Galway Hooker Sailing Club

Situated in the heart of the Claddagh, Galway City, the Galway Hooker Sailing Club is a diverse community of people who work together to restore and sail our city’s traditional wooden boat, the Galway Hooker. Our club’s vision is to promote and teach the skills required to sail and restore these traditional boats in both our local Galway community and beyond, to help preserve our great Irish heritage.

Established in 2019, Galway Hooker Sailing Club is a non-for-profit organisation, with all proceeds re-invested back into the club to continue our mission. We are an all-inclusive club and membership open to anyone who shares the same passion and drive as our club vision which is to keep this traditional type of sailing alive for future generations.

We are a category one sailing club, affiliated with Irish Sailing and a recognised IS training centre to run IS accredited courses in both in Sailing and Powerboating.


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SUPPORT OUR MISSION

If you cannot join our club there are other ways you can help us and be part of our mission; become one of our partners so that your contibution can fund boat materials and training equipment, sponsor a scholarship and make a difference to someones future, or buy our club merchandise from the our online shop.

The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.
— Robert Wyland