Road to Rio – a talk with Austin O’Carroll
Earlier this year Sutton Dinghy Club member Austin O'Carroll helped qualify the three-man Irish Paralympic Sonar sailing team for the Rio Olympics. The team made sure of qualification at the 2015 Para Worlds Sailing Championship in Melbourne, Australia before...
GP14 Worlds, After 3 races
Wednesday is a lay-day and with last nights social events sponsored by Mount Gay Rum, most are probably glad they don't have to go onto the water. After 3 races, The top end of the fleet looks pretty hot with current and former World Champions well in the hunt along...
Gill steps up to Captain Trinity Sailing
The Irish University sailing scene is a very active one with team racing the primary discipline for the majority of student sailors. For the 2016/17 season, Sutton Dinghy Clubs Dan Gill takes over as Captain of Trinity Sailing with the Annual Colours match this...
Tom Burke (MBE) – Walking tour on Mon 28th
As part of RTE’s Centenary Commemorations of the Easter Rising, Sutton Dinghy Club member, GP14 sailor and historian Tom Burke (MBE) and a fellow Dub are offering a walking tour on Easter Monday 28th March, tracing the footsteps and role the Royal Dublin Fusiliers had...
Ciaran Scott RIP
It was with great sadness today that we heard of the passing of Ciaran Scott, in his day one of Sutton Dinghy Club finest young sailors. Ciaran crewed with Dan O'Grady through 1987 and what turned out to be a momentous international Mirror campaign in 1988. The pair...
2016 Member & Open Sailing Course Dates Available
The 2016 schedule for Youth Member & Youth Open Sailing Courses is now available on the website. Click here for details, contact form and downloadable booking forms. The dates for Adult Open Courses will be confirmed in the next few days. [whohit]-2016 Youth...
The last few days were about mental fortitude and singing‘
Our Mission
Captured in the words of Irish Sailing….
‘…..As an ISA recognised Training Centre and Category 1 Club, Sutton Dinghy Club supports our Vision to make sailing & boating more accessible to all. This club has been providing numerous facilities and programmes to a variety of community groups, schools and people with disabilities in the Fingal Area for a number of years now. The ISA use this club as a Flagship example to the rest of our clubs throughout Ireland as to how to involve the community other than its own members…’
