Visiting Boats

Foynes Yacht Club have recently installed a brand new pontoon and can offer a limited number of spaces for a short term stop over to boats travelling up or down the Shannon Estuary.

Water and Electricity are both available on the pontoon and shower facilities are available in the club house. Due to the limited number of spaces, booking is essential.

Please contact the Marina Manager, John Conway on 087 213 2209

Latest News

Commodore’s Day

Commodore’s Day

One of the key days in our sailing calendar. Commodore's Day will take place on Sunday May 4th. Commodores Day is always a fun filled day and this year we look forward to welcoming our very first Lady Commodore - Patricia McCormack. We have a jam packed schedule for...

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Easter Sailing Camp

Easter Sailing Camp

We had a wonderful week at FYC. Although the weather wasn't too hectic, we still had lots of fun. Massive thanks to all of our wonderful sailors and otters for attending and also huge thanks to all of our Instructors for their great work and for keeping everyone safe...

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Lift-In

Lift-In

What a day's work by our "Lift-In Crew" - and in truly appalling weather conditions! Everything went exactly to plan, and every single boat was safely lifted in - all in the same day. Incredible. We are so fortunate to have such a professional, dedicated team among...

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Tarbert Island Maritime Club

TRC & TIMC - Safety Day - Tarbert Saturday, 24th May, from 12:30pm to 16:00pm Join us for Safety Day, a fun and informative event focused on safety in water-based activities. You'll also meet lots of voluntary emergency response crews. Here's what you can expect:...

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Sailing Academy – Easter Week

It's that time of year again! Our Sailing Academy & Estuary Otters Programme will run over the second week of Easter, April 21st-25th. Bookings will open later this week, spaces are very limited so please keep an eye out for the booking link which will be posted...

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Amelie Brogan Ryan – New Senior Instructor

Congratulations and well done to Amelie Brogan Ryan on qualifying as a "Senior Sailing Instructor" in Dun Laoghaire recently. While we were all celebrating St Patrick's weekend, Amelie was hard at work studying - and her dedication has paid off. We're delighted to...

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Irish Sailing Awards

Irish Sailing Awards

Huge congratulations to MARY McCORMACK, Foynes Yacht Club, who won the Senior Sailing Instructor of the Year 2024 award at 1 Windmill Lane, Dublin, last Friday evening, 28th February. After winning in her own region Mary was put forward to the overall Senior Sailing...

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RNLI Quiz – Friday 17th January

RNLI Quiz – Friday 17th January

We had a fantastic turnout for the RNLI Quiz on the Friday 17th January, it was such an enjoyable night! Thank you all so much for your support, for this truly worthy cause. We're delighted to share that we raised an incredible €985 on the night and received two other...

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Jim Collier RIP – Commodore FYC 1978

Jim Collier RIP – Commodore FYC 1978

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our esteemed member and former Commodore, Jim Collier, on January 5th. Jim was Secretary of Foynes Yacht Club for many years and served as Commodore in 1978. From the club's early years, he was an active and dedicated...

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Atlantic Cup & WIORA Boat of the Year

Atlantic Cup & WIORA Boat of the Year

Congratulations to Derek Dillon & Crew, on Big Deal, on winning the Atlantic Cup and WIORA Boat of the Year! A fantastic achievement, and its especially great to see a FYC boat taking the honour for the second year in a row. Derek and John received their prizes at...

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