Skill Share Day 2026-04-26
Sunday 26 April in Dun Laoghaire
This is an interactive, hands-on skills development afternoon by and for CAI members. The objective is to build confidence and polish your techniques.
- 10:00 meet in Dun Laoghaire (RIYC)
- 16:00 come ashore for review
An experienced mentor on each boat will guide the session and share practical insights. You develop your skills on your own boat during a structured afternoon on the water in and near the harbour.
We expect to address these skills, but other suggestions are welcome:
- Power handling / “parking” in the marina
- Anchoring
- Picking up a mooring buoy
- Taking an alongside tow from a rib
- Rafting up
- Recovering a man overboard
- Sail handling / reefing
- Safely using tender + outboard
- Confident VHF radio comms.
If you think you might participate, either as an improver or as a mentor, with or without a boat, please submit a provisional booking form below. You might have to pay for food but there is no administration fee.
Organisers ( events@cruising.ie): Jon Sedgwick (Shipshape Sailing) 0874315004, Simon Parker 0872497859
Last updated 27 March 2026
Agenda
10:00 | Meet at RIYC, Dun Laoghaire |
10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome (Jonny) + 10 min weather briefing (J.Leahy) |
10:15 – 10:30 | Briefing: plan for the day, assign mentors |
11:00 | Get afloat |
11:00 – 13:00 | Morning session afloat |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch (rafted together) |
14:00 – 16:00 | Afternoon session afloat |
16:00 | Ashore. Gather for a drink at RIYC? |
17:00 | Head into DL for walk-in food if people would like |
Booking
This is the booking form we use for all our events, but in this case we need some extra information.
- If you’re not bringing a boat then leave the Boat fields blank.
- Tell us what skills you want to work on in the Notes field.
- If you want to offer your services as a mentor then tell us about it in the Notes field.
- Our usual terms about insurance and responsibility apply, but for this event all participants will also be expected to accept a more comprehensive disclaimer before going afloat.