Cockle Island Boat Club

Cockle Island Boat Club

Cockle Island Boat Club is located in Groomsport, County Down, Northern Ireland on the south shore of Belfast Lough

The club is one of the clubs on the lough that form part of the Belfast Lough Yachting Conference

Geography:

Cockle Island, from where the club takes its name, guards a small bay in Groomsport Co Down from the ravages of the north-north easterly winds and is probably one of the best natural harbours anywhere on the coast. The bay is occupied by a variety of small draught yacht, motor and fishing boats on swinging moorings with a couple of visitor's moorings. Larger boats owned by club members are moored in Bangor marina just a couple of miles further into Belfast Lough.

Club events:

Cockle Island is a relatively small club, which runs an events programme all year round. Summer season runs from May through September and plays host to weekly "Crowe Cup" racing every Wednesday, Round the Lough races, Round the Islands races, and offshore races to Portpatrick and Glenarm as well as the annual Regatta.

A loose association of gentlemen from within and outside the club, known as "The Wrinklies" also run a series of Monday afternoon races.

During the close season, club life continues with the Wednesday evening winter events programme. This can involve anything from interesting talks to musical evenings, quiz nights etc.

Website www.cockleisland.com


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Groomsport — Infobox Irish Place name = Groomsport irish = Port an Ghiolla Ghruama province = Ulster county = County Down map NI district = North Down Borough UK constituency = North Down EU constituency = Northern Ireland stdcode = +44 2891 web = www.covebay …   Wikipedia

  • Belfast Lough Yachting Conference — (BLYC) is a group that encompasses all the yacht clubs on Belfast Lough and Larne Lough.Its primary aim is to look after scheduling the regattas that each club host to try and prevent clashing events.It comprises the following ten clubs: *… …   Wikipedia

  • Belfast Lough — ( Loch Lao or Loch Laoigh in Irish) is a large, natural intertidal sea lough situated at the mouth of the River Lagan on the east coast of Northern Ireland. The inner part of the lough comprises a series of mudflats and lagoons. The outer lough… …   Wikipedia

  • Belfast Lough — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Belfast Lough (Loch letón o Loch Laoigh en gaélico) es un gran lago situado en la desembocadura del río Lagan en la costa este de Irlanda del Norte, Reino Unido. Características En la parte central del lago comprende …   Wikipedia Español

  • Barra — Infobox Scottish island | latitude=56.9833 longitude= 7.4667 GridReference=NF687004 celtic name=Barraigh, Eilean Bharraigh norse name=Barr oy meaning of name=Barr s island, after St Barr area=5,875 ha area rank=20 highest elevation=Heaval 383 m… …   Wikipedia

  • List of beaches in New England — A beach on the coast of Massachusetts on a foggy early spring day. This is a list of beaches in New England sorted by state then town. Beaches are not exclusively all on seashores but may also be located on lakes, rivers or other bodies of water …   Wikipedia

  • Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics — Current (main page) (T:DYK) Queue (T:DYK/Q) Nominations (T:TDYK) Discussion (WT:DYK) Rules (WP:DYK) Supplementary rules (WP:DYKSG) Reviewing guide (WP:DYKR) …   Wikipedia

  • Kayak — A kayak is a small human powered boat. It typically has a covered deck, and a cockpit covered by a spraydeck. It is propelled by a double bladed paddle in the hands of a sitting paddler. The kayak was used by the native Ainu, Aleut and Eskimo… …   Wikipedia

  • Poole — Infobox UK place official name=Poole local name= country=England region=South West England static static image caption=The old Town Cellars and Custom House on Poole Quay area footnotes= area total sq mi= area total km2= population=138,288… …   Wikipedia

  • Osprey Publishing — Ltd Repères historiques Création 1968 Fiche d’identité …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”