Optimists Converge in Galway Bay

Ba mhaith linn céad míle fáilte a chur roimh na seoltóirí go léir a bheidh ag rásaíocht í

mBá na Gaillimhe.

A very warm welcome to all the Optimist sailors who will be arriving in Galway on

September 12th and 13th for the 2026 Connacht Optimist Championships.

Information for Visiting Boats

The club will be open to welcome you from 4pm on Friday, 11th of September.

Registration will be open from 5 – 7 pm Friday evening and from 8.30 am – 10 am on

Saturday morning. Visiting oppies can be stored in the dinghy park in designated areas

in front of the clubhouse. Trailers can be stored in the designated area in the camping

field beside the club. Event parking will be signposted. Please do not park in the

clubhouse grounds. Car park attendants will be on site to aid and direct visitors to the

correct areas. RIB trailers can be stored at the rear of the camping field next door to the

sailing club. GBSC cannot accept responsibility for boats and trailers stored on club grounds.

Camping

Visitors are very welcome to camp at the club. Camping space will be available in the

field to the west of the clubhouse on Friday and Saturday night. We are very grateful to

our neighbours for allowing us to use their property, so please do not interfere with

fences, walls or gates and we would really appreciate it if you could dispose of all

rubbish carefully in bins located at the back of the clubhouse. Clubhouse toilets and

changing rooms will be open each night.

Camper vans are welcome to park behind the clubhouse.

Bar and Catering

Parents are welcome to join us in the clubhouse for teas and coffees each morning and

Seahorse Café at the front of the club will be open throughout the weekend. The bar in

the clubhouse will be open on Friday and Saturday evening.

Lunches for sailors can be preordered from ‘Seahorse Café’ via online booking. Please

try to book as early as possible so that we have accurate numbers for the caterers.

Lunches can be collected each morning from Seahorse café between 9 and 10 am.

Urban Fire Pizza Truck

On Saturday, from 2.30 pm a gourmet pizza truck will be onsite.

In it to win it

Our Sponsors Black Sheep Surf Co, Covy Watersports, Revive Active have provided

prizes for an IN IT TO WIN IT competition which will be held at 6 pm on Saturday

Local Facilities

For boat parts or chandlery supplies, contact Galway Maritime in Galway City.

The nearest shop and service station is Grealy's in Maree which is about 3km from the

club. The nearest supermarkets, bars, restaurants, banks, etc. are in Oranmore which is

about 4km from the club. Some of our local restaurants offer takeaway food.

Restaurants -‘Fawn’, The Porterhouse’, ‘ Keanes’

Italian restaurants: ‘Basilico’, ‘La Vita’

Activities for children.

For our younger visitors, Renville forest park and playground are located in Renville

park, adjacent to the causeway to the Sailing club.

IMC Cinema and ‘Busy Bees’ indoor play centre are both located in Oranmore Business

park on the outskirts of the village, adjacent to the Maldron Hotel.

Medical Emergencies

We will have a first aid officer on standby during racing.

WestDoc, 0818 360000 is open 24 hours a day.

For other emergencies Laya Clinic, Ballybrit (15 mins from GBSC) is open from 10 am –

10 pm 0818 933030, VHI Swiftcare, Headford Rd – 01 4882

University Hospital Galway’s A and E department is open 24 hours.

Tá súil againn go mbainfidh sibh go léir taitneamh as bhur dturas chuig Iarthar na tíre

agus go mbeidh gaoth deas agaibh le linn na deireadh seachtaine.