Irish Event 2013

[Howstar]

Last year the first week was place called Dromond over the Easter long weakened I left my boat and in the water until Thursday my trailer was left at the hotel chained up to others trailers, i did couple days touring and went to second location ,

Through the crape vine i think first location will be Dromond again but nothing been planned yet.

I can give you name hotel in Rootsey where i stayed which was very good value which was 35 quid, 40 Euros the night which include breakfast and dinner big car park and tennis court i think it could take forty rooms.

[Alacrity]

As Howard says we were based at two locations last year, Dromod & Athlone (Hodson Bay) about an hour - hour & a half apart by car. Our boats were safe & secure in a shed in a boatyard for the weekdays we were of touring on that occasion. They were thinking about Easter again as that saves on holiday days used up at work but it is very early next year so its unlikely it will be over Easter but probably around the mid/end of April. Well worth it if you can do it Andy.

[bigminiandy]

Ok thank you. Just trying to add up the costs. As the event is at two different places I take it you changed hotel/B&B half way through. Is there a cost for the event?

[Alacrity]

We were in two different B & B's yes (well three actually but that's another story!). I believe camping can also be an option although no one did last year. There was an event cost although I don't know what that will be but this is what I have copied from the post in the members area from the last rally:

Entry fees for one event is £30 and the second £25, with the first you are a member of IWAI (http://powerboat.iwai.ie/) which covers the event organisers from a liability point of view, and the second you get more stuff per boat per event, again details to follow.

Hope this helps.

G

[sean-nós]

There may also be an additional cost
All going well I hope to launch the crackerbox for the first time at this meet

[bigminiandy]

Charlotte has already demanded that if we go a tour of the Guinness brewery needs to be on the cards if that isn't an excuse for beer money I don't know what is.

Soon as we know the dates please can they be posted of PM me, getting the time from work is the most difficult part of holidays for me. Would really like to do this rally. It's been 10 or so years since I was in Ireland (think i was 13/14) and Charlottes never been! I think she may forbid camping for the week so B&Bs it is.

Would be great to see the Crackerbox. I've been considering building a model one with an IC engine for several years now and never got round to it. Been glued to the progress on yours and it looks fantasic.

[Tremlett 15]

Dates have now been set:

1st weekend

Sat 4th May to Mon 6th May 2013 ( bank holiday w/e in UK & RoI )

this w/e will be based at Carrick-on-Shannon ( Southern Ireland ) currently planned to be based from Butlers Marina, which will have secure parking, two slipways, good space for trailers etc.

Carrich-on-Shannon has a good number of hotels and B&B's, more details on these will follow.

On Saturday, current outline plan ( to be confirmed ) we will do a run "north" to Lough Key approx 20 miles for return trip & will include passage thro one lock each way. On the return trip we may visit Leitrim village which would be an additional 6 miles round trip.
Carrick-on-Shannon is on map section 1 1 on the attached map, Lough Key is on map 1 2

http://www.iwai.ie/maps/shannon-erne/index.html

On Sunday, current outline plan ( to be confirmed ) is we will run "south" to Grange / Kilglass which is on map 1 0 on the above map, total return trip is approx 32 miles which will include a lock passage each way.

On Monday, to be advised later


2nd weekend

Sat 11th & Sun 12th May, location to be confirmed.



The format will be similar to the last event, we hope to get support from Waterways Ireland (which is the government body that looks after the waterways )

Anyone staying for the full period, it will be "free time" between each weekend, Mrs T 15 & I hope to be around for the full period to help & assist.....

Most of the routes will be WOT and the waterways are free to use.

The money currency is Euro in Southern Ireland ( RoI ).

The max speed limit on all roads when towing a trailer in the RoI is 80 kph or 50 mph.


We ( the Powerboat Branch IWAI ) will be having a meeting on the 1st of Dec to finalise the overall plans, so I will give an update when all is known.

Anyone requiring any other info please send me a PM on here with your phone No or email address and I will try to help.










PS: my PC stopped working in the middle of this post, so I had to complete it from the iPad.

[Howstar]

Sound good

[water_buoy]

I'd be up for that, sounds like a cracking weekend! Plus I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see the crackerbox launch

[sean-nós]

Ooo Crap T15 any chance we could make it july