DOUBLE CELEBRATION FOR WICKLOW SAILING CLUB IN 2010!

Pictured at Wicklow Gaol were Dennis Noonan, Race Organiser , Irene Winters (Wicklow Town Mayor) and Charlie Kavanagh (Commodore)

Issued 7th December 2008

The Wicklow Sailing Club will celebrate sixty years in existence next year, as the Round Ireland Yacht Race celebrates its 30th anniversary! The prestigious event will leave from Wicklow Town on 20th June 2010.

The internationall renowned Race has attracted some of the world's best sailors and boats over the 15 races to date. The event is classed in the same category as the Fastnet, Sydney-Hobart, China Sea and Malta Middle Sea offshore races.

New to the Race is the GPS tracking, which allows a worldwide audience tune in for the five or six days to follow the fleet. In 2008 almost 90,000 people visited the website to follow the boats, that's a hit rate of one every 5 seconds!

The race depends on the goodwill and co-operation of many agencies and local bodies, and the Wicklow Sailing Club has expressed its gratitude to Wicklow Town Council, Wicklow County Council, Wicklow County Tourism, Wicklow Chamber of Commerce, Wicklow Civil Defence, Wicklow Gardai, Wicklow RLNI, Wicklow Port Company the Irish Sailing Association and more!

The Club would like to particularly thank the Chamber for the use of Wicklow Gaol for the launch.