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  • Newsletter – March

    The Optimist calendar kicks off with IS Youth Nationals in April. Spring is in the air… Well, nearly, but there’s definitely lots to look forward to and the sailing season

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  • What do Junior sailors and their families want from Oppie sailing?

    This was the key question that IODAI the organising body for Optimist sailing in Ireland wished to find out from their members. All members were sent a link to a

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  • Irish Sailing’s Youth Nationals

    As you all know, our season really gets going in May but the Oppies do participate in Irish Sailing’s Youth Nationals which will be in Howth on the 13-16th April

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  • Howth Yacht Club’s annual Brassed Off Cup

    Howth Yacht Club’s annual Brassed Off Cup is once again being held on the traditional day of Good Friday, which falls on April 7th of this year. This fun Optimist dinghy event

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  • AGM report 2022

    The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the The Optimist Dinghy Sailing Association of Ireland Limited (IODAI) is took place at 20:00 by Zoom online webinar on Tuesday, 13th December, 2022.

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  • AGM 2022

    The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the The Optimist Dinghy Sailing Association of Ireland Limited (IODAI) is taking place at 20:00 by Zoom online webinar on Tuesday, 13th December, 2022.

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  • Under 12 Squad 2022/2023

    This year our U12 team will head to the South of England to the Weymouth Portland Sailing Academy. Many of them met their coach, Frances Corkery at the National Training

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  • NTW Results 2022

    (Gold, Silver, Bronze ) Fleet enquiries to [email protected] Overall results Senior fleet results Junior Fleet Results Crosbie Cup Results Regatta Results (online at the end of day) Scoring & Protest queries,

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  • Sportsmanship

    During the course of the National Training Week, IODAI in conjunction with our coaching team are delivering a series of sportsmanship Initiatives as part of our briefings, lessons and debriefings

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  • Provisional Ranking 2022

    Nationals is a non discard-able event plus best two ranking regatta results. Trials qualifications will be published separately. Enquiries to [email protected] Draft Senior Ranking results here. Draft Junior Ranking results

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  • NTW 2022 Itinerary

    Itinerary for the week can be found here

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  • Development Squad 2022 – 2023

    IODAI Development Squad 2022 is an opportunity to be a part of the progressive training team supporting Optimist Sailors progressing into and in Main Fleet. The Development Squad are selected

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