Lough Foyle Yacht Club

LFYC are pleased to announce that a special PUNT race will be held on 3rd of July to mark the visit of the Clipper race to Derry.

Each Punt should be flagged (mounted at the top of the mast) with a pennant flag from one of the Clipper Boats. (There are 10 Clipper boats)

Each Punt should carry one or two guest crew from a Clipper boat as per flag.

Notice of Race can be found here.

Very windy day. F5/6. Few people ventured out. Congratulations to Alan T who launched his new Phantom today. Many thanks to Joe K who stepped in to help out with rescue cover. Thanks also to James H Snr who took these photos. Having sailed two great races Keith L and James H in very challanging conditions went for a swim so we kindly put up these pictures.

A perfect evening for sailing F2/3 NNE and sunny. Strong tide! Start at the perch, conniborrow, fahan, power station. Ken and David Louden made a great start and beat down to Conniborrow with a 100 tacks sailing between the shallows and the tide with some tacks not being greater than a few boat lengths. Great skill and judgement at work!

Perfect weather! Sunny with F2/3 breeze. Great to see David T and Joy W out again. George G swas going very well in his Laser. A large ship interrupted the end of the race forcing a sudden change in the course.

NEWS FLASH there is a new category on this blog called Traditional Boats. It will be the home on this blog for all matters related to Lough Foyle Punts, Drontheims and other traditional boats items.

There is a link to the Traditional Boat category on the lower right side column.

The first Punt race of the season was held today. Some of the Derry Londonderry clipper crew were on hand to get a taste of the exciting world of Punt racing.
We look forward to the Clipper Punt race on the 3rd of July involving crews from all the Clipper boats taking part as guest crew in flagship Punts (according to the clipper boat of the crew).

Also on the shore today was a TV crew from Margo Harkin Productions making a TV programme about the Clipper.

The weather was fresh enough F4 or there about. The big mainsail of the Punts fairly moving the boats along.

Course Start at the Perch, Fahan, Conniborrow, Power Station

Results of todays punt races 19/5/12

Race 1
1 J Hockley, K Lynch J Hockley
2 D Gallagher G Gallagher O Mc Cauley
3 R Louden J Lynch D Louden

Race 2
1 J Hockley, K Lynch J Hockley
2 R Louden J Lynch D Louden
3 D Gallagher G Gallagher O Mc Cauley

Dermot M sailing well in the Phantom. Breaking news LFYC will soon become the biggest Phantom fleet in Ireland. Alan T is rumored to be looking to buy a Phantom. Great news!

Just three boats out this saturday mostly due to people being awat at the GP14 Purcell event on at Cushendall.
Very well sailed to Anthony G/Todd S who are pulling very respectable times out of the old Scorpion.

Racing today was cancelled due to bad weather 🙁

It is clear that Bill and Brigid are sailing very well.