Water Wag Dinghy News & Regatta Results
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Race Officer Chris Moore was forced to cancel Wednesday night's weekly Water Wag racing due to a lack of wind on the Dun Laoghaire Harbour race course. Racing continues next Wednesday, with just four races left to…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a three-round windward leeward course for the Water Wags race on Wednesday, August 16th. Twenty-three boats competed in a 5-7kt SE breeze inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Seán and Heather Craig’s Puffin from…
Royal St. George's Tim and Gillian Pearson sailing Little Tern took the gun out of 18 starters in a nice 6 to 8 breeze in Wednesday night's DBSC Water Wag race staged inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Overall, Puffin, sailed by…
A 2,1 scored in Wednesday night's DBSC Water Wag races in Dun Laoghaire Harbour has put Royal St. George's Sean and Heather Craig in Puffin 14 points clear at the top of the Summer Series. Second overall is Guy Kilroy's…
Royal St. George's Seán and Heather Craig – the winners of this month's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Water Wag Regatta – were in top form again on Wednesday evening when they sailed Puffin to victory in Dublin Bay Sailing Club…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a two-round windward-leeward course for the first of two races for the DBSC Water Wags on Wednesday evening, July 12th. The 23-boat fleet got off to a clear start in…
Royal St. George's Puffin is Clear Winner of Water Wag Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
9th July 2023 Volvo Regatta
Royal St. George's Sean Craig and Heather King sailing number 52 Puffin continued their winning form from Friday in the Water Wag class of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta and completed the series with five wins from eight races to be easy winners with a…
Craig's Puffin Takes Three Wins From Three Races of Water Wag Fleet at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
7th July 2023 Volvo Regatta
Royal St. George's Sean and Heather King sailing Puffin have three wins from three races in the Water Wag class of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Racing inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour, the husband and wife duo are six points clear…
Olympian Annalise Murphy and her crew were the winners of a breezy Water Wag race at Dun Laoghaire Harbour this evening. Dublin Bay Sailing Club race officer Tadhg Donnelly set a three-round windward/leeward course for the Water Wags in a westerly 14-22 knot breeze.…
In July, a new classic boat/yacht parade is planned for Dun Laoghaire Harbour. This event is being arranged in association with Dun Laoghaire's Coastival Festival, a week-long series of events and activities that culminates in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta.…
Dublin Bay’s Definitive One Designs Provide Ideal Projects For International Boat-Building Schools
13th June 2023 Historic Boats
The recent spell of hyper-sunny weather was a reminder of the time we stumbled upon the “lost” Dublin Bay 24 Zephyra while searching for shade to walk our little dog around the back of a castle in Mayo. The elegant…
DBSC Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly postponed Wednesday evening’s Water Wag dinghy race at Dun Laoghaire for 40 minutes due to cruise ship tender activity in the harbour. Donnelly set a three-round windward/leeward course in a stiff westerly breeze with squalls…
Craig's New Water Wag Puffin Debuts with a Second Place in First DBSC Race of 2023
27th April 2023 Water Wag
Sean and Heather Craig's new Water Wag dinghy Puffin debuted with a second place in the first Wag race of the DBSC 2023 at Dun Laoghaire harbour on Wednesday evening. Held in a cool southeasterly light to moderate breeze, Race Officer…
Classic Clinker Classes Have Enduring Backbone But Occasionally Need New Ribs
15th March 2023 Historic Boats
Classic clinker-built wooden dinghies can mean a lot of maintenance work as they mature. Betty Armstrong's recent stories on Afloat.ie of restoration projects on some of the almost-forgotten 14ft Ballyholme Insects in the North, will have been an evocative reminder…
Royal St. George's Gail Varian Becomes First Woman President of 146-Year-Old Dublin Bay Water Wag Class
8th March 2023 Water Wag
Although women sailors have played an active role in the Dublin Bay Water Wags OD Dinghy Class since their foundation in 1887 as revealed in Afloat.ie recently until Gail Varian (RStGYC) was elected President at last night's AGM in the…
Kilrush Skiff Sailors Discover Dublin Bay Water Wags Have Become Icons Of France's Morbihan Classics
27th February 2023 Water Wag
The St Ayles skiff Ealu, new-built by Seol Sionna in Kilrush, has been entered for this year's edition of the vast and deservedly legendary Semaine du Golfe for traditional and classic boats at the Morbihan in Southern Brittany from May…
