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County Antrim Yacht Club, UK

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About County Antrim Yacht Club

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces E, so wind from the W blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 14°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing E. Wind from the E blows onshore, wind from the W blows out to sea, and wind from the S or N runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 24). The sea is about 8°C in March, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 14°C in August, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). For sailing at intermediate level the best month is usually October, with about 6 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Carrickfergus.

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From Chicago: about 14 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to DUB, direct. About 26 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 2 h 55 from the airport to County Antrim Yacht Club.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sat 24: 11 kn gusting 17, side-shore. Water: flat.

The score for sailing, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct0F05knsideflat
Mon 19Oct76F315knside-onflat
Tue 20Oct18F310knside-onflat
Wed 21Oct72F421knoffnot safechop
Thu 22Oct36F313kncross-offflat
Fri 23Oct76F526kncross-offchop
Sat 24Oct80F417knsideflat
Sun 25Oct0F634knoffnot safechop
Mon 26Oct49F322kncross-offflat
Tue 27Oct0F645knoffnot safechop

Day scores are the conditions out of 80. Wind is the day's best reading: the mean and the gusts in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); the arrow points where it blows to. Shore: "side" is side-shore, blowing along the beach, the safe way; "side-on" and "on" blow in towards it; "cross-off" and "off" blow out to sea, and offshore scores nothing for kite and windsurf. Water is the open sea's waves near the spot: flat under 0.3 m, chop to 0.8 m.

The season

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7
  2. Feb5of 7
  3. Mar5of 7
  4. Apr5of 7
  5. May4of 7
  6. Jun4of 7
  7. Jul4of 7
  8. Aug4of 7
  9. Sep5of 7
  10. Oct6of 7
  11. Nov5of 7
  12. Dec5of 7

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for sailing. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to DUB, then 2h 55 by road. About 14h 45 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 7 kn gusting 10, side-onshore. Water: flat.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Sail County Antrim Yacht Club

    15 kn gusting 21, offshore. Water: chop.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Sail County Antrim Yacht Club

    8 kn gusting 13, cross-offshore. Water: flat.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Sail County Antrim Yacht Club

    17 kn gusting 26, cross-offshore. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Sail County Antrim Yacht Club

    11 kn gusting 17, side-shore. Water: flat.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to DUB, then 2h 55 by road. About 14h 45 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,000–£1,875 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

  • Flights £370–£770
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £105–£175
  • Stay £250–£420
  • Food £240–£445

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