Mullingar Sailing Club
2006 M.S.C. news archive
GP14 rudder and centreboard foils
2007 Fixtures list
Dublin Boat Show 2007
ISA NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND AWARDS DINNER 2007
Lough Ree Yacht Club's club house
2007 M.S.C. sailing in Croatia Trip
GP 14 Hot Toddy Regatta 2006
'Inside Information. The complete guide to sailing smart and fast' Yachting World DVD
"Practical projects - Restoring a mirror dinghy at home"
GP 14 Leinster Championships. Blessington Sailing
Club - 8/9 July 2006
Lidl offered a range of watersports specials
(wetsuits, snorkelling and diving gear, probably will be repeated May 2007)
CNN - Mainsail
Radial-cut sails for the GP14
Annual Club Dinner Fri. March 2006
Dec. 27th 2006
GP14 rudder and centreboard foils.
The Association has recently approved an extension to the materials available to make the rudder and centreboard foils.
The rules presently control the foil material to be wood, either paint
coated or glass resin sheathed. Although this has been satisfactory
over many years, the cost of professionally made foils has become
excessive because of the high labour content in their manufacture.
There
is a thickness tolerance on both foils and no restriction of the types
of wood used. Many foils in use are home made in addition to those from
commercial suppliers. If a wooden blade is damaged, the repair can be
expensive and time consuming.
Many clubs which use GP14s as training boats, where the blades are
particularly susceptible to edge damage, have asked for simpler, lower
cost, more easily repairable foils. With the object of reducing the
labour hours in manufacture and surface finishing, the Association has
reviewed prototype rudders and centreboards made recently by Speed Sails
by a resin moulding process. The production time was significantly
reduced compared to a wooden blade and the surface finish from the
mould was excellent; the blade weight is similar to the average wooden
blade.
Sailing trials, over a wide range of wind conditions, and static loading tests have shown that the GRP foils do not confer any sailing advantage and have a breaking load equivalent to or better than the wooden blades. If a GRP rudder blade or board is damaged, the repair is easily effected with resin filler and smoothing, and the surface can be painted at a convenient time later. To emphasize that the rule change is a means to contain cost, the use of Carbon or Kevlar fibres in this moulded method is prohibited.
The materials used in rudder blade and centreboard manufacture are controlled in Rule 5.1 on page 52 of the 2006 Handbook. The Rule change will alter the wording of the first sentence of 5.1 to
"The centreboard and rudder blade to be made or wood or plywood or fibre reinforced plastic (excluding Carbon and Kevlar fibres materials) the underwater parts to be of minimum thickness etc., etc."
The additional words are in italics.
This Rule change will be effective from November 2006 and rudders and centreboards will be available early in 2007.
David Rowlands
GP14 International Association, Technical & Rules Committee.
Dec. 21st 2006
The Gp 14 Ireland Association have published the 2007 fixtures list.
| Purcell O’T Challenge Leinsters Ulster’s Nationals Autumn Open Hot Toddy |
Antrim Sailing Club Swords Sailing Club Mullingar Sailing Club Newtownards Sailing Club Sutton Boat Club Sligo Yacht Club Lough Erne Yacht Club |
19th –20th May (TBC) 2nd - 3rd June 23rd- 24th June 28th - 29th July 25th - 27th August 15th - 16th September 13th - 14th October |
Nov.28th 2006
Some dates for your 2007 diary,
The Dublin Boat Show 2007, will take place on 14th to 18th February at the RDS Simmonscourt.
The show is organised by the Irish Marine Federation, who recently advised the I.S.A. that the demand for "premium commercial exhibition space" is high and that all ISA clubs , classes , voluntary groups and training centres must now purchase exhibition space. Personally, I always found the clubs and classes end of the show, the most interesting, and at some of the boat shows in the past, it was the only section that promoted small sail boats like the GP14 and the Mirror.
ISA NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND AWARDS DINNER 3rd & 4th Feb. 2007
Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road...... notice
Normally I would not consider going to an event like this but it seems that they will be including workshops on issues such as;
- Getting the Best from your Junior Training Programmes
- Code of Ethics & Good Practice for Children’s Sport.
- Event & Race Management.
- The Secret to Promoting your Organisation/Event
- Olympics: The Road to Weymouth via Beijing
- Finding Alternative Funding
- Joint Membership Scheme: Is it value for money?
Nov.24th 2006
There is an article on the ISA website about Lough Ree Yacht Club's recently completed club house
that is worth checking out. link
"With a strong family membership the club draws members predominantly from the Athlone and Tullamore areas and to a lesser extent from the Mullingar region." ?
The new clubhouse was officially opened on Tuesday July 18th by Mr John O'Donoghue, Minister for Arts, Sports and the Tourism. Also present was Senator Mary O'Rourke and several other local representatives.
Nov.20th 2006
I have been recording the lake water temperatures since March 06, this is a graph of
the temperatures measured 1m below the water surface by a thermometer suspended from the jetty.
Nov. 15th 2006
Added photos of Gp14 Hot Toddy.....link
Nov.3rd 2006
2007 M.S.C. sailing in Croatia Trip
Departure: Saturday 9th June 2007
Return: Saturday 16th June
Flights: Ryanair to Pula (Istria in Nr. Croatia)
Boats: Sun Odyssey 35 or similar - all less than 3 years old. Fully
equipped with all sailing gear, bimini, dinghy, outboard motor. Bed linen.
Cost; €600 per person.
Insurance: Arrange your own travel insurance. Everyone travelling will
be liable to share the cost of boat damage limit to €1,000 per boat - no
damage last year. Potential cost is a max of €250 per person if all boats
were damaged. Agreed that all on the trip share the cost of the loss of
any security deposit, irrespective of which boat is damaged.
No sailing experience is required, but a minimum of 2 people per boat
must be qualified as Day Skippers & hold me ICC Cert. Courses can be
arranged at Carlingford Yacht for those interested.
Refunds: Deposit is non-refundable. Flights will be booked
& there are no refunds by Ryanair. In the event of difficulty, you
can arrange to swap with someone else, who arranges their own
flight, and pays the deposit for the boat. In these circumstances the
boat deposit will be refunded, likely to be about two thirds of the
total deposit.
Bonding: This trip is not with a bonded agent.
Itinerary: Arrive in Pula on Saturday evening & proceed to
boat/accommodation. On Sunday morning, commence sailing trip taking
in visits/overnight at Pomer, Rabac, Opatija, and Punat (subject to sailing
conditions & to change). Return to Pula on Friday evening, vacate boat
& fly hope Saturday.
Weather: Average June temperature of 25 C, low rainfall & ideal
sailing winds.
Contact: Michael Collender at 087-2529433.
Oct. 16th 2006
GP 14 Hot Toddy Regatta
21 boats competed in the event with 13 visitors from various clubs around Ireland and the final results can be found here.
Sailing conditions were excellent with consistent SE force 4's on Saturday and force 3's on Sunday. The course only had to be moved once during the two days, when the wind veered during the first race on Sunday.
On behalf of the competitors, I would like to thank everybody who volunteered their time, to run a successful regatta.
Oct. 9th 2006
GP 14 Hot Toddy Regatta
The Mirrors have been moved to create space for next weekends regatta. Some of these boats had up to 100L of water in them and an electric pump had to be used to pump them out. Its sad to see new boats awash with water, and in some cases self-bailers closed.
First race on Saturday has been changed to 12:00, and 11:00am on Sunday.
The Regatta fee has been changed to €50, if received before 5pm Friday 13th, and €60 on the day.
Oct. 5th 2006
Added Link, on Links Page/Weather, to graphic which defines the wind speed / direction symbols used on synoptic weather charts.
Added Links to pages detailing GP14 Sail Number and Hull Development Histories
Oct. 4th 2006
Cullion Show Grounds will be available this winter for boat storage, for a fee of €30.
Contact Garry Walshe at (044) 9348363 or (087) 2706916 BEFORE you move your boat.
Comprehensive crewing guide written by Dale Knowles aimed at novice to intermediate sailors
who "want to sail
faster and become more competitive within their fleet" added to site. link
Oct. 2nd 2006
The GP 14 Hot Toddy Regatta will take place at Mullingar Sailing Club on the 14th & 15th October 2006.
Five
races are scheduled. The warning signal for the first race on Saturday
will be made at 1100 hrs., with Race 2 following as soon as possible and
Race 3 after a lunch break on the water.
The warning signal for Race 4 on Sunday will be made at 1100 hrs. Race 5 will follow as soon as possible.
Notice of race
Sailing Instructions
Entry Form
Racing area
Road Map
Sept 25th 2006
Maybe it was the Ryder Cup, but there was a distinct lack of enthusiasm around the club yesterday. The day turned out bright and warm with a force 2 Southerly, the water temperature was 16.5 deg.C (2 deg. warmer than the Irish Sea), but there was only five boats sailing. Ok, Sunday morning was miserable and the forecast was a little pessimistic but its a pity to blow sailing opportunities this end of the year.
The
Gp14 Ireland Hot Toddy will be run at the Club on Saturday / Sunday 14
& 15 Oct, with the Saturday race scheduled to start at 11am.
If you do not intend to race, we could do with some rescue boat
volunteers, James Hackett (087) 256 8802 or (046) 955 5150. We
also need to create some space for a possible fleet of 30 GP14's.
Sept 14th 2006
Winter is around the corner, and although the water temperature in the lake is still in the high teens ,you should check out this article about the effects of immersion in cold water. link
Sept 11th 2006
Yachting World is not a magazine I would normally buy, but in the September issue there is a free DVD
'Inside Information. The complete guide to sailing smart and fast'
"starring" 49er World Champions Chris Draper, Simon Hiscocks, RYA Squad coach Mark Rushall and a Laser SB3 .
It's billed as a comprehensive race training manual for anyone who
sails competitively, and while it is well produced, it could have
benefited from some animation to indicate starting lines and an
overview of the course.
The DVD is aimed at an “Improver” level and a brief dip
into it confirmed how clueless I am when it comes to race tactics.
Contents: Intro, Masterclass, Start, Tactics, Upwind, Downwind, Mark roundings, Gybing, Tacking, Launching & towing.
The DVD is sponsored by Laser and Volkswagen, and heavily features the Laser SB3 and the Volkswagen Touareg.
Two new weather sites , both giving 180 hour ( 8 day ) wind forecasts
"Magic Seaweed" nice animated forecasts, (might be slow on diall-up access). http://magicseaweed.com/UK-Ireland-MSW-Surf-Charts/1/wind/in/
"Wind Finder"
http://www.windfinder.com/forecasts/wind_british_isles15.htm
Sept. 7th
2006
Practical Boat Owner no.478
October 2006, On sale 7 September.
Some interesting articles caught my eye,
"Practical projects - Restoring a mirror dinghy at home"
"Better boat handling - PBO’s illustrated guide to springing off a pontoon
in all conditions"
"Cruising north-west Spain Heading for the sun – one cruising couple pass
a happy month in the remote Spanish rias while on their way to the
Mediterranean"
"Cruising Northern Ireland - There’s never been a better time to sample
the uncrowded loughs and harbours in County Antrim and Derry"
Jet skis banned on lakes under Council control
Linda O’Reilly- Westmeath Examiner
Westmeath’s County Councillors have this week passed the
controversial motion completely banning jet skis on the lakes under its
control - but power boats are not affected yet.
Jetskis are now completely banned on Loughs Ennell and Owel in
Mullingar; Lough Lene in Collinstown; Lough Derravarragh in
Crookedwood; Lough Sewdy in Ballymore and part of Lough Sheelin in
Finea.
The new laws will come into effect within the next 30 days and anybody
caught using a jet-ski on these lakes will be liable for an on-the-spot
fine of €150 or up to €1,000, if convicted in court.
Mon 21st Aug 2006
NOTICE OF EVENTS ---- notice
MULLINGAR SAILING CLUB REGATTA
SATURDAY 26 AUGUST – SUNDAY 27 AUGUST
FIRST RACE SATURDAY 4PM
FIRST RACE SUNDAY 2PM
Get your crew organised and enter our annual regatta – free entry for mirrors!
Be at the club 2.30 pm Saturday and make sure your boat is ready for the water.
JAMES HACKETT - JUNIOR CO-ORDINATOR
SLIGO SAILING CLUB INVITATION - Mirrors
SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
SLIGO SAILING CLUB HAVE INVITED ALL OUR MIRRORS DOWN TO THEIR NEW CLUB FOR
RACING ON SATURDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER. WE WILL BE TRAVELLING DOWN EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS MANY BOATS AS POSSIBLE COME DOWN FOR THE
LAST BIG MEETING OF THE SEASON.
CONTACT JAMES HACKETT AT 087 2568802
Fri . 4th Aug 2006
Looking through the site, you might be forgiven for assuming that the GP14
was the only boat sailed at the Club. I would welcome ANY content from
club members, particularly anything related to Mirrors, Fireballs or Cruising
logs. You can email me at: info at msail dot net
Its amazing how much work some people will put into the restoration of a
boat.
This is a short account of the restoration of GP14 no.19 "Mizpah"
A Mullingar Sailing Club history page written by Bob Heath and associated
photos, added to site; link
Wed 2nd Aug. 2006
GP 14 Worlds at Sligo, provisional results; link
GP14 Class Association of Ireland - 2006 Event Schedule; link
GP 14 useful information and links to tuning guides added to site; link
I have been recording the
water temperature in the lake since March; link
Beaufort Scale of Wind Force and Specifications For Use At Sea And On Land
added to site; link
Upcoming events:
Westmeath Youth Water Festival 2006
12th August 2006
Mullingar Sailing Club, Lough Owel, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath 10am-4pm
link
Mullingar Sailing Club Regatta : August 26 & 27th.
(Clash
with the GP14 Championship of Ireland at Lough Erne Y C on 26 & 27
August ?)
Mullingar Sailing Club GP 14 Shield will be will be held on Sunday Sept.
3rd and Sunday Sept. 10th.
Please note on both occasions the first gun will be at 3pm sharp.
Wed 12th July 2006
29 ENTRIES FOR GP14 LEINSTERS
GP 14 Leinster Championships. Blessington Sailing
Club - 8/9 July 2006
Silver fleet sailors Chris Scott and Mark Taylor from Lough Erne YC moved to
Gold fleet in style this weekend by winning the Leinster Championships despite
the close attentions of this years current Gold flee leaders Niall Henry and
Ossian Geraghty of Sligo.
Race one on Saturday in blustery force 5 conditions saw brothers Norman and Ken
Lee from Greystones/LDYC port start the whole fleet [except Curly Morris who
hooked the pin mark] and gain a substantial lead only to throw it away due to
rusty spinnaker work and tacking, winding up 5th. Lough Erne’s Scott and Taylor
showed no pity and capitalised to build up a good lead which they held to the
end, 2nd and 3rd fell to Sligo men Tim Corcoran and Ben Lynch and Henry and
Geraghty and 4th to Curly Morris and Laura McFarland from Larne.
Race two saw very tight racing with Henry and Geraghty holding off Scott and
Taylor with John Mc Guinness and Richard Street Moville/Blessington 3rd,
Corcoran and Lynch 4th and the Lees 5th again.
Race 3 was called off by PRO Peter Hannon as the forecasted very strong winds
had arrived and some masts and sail had already become victims.
Good food and entertainment was provided in the club for the evening and all
the campers snuggled down some time after midnight to the sounds of the Who
playing at Oxygen competing with the howling winds.
Sunday dawned with torrential rain and black squalls beating up the lake and
the committee boat went forth bravely to suss it out only to radio in after an
hours postponement that we could all pack up, to prevent possible major damage
ruining someone’s chances in the Worlds in Sligo in 2 weeks time and allow the football
fans see the World Cup final in front of their favorite telly.
Counting both races Scott and Taylor were 1st, Henry and Geraghty 2nd and
Corcoran and Lynch 3rd. Youngest competitor was Daniel Gill 10 and the oldest
at 65ish won Bronze but refused to have his name published.
29 entries from 15 different clubs spread around Ireland shows how well the GP
class is spread nationally. 8 different clubs represented in the top 10 results
shows that no centre has a monopoly, no other double hander dinghy class comes
anywhere near except the Mirror which beats the numbers but could only manage 8
or 9 clubs. Most classes only exist with 1 or 2 club fleets or in a very
limited area such as Dublin Bay where the Fireball is currently strong and 90%
of the national fleet exists. Anyone considering what fleet to enter should be
aware of this strength in depth which guarantees good competition and national
cover which means there is probably a competitive club fleet close to them no
matter where they live.
Author: Norman Lee
http://www.sailing.ie/news/newsDetails.asp?id=1113
Final Results:
Series Place : Sail No : Fleet : Helm : Crew :
Club : Series Points : Race 1 : Race 2
1 : 13460 : S : Chris Scott : Mark Taylor :
LEYC : 2.75 : 0.75 : 2
2 : 13833 : G : Niall Henry : Ossian Geraghty :
SYC : 3.75 : 3 : 0.75
3 : 13801 : G : Tim Corcoran : Ben Lynch :
SYC : 6 : 2 : 4
4 : 13866 : G : John McGuinness : Richard Street/Alan
Parker : MVSC : 10 : 7 : 3
5 : 13669 : G : Norman Lee : Ken Lee : GSC
: 10 : 5 : 5
6 : 13927 : G : Paddy O'Connor : Tania Machale :
SYC : 14 : 8 : 6
7 : 13865 : S : Keith Louden : Ryan Louden :
LFYC : 17 : 6 : 11
8 : 13915 : G : Hugh Gill : Daniel Gill :
SDC : 18 : 9 : 9
9 : 11700 : S : Simon Cully : Niall McDowell :
BLSC : 19 : 12 : 7
10 : 13917 : G : Curly Morris : Laura McFarland :
EASC/NTSC : 20 : 4 : 16
11 : 13454 : B : John Sheridan : Manus Sheridan :
BLSC : 26 : 13 : 13
12 : 13902 : S : N Sloan : M Vallentine : NSC :
27 : 19 : 8
13 : 13682 : S : Bob Torrens : Maurice Baalham :
NSC : 27 : 15 : 12
14 : 13890 : B : James McGee : Paul Ruigrok :
SKSC : 28 : 10 : 18
15 : 13910 : B : Brian Andrews : Mark Magreehan :
NTSC : 29 : 14 : 15
16 : 13459 : B : Graeme Farrington : Rebecca Edwards :
EDYC : 32 : 18 : 14
17 : 13882 : S : Lawrence Baalham : Libby Tierney :
NSC/BLSC : 34 : 17 : 17
18 : 13901 : G : PG Duffin : B Carlisle :
EDYC/NSC : 39 : 29 : 10
19 : 12633 : S : Declan Scallan : Mina Scallan :
BLSC : 40 : 11 : 29
20 : 13644 : B : Stuart McCormack : James Hacket :
MLSC : 40 : 20 : 20
21 : 13608 : B : Alex Walsh : Catriona Walsh :
SSBC : 43 : 24 : 19
22 : 13663 : B : Anita Owens : Brid McMahon : SYC
: 44 : 23 : 21
23 : 12196 : B : Tom Duggan : Joe Smith : BLSC :
45 : 16 : 29
24 : 13999 : B : John Gibson : Cathy Gibson :
BLSC : 50 : 21 : 29
25 : 13110 : B : Steven Preston : Victoria Meredith :
NTSC : 51 : 22 : 29
26 : 12450 : : Martin O'Brien : Alan Watson
: SKSC : 58 : 29 : 29
26 : 13329 : B : Paul O'Brien : Noel O'Brien :
BLSC : 58 : 29 : 29
Thu. 15th June 2006
Link added to "Weather links"
XCWeather charts weather station
reports from Ireland to Croatia.
It reports "live weather data", wind history and six days wind
forecasts. You can plot the current wind strength, temperature, pressure,
weather, and visibility. The weather data is derived from METAR aviation
weather station, Met. station and some marine buoy reports.
Tue. 6th June 2006
CREW WANTED (in any condition)
we seem to have far more boat owners / helms than crews, there are a number of
owner / helms
waiting out there for your reply to this ad.
Please email / text or call me at (086) 8577367
Fri. 2nd June 2006
GP14 for sale
"Barry Drinan" <drinanb@indigo.ie>
Folks, if anyone is interested in an older timber GP or knows anyone who
might be,
please drop me an e-mail. The sail number is 11963. The boat is
in good condition, will equipped, complete with road trailer, cover
and launching trolley.
She is not being used enough as I am racing a ruffian at present and she
needs a good home!
I'm looking for Euro 950 for her.
Tue. 23rd May 2006
Lidl will be offering a range of watersports specials from Monday 29th May.
3, 5, & 6.5mm wetsuits, snorkelling and diving gear......Link
Sat 20th May 2006
CLUB NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2006..... Link
Gp14 2006 World Championship, Sligo Yacht Club.
Currently there are 69 boats registered for the event, including 3 from
Mullingar.
Sligo tops the number of entries,
|
Sligo Yacht Club |
15 |
GBR IRL NGR SRI
26 38
3 1
Mon 15th May 2006
"Beginning Racing" page added to site..... Link
Tue. 9th May 2006
Sail training programme 2006
We are again running our annual introduction to dinghy sailing for Adults (June
12th to 23rd) and Juniors (July 3rd to 21st). details
Fri. May 5th 2006
CNN - Mainsail Presented by British Olympic Gold sailing
medallist, Shirley Robertson, CNN broadcasts a sailing magazine
"MainSail", throughout the third weekend of every month.
Broadcast times (UK) Saturday:12:30, 18:30 Sunday:08:30, 14:30,19:30
Monday:14:30, 18:30
"Human waste floods Ennel"
A night long flow of human waste into the River Brosna on Bank Holiday Sunday
of this week has put Lough Ennel's Blue Flag status at risk. Westmeath Examiner
6/5/2006
The Fast Powered Watercraft controversy finally made it to national media with
a report on RTE radio 1 this morning. The "power crafters" put
forward a convincing argument that the allocated area at Lough Derravarragh was
too small.
Fri. April 28th 2006
There was an advert in PBO for March which called for pre-98 lifejackets from a
number of manufacturers to be examined for a potential safety fault.
Link
to Crewsaver notice Upgrade kit
Wed.April 26th 2006
Racing season starts Wed. May 3rd.
Tue. April 18th 2006
Sunsail manslaughter
trial: no rescue knife used.....
Alison Panes/ Practical Boat Owner, 21 March 2006
Radial-cut sails for the GP14
Arrow Sails and Victory Sails have merged and have introduced radial-cut mains
and genoas for the GP14.
http://www.victorysails.co.uk/gp14.htm
Gp14 2006 World Championship, Sligo
Yacht Club.
Currently there are 41 boats registered for the event, including 2 from
Mullingar.
Dates of racing:
Sunday 30th July
Practice Race & 1st. Qualifying Series Race
Monday 31st July
Qualifying Series Races
Tuesday 1st August Qualifying Series
Races
Wednesday 2nd August Final Series Races
Thursday 3rd August Final Series
Races
Friday 4th August
Final Series Races & Prize Giving & Banquet
Event website
http://www.gpworldssligo.com
Sligo demolished their club house in Feb. 2006 and Sisk have the new version up
to first floor level.
Handover of the new building is scheduled for end of June 06 in time to prepare
for the up comming GP14 World Championships at the end of July.
Mon. April 17th 2006
Western Mirror Championships Photos
50 boats competed in the Western Mirror Championships held at the club on Sat
April 15 & Sun. 16th.
On Saturday winds were light and only two shortened races were completed. Three
races were completed on Sunday in moderate, occasionally fresh winds.
Sat. April 8th 2006
"The Lighthouses of Ireland" by Richard M. Taylor, (Collins Press,
€14.95), tells the history of lighthouses on or off the coast of Ireland.
Taylor was an Irish Lights technician for 44 years and visited or worked on all
86 lights around out coast.
Sat. March 25th 2006
Windmill Leisure have relocated to:
“Sailing on the
telly”
Sailing enthusiasts can watch their favorite sport on their computer 24 hours a
day for free, however you would need a good broadband link.
To view, go to www.sail.tv
Fri. March 24th 2006
Forty five members attend the Annual Club Dinner at the "An Tintain"
restaurant in Multifarnham . In his after dinner speech, the club's Commodore, Keith Pinder briefly outlined the Club's
history, thanked the founding members and unveiled Mullingar Sailing Club's
Ensign.
(Thanks to Pat McArdle for the time spent on research, design and registration
of the Ensign).
Sat, Feb 25 2006
"Westmeath
leads the way with new jet ski legislation", Westmeath
Examiner
Westmeath
County Council have enacted new Bye-Laws controlling the use of power boats and
Council owned lakeshore land.
Westmeath
County Council Fast Powered Watercraft Bye-Laws 2006.
Westmeath
County Council Lakeshore Bye-Laws 2006
Mon. March 15th 2006
CLUB NEWSLETTER SPRING 2006..... Link
Sat. March 11th 2006
"Ennell residents worried about jetskis", Westmeath
Examiner
“Concerns have been raised again by the residents of Lough Ennell
who fear that jet skiers will descend onto the lake in huge numbers after a
hold-up in bringing in rules to regulate them.
The Lough Ennell Amenity Group wish to preserve the delicate peace
of the lakeshore and protect the special area of conservation which contains
rare and endangered birds plants and fish. Chairperson Patricia Fox describes
the presence of the jet skis as a horrendous and relentless noise. “Residents
in the area are entitled to a quality of life which will be totally destroyed
if jet skis are allowed onto Lough Ennell. Even if the council put in place a
directive governing the use of the lake, they will still be on it until 7
o’clock, which is unacceptable.”
People using the jet skis were coming from as far afield as
Wexford, Kildare and Dublin, the group is claiming.
Patricia’s view is that jet ski users would be better travelling
to a coastal area where their noise would be swallowed by the enormity of the
sea.
Confused as to why people from outside of Westmeath were allowed
to enter and destroy such a valuable amenity as the Lough Ennell lakeshore, she
said: “it is an area that is enjoyed for its peace and tranquillity by many
families and local residents”.
Residents wanting to join the Lough Ennell Amenity Group can
contact Patricia on 087-2127901”