Sligo Yacht Club is located at
Rosses Point
Rosses Point ( or ) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland and also the name of the surrounding peninsula.
Rosses Point is at the entrance to Sligo Harbour from Sligo Bay with Oyster Island being the long thin landmass notable when entering th ...
, on the
Rosses Point Peninsula
The Rosses Point Peninsula () is a small peninsula in the centre of Sligo Bay in County Sligo, Ireland. The peninsula shares its name with the village of Rosses Point, a popular seaside resort located on the peninsula's southern coast, roughly ...
in
County Sligo
County Sligo ( , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region and is part of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in ...
,
Ireland
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. It has been located at its present site since 1973.
The club was redeveloped in preparation for the
2006 GP14 World Championships, which was won by Ian Dobson & Andy Tunnicliffe (Burwain S.C. / Windermere Y.C). The club has also hosted the 1979 Enterprise World Championships, 1987 Mirror World Championships and 2010 Mirror European Championships.
Fleets
Gp14
Mirror Dinghy
The Mirror is a type of popular dinghy sailing, sailing dinghy with more than 70,000 built.
The Mirror was named after the ''Daily Mirror'', a United Kingdom, UK newspaper with a largely working-class distribution. The Mirror was from the start ...
Cruisers
Lasers
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Events hosted by SYC
2007
North-West Offshore Racing Association (NORA)
Irish Mirror Nationals
Gp14 Autumn open/Irish Youth championships
2008
Mirror Western championships
GP14 Ulster championships
2009
GP14 championship of Ireland
2010
European Mirror championships
GP14 summer open/Irish Youth championships
2011
Fireball world championships
External links
Sligo Yacht Club Gp14 Ireland Irish Cruiser Racing Association Irish Mirror class associationRosses Point siteIrish sailing association
References
Sports clubs and teams in County Sligo
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