Ireland has done it. After mounting multiple teams, considered favourite going into both the 2006 and 2008 events but failing to win either, so the Irish boats Antix, Marinerscove.ie and Roxy 6 today secured the Rolex Commodores' Cup for the emerald isle.
"It is delightful to finally have a chance to get our hands on the trophy," declared Anthony O'Leary, owner and helmsman of the Ker 39 Antix, the Irish team's big boat. "For all three boats, the Rolex Commodores' Cup has been the absolute pinnacle of what we have wanted to do this year. While Antix and Marinerscove have been around, it is a credit to the guys on Roxy because they had a new build and got the boat in the water, and then there were all the attendant things you have to do. Owner Rob Davies, in fairness to him, didn't take a huge amount of persuasion to sign up and make the extra effort required to do it. We owe him a huge debt."David Dwyer and his Marinerscove.ie team were equally ecstatic. "I bought this boat in 2006 and we have been waiting since then for the right time. This time it worked. It was absolutely brilliant."Roxy 6's pro sailor Maurice 'Prof' O'Connell added: "We put in a massive effort and it is nice to have got the reward. Cowes is going to go ballistic tonight!" BKP RORC http://commodorescup.rorc.org/2010-news/ireland-has-done-it.html

Published - 23 August 2010

Keelboat - Star
The big guns of the Star fleet had been put in the shade all week by the Irish team of Peter O'Leary and Frithjof Kleen. The Sydney 2000 Olympic Finn bronze medalist, Fredrik Loof and his crew Johan Tillander (SWE) had just edged ahead of the Irish yesterday, but O'Leary and Kleen were not to be denied. They sailed a very collected race to come third, and with Loof and Tillander back in ninth, the Irish were golden. Poland's Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Dominik Zycki went home with bronze, fending off the former Laser superstar, Brazil's Robert Scheidt and his crew Bruno Prada
In the Commodores Cup. boats have been returning to Cowes Yacht Haven throughout today, back from the offshore race of the 2010 Rolex Commodores' Cup. With a 2.5x point co-efficient this race had the potential to provide a major upset in the results, but after four days of competition the Irish team hold an even more commanding lead, now up to 29.5 points. Hong Kong has regained second place, this time with a 25-point cushion over the leading French team, which in turn is just 5 points ahead of GBR Red and 15 points ahead of France Yellow in fifth. Hong Kong and Ireland scored equal points in the offshore race with the former's Rockall III winning the small boat class while the latter's marinerscove.ie claimed the mid-sized class

Published - 19 August 2010

The Alfred Bloomsday Open Regatta will be hosted for keel boats at the National Yacht Club where the race office will be located. Membership of the Alfred is NOT REQUIRED as this is an open regatta so come and race. Entries close Wed 16th. The Puppeteers will be visiting from Howth YC for the first time.Course options will be Round the Cans or windward leewards. The 109s have a seperate start and will race scratch & ECHO. Two races are scheduled for Cruisers Course A - if windward leewards are sailed and on designs Course B comprising 31.7s, Sigmas, Dragons & SB3s W/L only. Round the cans courses have one race only. Forms available from attachement link below.

Published - 31 May 2010
Attachment - NOR & Entry form Bloomsday

Baily Bowl 2010 opened under the guidance of Harry Gallagher on the Dragon/ SB3 course & Brian Reddy on the Squib/ Flying 15 course. The Dragon/ SB3 course was laid in the east bay clear of Dubln Bay SC traffic. The SB3 starts were competitive with two general recalls in the first two races; the third race start getting away frst time with an individual recall. Ben Duncan's Sharkbait ably trimmed by Ric Morris from Howth dominated with 1,1,3 placings on Saturday & a 3rd Sunday to win with Dave Cheyney the leading challengers with two 2nd's and two 4ths counting. Marty Cuppage came through to 3rd OA with consistant sailing. The Dragons who started first time, took advantage of the recall delays by getting a fourth race in on Saturday and two Sunday. Place changes were frequent with Richard Goodbody steering new Diva crewed by the Johnson Brothers leading with two guns and consolidating on Sunday with Hegarty/ Bowring's Phantom coming though with a bullet in the 4th race Saturday to 3rd overall after an OCS on Sunday.Andrew Craigs Chimaera took a second win on Sunday to beat Phantom for second overall just a point behind Diva. In the west bay Vincent Delany dominated the Squibs with two guns even on points with Peter Wallace from Belfast Lough sailing Toys for the Boys on Saturday. A third gun Sunday gave Vincent's Femme Fatale victory. Frank Whelans Lola was consistant in the top three and took 3rd place. John Lavery and Dave O'Brien rule the F15's with three guns and Andy Martins gun on Sundays last race gave him second in ffekin Ejit. Brian McKees overnight 2nd place slipped to 3rd overall and the Doorly Brothers didn't sail on Sunday slipping to 7th. Weather was ideal for sailing with sunshine & fair westerlies. A change from the past two seasons of gales.

Published - 16 May 2010
Attachment - Baily Bowl 10 Results

Niobe Trophy 2010. Saturday May 1st saw the start of the Royal Alfred Yacht Club’s 2010 season with the Niobe trophy races in Howth. This time the Etchells and SB3’s were joined, for the first time, by the largest one design fleet in Howth Yacht Club , the Puppeteers who added a welcome addition to the days racing and entertainment. Winds were fickle to say the least and speeds ranged from zero to 6.5 kts and direction from 0.50 to 1.50 giving the PRO Harry Gallagher and ARO Royal Alfred’s Vice Commodore Barry McNeany a torrid time as they sought to find some stability on the wind direction and wind speed to lay a course.
The morning saw one race starting in 6kts of wind only to find the wind dying during the second round of the windward leeward course and only the Etchells making it to the finish with the SB3’s and Puppeteers finishing on a shortened course. As one good humoured sailor described it, we then had a “long pause” in proceedings as the wind died completely. However both Pro and Aro worked hard to find wind in any part of the sailing area and finally managed to set a course and give the sailors a good second race with a finish in time to get to watch the Rugby ! The Royal Alfred Yacht Club would like to thank HYC for the facilities and willing assistance to run the event, Team PR Reilly who sponsored the “goody bags” for the sailors and Harry Gallagher and the mark laying crews for their patience and hard work.
Thanks too must go to all the competitors who with good humour stayed on the water waiting for the second race despite the downpour that made many cold and uncomfortable.
Joe Carton Rear Commodore
Results Etchells 1st Lambay Rules -Laura Dillon 2nd Jabberwocky - Simon Kowles 3rd Northside Dragon -Jay Burke
SB3’s 1st Sharkbait - Ben Duncan 2nd Dinghy Supplies - Shane Murphy 3rd Investwise - David Quinn
Puppeteers 1st Ibis - Garett May, 2nd Harlequin - Liam Egan 3rd Trick or Treat - Alan Pearson

Published - 5 May 2010

The Niobe Trophy Regatta will be the Alfred's first regatta of the 2010 season. Racing will be provided for Etchells, SB3's and Puppeteers on Sat May 1st. The Puppeteers are joining the Alfred after a long absence and will be racing the Bloomsday Regatta in Dun Laoghaire on June 19th. NOR & Entry form link is below this article.

Published - 8 April 2010
Attachment - Niobe Notice of Race & Entry

Peter Beamish was elected Commodore and Barry MacNeaney was elected Vice Commodore of the RAYC with Joe Carton of Howth returned as Rear putting in place a strong team for the Alfred going forward. Tributes were paid to outgoing Commodore Ailbe Millerick for his six years stewardship of the Alfred and for handing over the club in fine fettle, both organisationally and financially for the future. A strong race is programme in place for 2010. Commodores report for 2009 attached. Ailbe thanked Dublin Port, the RAYC committee, the waterfront club Commodores and DBSC for their support in making hte Alfred a success.

Published - 26 March 2010
Attachment - Commodores Report 2009

Please note that the AGM of the Royal Alfred Yacht Club will be held in the Royal Irish Yacht Club (by kind permission) on Friday 26th March 2010 at 19:00 hrs sharp.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows.

1. Apologies
2. In memory of past members
3. Minutes of previous AGM
4. Report from the Commodore
5. Election of Flag Officers
6. Election of Committee Members
7. Finance Report
8. Election of Honorary Auditor
9. Any other business


Yours sincerely


Ailbe Millerick
Commodore RAYC

Published - 2 February 2010
Attachment - AGM Mins 2009

The Alfred will be running the Bloomsday open regatta on June 19th this year as part of the Dun Laoghaire waterfront club regatta's. The first regatta will be the National Yacht Club regatta on May 29 followed in order by the Motor Yacht Club, Howth, Alfred, Irish & George Yacht Clubs. The Regatta will be similar format to the club regatta's with no requirement for Alfred membership.

Published - 15 January 2010