat and safety boat training Autumn 16 EDYC
Powerboat and safety boat training is being offered on Saturdays in Oct. ie 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th at EDYC Please email secretary@edyc.co.uk with the word Powerboat in the title and your interest (RYA Level II or Safety boat) and contact details within the email. We shall be in touch to confirm receipt and will […]
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An ashore yacht recovery Tue 13th Sept
Following the major blow on Sunday an ashore yacht was recovered on the morning high tide of 3.2m on Tuesday, utilizing the Chevvy and several volunteers. The picture shows the before and after of the operation and of note is the small shore team – onshore in red who pulled a halyard meaning the keel […]
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First autumn storm disrupts moored boats Sun 11 Sept 16
The first autumn storm on Sunday and Monday, with Southerly winds of 25 knots gusting to 35 knots has disrupted moored boats and moorings within the lough. The featured image is of boats off Killyleagh – below these pics show EDYC and KYC on Monday afternoon 12/9/16. Members should take the next safe opportunity which […]
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EDYC members win at Wayfarer Irish Inland Champs 2016
Congratulations to Trevor Fisher and his crews of Emily (Saturday) and Elaine (Sunday). They won the Wayfarer Irish Inland Championships at Cullaun Sailing Club on the weekend of 3rd/4th September 2016 Both Emily and Henry had to retire after Saturday’s racing leaving Elaine free to crew for Trevor, (a match made in heaven if ever […]
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EDYC Youth at Topper Worlds, Ballyholme
Some youth members of EDYC competed in the 2016 Rooster International Topper Class World Championships Hosted at Ballyholme Yacht Club from 23th – 29th July. Light winds prevailed the first 4 days but then much more challenging conditions came on day 5. Day 5 – saw Ewan Briggs jump 20 places in one race overtaking […]
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Race night Sunset Photos Aug 24, 2016
With possibly the best sunset of the year, how could I resist posting several of these on here! Although there wasn’t much wind, it was a gorgeous night and the pictures speak for themselves. If anyone else has any good ones they want to share, please feel free to send them to one of the club […]
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