It seems that the Irish Sailing League is going to be a big success this year! We're receiving a lot of enquiries and entries on our website, and we're expecting to reach our maximum capacity of 16 boats very soon.…
Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club to Host RYA NI Women on Water Festival at Cultra
1st April 2024 RYA Northern Ireland
This year’s Women on Water Festival will be held at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club at Cultra on the south side of Belfast Lough near Holywood. The date is 12th May. This event, hosted by the RYANI is…
Porsche Centre Dublin, renowned for their commitment to excellence and luxury, will take centre stage as the headline sponsors for Howth Yacht Club’s Wave Regatta, scheduled from May 24th to 26th, 2024. Their support underscores the significance of this event…
Australia Crash Out Of SailGP’s Christchurch Grand Prix After Turning Into Course Mark - But Move Avoids Greater Catastrophe
25th March 2024 SailGP
Australia’s SailGP team suffered a massive collision that forced their retirement from the second annual New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Christchurch at the weekend. As Marine Industry News reports, Tom Slingsby and his crew were rocked by the collision…
'Disappointing Cancellations' Leads Women’s World Match Racing Tour to Update 2024 Schedule
23rd March 2024 Match Racing
The Women’s World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) has announced an updated schedule for the 2024 Tour after the unfortunate cancellation of the opening season events in Annapolis and San Francisco due to a shortage of registered teams. The revised schedule…
Friday evening’s announcement of the Irish Sailor of the Year 2023 title for 19-year-old Eve McMahon at her sailing home of Howth Yacht Club well captures the zeitgeist of mid-2020s Ireland, not least in the fact that the title holder…
Five Yacht Clubs Sign Up for Irish Sailing League 2024 – Still Room for More!
22nd March 2024 Irish Sailing League
With five of the biggest yacht clubs drawn from the south and east coasts already signed up, the inaugural Irish Sailing League 2024, due to kick off in a month's time, is looking great! The initial clubs that have committed…
New Boats Arriving to Compete at June's Bangor Regatta on Belfast Lough
16th March 2024 Bangor Town Regatta
Word on the grapevine is that Jonathan Anderson's Danish-designed X 4.3 will be among the boats new to Royal Ulster’s Bangor Regatta in June. The new boat is still in the factory so brand new. He was the previous owner…
Éric Péron Finishes Fifth and Completes the Circle in the Ultim Challenge Race
14th March 2024 Ultim Challenge
Éric Péron sailing ULTIM ADAGIO crossed the finish line of the Ultim Challenge at 14 h 44 27" to finish in fifth position, the final skipper to complete the 22, 460 nautical miles course which started on Sunday 7th January. His…
Blue Water Medal Presented to Kirsten Neuschäfer as CCA Honours Top 2023 Ocean Sailors
13th March 2024 Golden Globe Race
The 2023 Cruising Club of America (CCA) awards ceremony was held at the New York Yacht Club on Friday, March 1, highlighted by the presentation of the Blue Water Medal to solo round-the-world sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer. The prestigious Medal was…
Irish Sailing League on the Right Track for Its Inaugural Season
12th March 2024 Irish Sailing League
Steady entries are coming in for the Irish Sailing League with the inaugural event coming over the weekend of 20-21 April, as Kenneth Rumball writes. We are delighted to welcome two more clubs to the entry list who committed over…
Anthony Marchand (Actual Ultim 3) Finishes Fourth in Ultim Challenge
11th March 2024 Ultim Challenge
French solo skipper Anthony Marchand took fourth place on Ultim Challenge this afternoon when he sailed the ULTIM Actual Ultim 3 across the finish line off Brest at 14:08:21hrs UTC. Marchand, who turned 39 years old during this first ever solo…
RYA Northern Ireland’s Women On Water Festival will take place at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club in Cultra on Sunday 12 May and online sign-ups are now open to women across Northern Ireland and the wider island of…
Big Irish Cruiser-Racer Campaign Revealed as Scottish J122E 'El Gran Senor' Becomes 'Mojito' Under New Welsh Ownership
8th March 2024 ISORA
The potent J122E cruiser-racer Scottish 'El Gran Senor' from the Clyde Cruising Club will be renamed under new ownership when she embarks on her 2024 summer season, which includes next month's ISORA 2024 Offshore Series on the Irish Sea, Cork…
Irish Sailing League 2024 Gears Up For April Start in J80s With Howth, Kinsale and Royal Cork Yacht Clubs Signed Up
7th March 2024 Irish Sailing League
Kinsale Yacht Club, Howth Yacht Club and Royal Cork are the first teams to sign up for the Irish Sailing League 2024, which promises to decide who is the best sailing club in the country and then the world!' League…
Team Nika emerged as the winner of the 44Cup Calero Marinas, the opening event of the 2024 44Cup. The high-performance owner-driver one-design race was held in maximum conditions for all four days of racing in the Canary Islands. In fact,…