Jack Roy RIP
It was with huge sadness that we heard the news a couple of days ago about the passing of Jack Roy. A great friend and contributor to Irish sailing both as a sailor, within race management and ultimately as President of Irish Sailing. Jack was well known in Sutton,...
2021 Club Frostbites
We are glad to announce that the Club will be running a short Frostbite series between Sunday 3rd October and Sunday 21st November. It is Online Entry ONLY and entry fee is €5 and is NOW available HERE in the Club Shop. This is NOT supervised sailing and all entrants...
Toppers @ Malahide
With the Topper fleet expanding at Sutton this season it was great to see a good turnout from the Club at last weekends Topper Traveller event hosted by Malahide Yacht Club. Sunday saw Maeve Kellet, Ella Fitzgerald, Grace Gill and Aoife Lowe launch in what was for...
Commodores Update – September 2021
Dear Members, I hope you have all had a great summer. It’s funny how we have grown to measure things in a different light. Any slight improvement on last year would be considered better. However, at Sutton Dinghy Club it has been a GREAT summer, in many ways the best....
The Book Trophy – Close but NO Cigar
Last weekend saw the latest installment of the Sutton Dinghy Club Royal Cork Yacht Club rivalry with both Senior and Junior Book Trophy on the line. Arguably the oldest dinghy team racing event cin the World, first raced in 1944 between Sutton Dinghy Club and the Cork...
Annual Regatta August 28th
The 2021 Sutton Dinghy Club Regatta takes place on August 28th. This is an OPEN event and we welcome Members & Non-Memberse event is open to Non-Members. The following Classes of boats will be catered for - GP14, IDRA14, Lasers (all rigs), Topper, Mirror, RS Feva,...
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…’
