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Don O’Neill Island (Dunnyneal Island) Strangford Lough – a sailing landmark
Don O’Neill Island (Dunnyneal Island) Lying within the area in which we normally sail is the island referred to as Don O’Neill Island, (or Dunnyneal Island) – perhaps it should be referenced as islands as there are two – separated by an inter- tidal peninsula. The name may involve the term “Dun” meaning fort […]
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Mooring work at the club Fri 16 Dec 16
Moorings on the way to their shore inspection and storage on Friday 16th December, on an excellent and still day with no wind and a temperature of 6 degrees. Some on shore boat movement was also undertaken with gaps now appearing in the cruiser park.
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A new photo gallery of 2016 activity added
An EDYC photo calendar of club activity in 2016 (monthly) has been added – some 30 slides. Please access via the Gallery tab in the page top above These were first shown at the AGM are now on our WEB site. They show a full range of the club work and activity in the 2016 […]
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Bums on seats (Members needed to fill the committee structure)
EDYC need more members to join our committees. We as members run our club, we organize everything from the calendar, laying marks, servicing the winch, to setting mouse traps and ordering beer. None of this would get done without some sort of organized committee system, that is what we aim to have. Executive committee Commodore […]
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AGM Prize shows L17 class has significant history at EDYC
The L17 class prize of the Colville Salver shows the class’ significant history in both surnames and boat names. Many will not have seen the list on the back of the salver, which is incremented every year for the prize giving so here are some photos – including the rear winner list. Silver – even […]
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Last of the pre-winter boat moves
Friday and Saturday 12 and 13 Nov saw the last of the pre-winter boat moves at the club. The club boats, Chevy and the Osprey being recovered to their trailers on Friday followed by power hosing. On Saturday Koala set off for Bangor in light winds and a falling tide at about 10:00. Kilifi started […]
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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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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 […]
