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The High Seas for Néala & Wednesday Troops

Colum McCaffrey — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 19:32:35 +0000

Best of luck to the Néala and Wednesday Ventures who are boarding the beautiful Tall Ship Pelican today for a week at sea!

Pelican crew safely in Habour on Isle of Man after 3-days at sea navigating the North Channel and Western Scottish islands; heavy swell and well over 300nm covered.

All in great form and glad to have dry land under their feet for a few hours!

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Fry Cup 1st Place to Malahide Sea Scouts

Kevin Rowan — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 21:18:12 +0000

Malahide Sea Scouts – 1st place Fry Cup Team 2021
Nearly 10-years since the Fry Cup was last in Malahide!

The Fry cup is Sea Scouting Ireland’s Senior Seamanship Competition.
In 1918, Major-General Sir William Fry presented a very handsome silver cup to the Port of Dublin Sea Scouts. This was to be used for an annual seamanship competition and has become our most prestigious trophy. The Fry Cup Competition has continued without interruption to the present day.

Over the weekend a unified team from Malahide Sea Scouts came first place in this prestigious seamanship competition. A first for Malahide, six members from across our scout sections came together over the last weeks and trained regularly and lifted the coveted trophy. The challenge is for scouts age under 17 years as of the 1^stof June. The syllabus covers both basic and advance seamanship skills including rowing in a boats crew, navigation, chartwork, water safety, anchoring, sailing theory, steerage and buoyage.

Congratulations to one and all, of our hard working team who lifted the trophy on the harbour wall in Dunlaoghaire . Special thanks to Scouter Colum McCaffrey who worked closely with the team during their period of training.

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Rowing Regatta 2021

Colum McCaffrey — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 21:13:25 +0000

Well done to the Wednesday Troop who took part in the Sea Scout Rowing Regatta hosted by 8ú Calafort Dún Laoghaire today.
The Wednesdays placed in all their races and took home 1x Gold and 3x Silvers! Let the training for next year begin!

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Néala completes Lighthouse Challenge!

Colum McCaffrey — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:35:30 +0000

BRAVO ZULU to Néala Troop Ventures Kate, Niamh and Laura for being the very first crew to complete our Lighthouse Challenge!

Clocking nearly 100 nautical miles the girls charted and sailed to each of our local lighthouses (Rockabill, Lambay, Howth, Bailey, Poolbeg, Kish) working together as a team, planning their expedition, managing their boat and navigating our coastal waters to complete a safe and successful passage.

A fantastic display of teamwork and seamanship under various conditions.

Well done girls.

Rockabill, off Skerries

Howth Harbour

Poolbeg, Dublin Port

Bailey, Howth

Kish, Dublin Bay

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Honorary Membership

Kevin Rowan — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:13:32 +0000

Congratulations was expressed widely today on the appointment of Skipper Stephanie McCann as an Honorary Member of Malahide Sea Scout Group. Stephanie who retired recently had been Scouting in the former Fingall Scouting District and joined Malahide as a Scouter and Skipper of Tuesday night troop back in 2000. Building on the success of the scout troop a name change was agreed by its members and became known as the Neala Troop.’ Neala’ means achiever , accreditation that every scout received who came under her care.

The presentation of Honorary Membership by the group dates back to 1975. In those 46 years Stephanie became today the groups 19th person to be awarded the Honor. Group Leader John Butterly in the presence of Skipper Simone Corvin, fellow Scouters, friends, and the ‘Lir’ troop presented firstly, the 4o year service award .Following a citation read by Deputy Group Leader Kevin Rowan , the G.L. presented the Honorary neckerchief along with a boutique of flowers from the troop. The beautiful day and the very important occasion gave great opportunity for many farewell photographs .

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Friday Troop Lambay Passage

Colum McCaffrey — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 08:39:46 +0000

Well done Friday Troop for making the most of the mild November with their first Troop passage around Lambay Island in I’d say 20 years!

A moderate to fresh SSE breeze all day with a flooding tide pushing a slight sea swell (+ high seasickness load – I won’t mention names!…), powering through though onboard Dul Siar and Reveille making a top speed of an impressive 7-8 knots.

Rounding the infamous Tayleur Bay and then into the sheltered Saltpan Bay on the Northern side of the island where we bumped into KAYAK KAV after some navigation exercises to find him first!

All in a nice 14 nautical mile passage.

We’re fortunate to have such great opportunities for challenge and adventure on our doorstep.

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Friday Troop Ireland’s Eye

Colum McCaffrey — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 07:51:24 +0000

Super day on the water; you’d hardly guess it was October.

Great adventure for the Friday Troop to Ireland’s Eye – Covid Retreat Centre – for a spot of lunch yesterday!

Boat handling and seamanship skills seeing a marked improvement. Excellent teamwork, coordination and planning.

Onboard Danú, Reveille and Dul Siar with a steady NNW 10/14 knots giving a good 4/5 knots boat speed out with the tide.

Leaving the channel, kissing the sandbar along the way, past the paddlers and a downwind bearing of 155°M.

Spinnaker launched and made short work reaching the island.

Boats anchored and transits checked. And double checked.

A hot cup of tea + cooked sausages prepared by Chef Kav with some island exploring on the side before our return journey home again.

Winds eased and sails taut as we arrived back into Malahide greeted by the Amiko Beavers finishing off their awesome 10km CSA hike around the estuary which finished with a powerboat shuttle-run from Donabate back to the Den.

Long may this level of activity continue!

Friday Troop

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Sea Scout Triathlon 2018

Brian Colgan — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:19:38 +0000

The annual Sea Scout Triathlon will be taking place on Sunday, 23rd September 2018 at Malahide Sea Scout Den. I have attached an entry form and details of the race. If you could print the form off and have it ready to hand in at registration on the day.

Please note that registration will stop upon fall in at 11:00 followed by the first race (U13s) at 11:30.

Sea Scout Triathlon 2018

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Wednesday Troop Annual Celebrations

Brian Colgan — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:02:28 +0000

Happy birthday to the Wednesday Troop which turned 43 Years old in January 2018! The Wednesday Troop was set up when Malahide’s scout membership had increased so much that it was decided to split the members into two troops, one that remained meeting on a Friday night and the other led by Mr Roy Glynn on a Wednesday night. This happened on Wednesday, 8th of January 1975.

Every year on the last Wednesday of January the Troop celebrate the “Troop Birthday Party” which includes their annual awards ceremony.

The winners of this year’s awards are as follows:

Sailor of the Year: Euan Burke
Oarsman of the Year: Joseph McLochlainn
Hiker of the Year: Jamie Wilson
Kayaker of the Year: Tadhg Geraghty
Seaman of the Year: Theo Allen
Scout of the Year: Patrick Harrold

Special congratulations to Evan Hopkins who was voted Leader of the Year by the troop, which was awarded in absentia.

The 2018 Troop Photo can be seen below.

Check out the picture of the Troop celebrating their 8th Anniversary (35 years ago!) below, recognise any faces?

Brian Colgan 2018

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National Sea Scout Sailing Regatta 2017

Colum McCaffrey — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:52:47 +0000

In an exciting day of racing in light to moderate winds 24th Port of Galway Sea Scouts came out on top for the third year in a row to retain their title as champions!
Congratulations also to 9th Port Malahide (Wed) Troop who took home the Seamanship Challenge trophy.
Well done to all teams who participated in a long day on the water in very mixed conditions.

3rd Port Dalkey
5th Port Dollymount (Wed)
5th Port Dollymount (Valkyries)
7th Port Howth
8ú Calafort Dun Laoghaire (Fodhla)
8ú Calafort Dun Laoghaire (Mananán)
9th Port Malahide (Néala)
9th Port Malahide (Wed)
9th Port Malahide (Fri)
24th Port of Galway

Thank you to the support team for coordinating the days activities.
Colum McCaffrey
Keelin Gibbons
Alan Johns
Jordan Killen
Evan Hopkins
Jim Quill
Eoin Manning
Finn O’Neill
Gill Forde
Ian Crampton
Ciaran Cullen
Phil McDowell
Lisa McEvoy
Fiona Martin

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