Glenans Irish Sailing Club (GISC) was a non-profit sailing school affiliated to, but independent of the larger French Les Glénans

Les Glénans

Les Glénans is a famous French sailing school, operating as a non-profit organization. Most of its instructors are volunteers. It was founded in 1947 by Philippe and Hélène Viannay, who had been involved with the French Resistance during World War II. Its first site was the Glénan archipelago,...

 sailing school.
The Irish club was founded in 1969 as part of the French school. It gained independence in 1985, operating successfully for 25 years, but following an economic downturn it was reintegrated with the French school in 2010.
Glenans Irish Sailing Club offered courses in cruisers, catamarans, dinghys and windsurfing. The sailing bases were in Lawrence Cove

Lawrence Cove

Lawrence Cove is a sheltered inlet on the north side of Bere Island, West Cork, Ireland, just to the west of the main village of Rerrin.One of the island's ferry services operates from here. It is also the location of a yachting marina.- External links :...

 on Bere Island

Bere Island

Bere Island or Bear Island is an island off the west coast of County Cork, Ireland. It is roughly 11 km x 5 km in dimension and has a population of 210....

 County Cork, Collanmore Island

Collanmore Island

Collanmore Island is an island off the west coast of Ireland. One of the larger of the islands in Clew Bay, Collanmore Island is a base of Les Glénans, a non-profit sailing school. The base teaches dinghy and catamaran sailing and sail-boarding. Collanmore enjoys magnificent views of Croagh Patrick...

 in Clew Bay

Clew Bay

Clew Bay is a natural ocean bay in County Mayo, Ireland. It contains Ireland's best example of sunken drumlins. According to tradition, there is an island in the bay for every day of the year. The bay is overlooked by Croagh Patrick, Ireland's holy mountain, and the mountains of North Mayo. Clare...

, and the club's original base (founded in 1969) at a converted railway station in Baltimore, County Cork

Baltimore, County Cork

Baltimore is located in western County Cork, Ireland. Baltimore is the principal village of the parish of Rath and the Islands, the southernmost parish in Ireland...

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The Baltimore and Collanmore bases are now part of the Les Glénans school.

The club operated largely using volunteer instructors, backed by a small professional staff on the bases and in the Baltimore office.

External links

• Ecole de voile les Glénans (French sailing school)