Royal St. George Yacht Club
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Located in Dún Laoghaire, The Royal St. George Yacht Club was founded in 1838 and remains one of Ireland's premier clubs. It is housed in a beautiful Victorian style clubhouse, the first part of which was built in 1843, and has been extended and modified regularly to meet the needs of the sailing members.
Currently the most popular boats raced in the club are IRC Cruisers, Dragons, Ruffians, SB3s, Squibs, and a variety of dinghy Classes. The club has a strong cruiser group.
Heritage wooden boats sailed in the club include Glens, Water Wags and IDRA 14s. The Water Wag Club was founded in 1887. The boats are open clinker built dinghies 14'-3" long, and they race on Wednesday evenings, from April until September both inside and outside of Dun laoghaire Harbour. The races are organised by The Water Wag Club with the support of rescue services provided by Dublin Bay Sailing Club. In 2010 Water Wag races have enjoyed between 16 and 20 boats competing each week. The boats are easy to sail but take some practice for the crew to control the traditional flat spinnaker on a long spinnaker pole.
Each season the club organises a number of National and International Sailing events. in 2010 they will host the Irish Cruiser Racing Association Championship in May with over 100 competitors in several classes, and The (UK) National Squib Championships in June with up to 100 boats competing.
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