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While most of the country seemed to have little or no wind, with many races and events cancelled, East Antrim Boat Club managed to get all six races of this year's GP14 Ulster Championship completed. The event attracted 30 GP14s…

Winning Co-Skipper Victoria Cox recalls Saturday's (May 20th) marathon race across the Irish Sea from Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire, where she says perseverance and determination in light winds were just as important as sailing skills onboard the J109 Mojito We had…

“Light, backing -fluctuating” was how the late Commander Bill King described winds in the final frustrating days of his successful solo sail around the world half a century ago. The log entry for his schooner Galway Blazer II, recorded in…

Spare a thought for PRO Michael Tyrell and his team, who had to wait until Sunday afternoon to deliver three races so that the Optimist Leinster could have a championship, writes Brendan Foley of the IODAI. After waiting in vain for…

After confirmation of her IRC overall win in the weekend's marathon ISORA cross-channel race, Peter Dunlop and Victoria Cox's J109 Mojito now lead the ISORA points table after eight races sailed. Despite not competing in some of April's coastal races, Dunlop…

Irish Cape 31 champion Anthony O'Leary finished fifth overall – and top Irish entry – at the weekend's six-race Vice-Admiral's Cup on the Solent. As Afloat reported earlier, it was the biggest-ever gathering of the new sportsboat class with a…

After success at the Portuguese Grand Slam earlier this month, Michael O’Connor was already up to speed in the SB20 class, but with only two wins from seven races, the Royal St. George Yacht Club ace did not have it all…

Newport, Rhode Island earned its title as one of the great homes of sailing on Sunday, providing beautiful conditions for the start of leg 5 of The Ocean Race. The sunshine returned with light southwesterly winds and the crowds were…

Sixty-nine boats started the North Sea Race outside the Royal Harwich YC for the 180nm race bound for the Scheveningen Yacht Club, Netherlands. The overall winner after IRC time correction was the J/122 Ajeto! raced Two-Handed by Robin Verhoef &…

RS Ireland, the new trading name for all things RS in Ireland, has rebranded from its parent company MarineServices.ie. As part of this rebrand, RS Ireland has launched its all-new website, www.rsireland.com; check it out! The page for the RS Fest…

Even in the inky darkness, there was no mistaking the exuberant mix of sheer joy, relief and final deliverance for Skipper MACIF duo Charlotte Yven and Lois Berrehar when they crossed the finish line off Gustavia, Saint Barths, in the…

Ìmagine being just 50 nautical miles away from completing a third attempt in the best part of five years to sail around the world solo, and hoping for some wind. That was the situation that the late Commander Bill King…

In an elapsed time of just under 24 hours, Nigel Biggs and Dave Cullen's First 50 Checkmate XX from Howth Yacht Club claimed the line honours win by seconds this morning – according to the race tracker – in the Pwllheli…

Three different teams scored victories on Saturday in the 25-strong Cape 31 Class at the RORC's Vice Admiral's Cup on the Solent. James Howells’ Gelert took Race 1, Roger Bowden’s Nifty ran away with it in Race 2, and Niall…

Race Officer Barry O'Neill will try and get the first races of the 16-boat SB20 Easterns underway this Sunday lunchtime after cancelling Saturday's programme due to lack of wind on Dublin Bay. O'Neill says there is no point in planning an…

None of Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) 22 racing classes managed to race on Saturday, May 21, due to a glassy calm on Dublin Bay. Race Officers flew N/A at 1300 hours. Racing continues next week. Overall results are below.

It turns out the big lift ship that transported a pair of inshore patrol vessels (IPV) boats to Cork Harbour last week was carrying more than just boats for the Irish Navy. An Australian entry into this August's Rolex Fastnet Race…

Leisure 17s form a sizeable fleet at East Down Yacht Club, which is tucked away on a nine-acre site on the western shore of Strangford Lough, with an anchorage in Holm Bay between Island Taggart and the coast. It is…

Pat Kelly’s family crewed J109 Storm from Howth and Rush began this year’s Celtic Cup RC 35 series with a win at Kip Regatta, the first big event of the season. Dad Pat Kelly skippered the very competitive Storm with…

Tributes have been paid to outgoing Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta administrator Ciara Dowling, who has retired after 16 years.  Regatta Chairman Don O'Dowd made a special presentation at last Wednesday's launch of Ireland's biggest regatta that takes place this July.  "Since…