Dublin

We sailed to Howth Yacht Club marina just north of Dublin estuary and so we are now in Ireland for real. Have to use euros!  The yacht club is great, very active and friendly but it looks like we need to stay a few days more as a gale is supplying too much wind and in the wrong direction.

Visited Dublin on Saturday (before the train strike on Sunday and Monday).  A vibrant city - as cities tend to be - but still quite interesting.

 Howth marina from the breakwater.

They have evening racing twice a week at this club and one of the boats they sail is the Howth Sailing Club One Design that is over 100 years old.

One of the club members helped to restore the rig on the yacht Asgard. This is significant yacht in the history of Ireland as is Howth as she was one of the 2 yachts that did gun running from Germany to Howth in 1914 to support the Irish Volunteer Force.  The restored yacht is in a museum in Dublin but we didn't get to see her but we did get to a talk given by this club member which was most interesting.

The Asgard was owned and skippered by Erskine Childers, 'The Riddle of the Sands' author.