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Irish RS Feva, RS400 & RS200 Dinghy Sailing & Regatta Results
This year, competitors are coming from near and far fro the RS400 Winter Series at Cultra; aside from the home RNIYC fleet, joining them will be RS400s from Carrick, Ballyholme, Strangford, Newcastle, Coleraine, Antrim and Dublin! With at least one helm flying over each weekend from London
The RS400 Winter Series returns to Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club for its 17th Year on Belfast Lough next weekend. Resuming this Sunday (5th November) and running until the 17th of December, the series concludes with the infamous Christmas…
Racing in the RS Feva 'Fling' Dinghy regatta at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough
Ten RS Fevas from clubs around Belfast Lough rounded off their season with a Final Fling at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club recently. After the initial strong wind died down to just in time to allow the event to…
RS Feva dinghies racing in Strangford Lough
The enticingly named RS Feva Final Fling and Social on Saturday afternoon (7th) is being held at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on the south shore of Belfast Lough. Four of the nine boats entered were from Ballyholme…
Strong winds at Killaloe Sailing Club on Lough Derg for the RS400 Inland Championships
With the tail end of Hurricane Lee sweeping the island, numerous sailing events were cancelled last weekend across Ireland. The team at Killaloe Sailing Club decided to go ahead as planned, hoping to get some racing for the 33 boats…
RS Feva sailing at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour
The RS Feva Southern Championships, scheduled for this weekend at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club, has unfortunately been cancelled due to the bleak forecast throughout the weekend. Saturday's wind in Cork Harbour is expected to increase throughout the day, and Sunday's…
RS400s racing at Killaloe Sailing Club on Lough Derg
The Irish RS200/400 fleets return to Lough Derg this month for the year's final event on 23/24 September at Killaloe Sailing Club Co. Clare, and boats are expected to travel from all parts of the country for the Inland Championship. From…
Second overall at the RS Feva Northern Championships were Felix Dion and Lucas Browne from the National YC (1774)  pushing hard upwind
Fourteen boats with a mixture of duos and family crews took part in the East Down Yacht Club hosted RS Feva Northern Ireland championships over the Bank Holiday weekend. The club is situated on the sheltered shores of Holm Bay…
RS400 winners Conor Galligan and Zack Harden O'Connor being presented by Simon Herriot's father with the memorial trophy at Greystones Sailing Club
The RS400 and RS200 Eastern championships were held at Greystones Harbour Sailing Club, and it was a thrilling day for the 24 RS 400s and other boats that participated. The Simon Herriot Memorial trophy was also incorporated into the event, adding…
Action on the water from a previous RYANI Youth Nationals event
RYA Northern Ireland has issued the Notice of Race and opened entries for the 2023 edition of the RYANI F10 Marine Youth Championships, which will take place on the weekend of 9-10 September. Following the cancellation of last year’s championships…
A busy scene at Blessington Sailing Club as the inaugural RS Fest Incorporating RS200 and RS400 gets underway
Blessington Sailing Club hosted the RS400s, 200s & Fevas for a very breezy weekend of racing incorporating all three fleets’ National Championships and the inaugural RS Fest. Blessington was, as ever, a very welcoming and accessible club on Friday morning.…
RS Elite racing at the Irish Championships at Royal Ulster on Belfast Lough
Having spent the weekend racing in the Irish RS Elite Championships at Royal Ulster on Belfast Lough, most of the 14-strong fleet are making their way the 18 miles to the UK Nationals hosted by Strangford Lough Yacht Club at…
The Irish RS Elite Championships and the UK Championships will be held in Northern Ireland this month
The Northern Ireland RS Elite keelboat class is preparing for two big events this weekend and next week on home waters. The first event is the Irish RS Elite Championships, hosted by Royal Ulster in Bangor Bay; this is a…
15 RS Fevas are entered into the inaugural RS Fest 2023 at Blessington Sailing Club
The inaugural RS 2023 is shaping up to be thrilling; as of writing, we have 20 RS400s, five RS200s and 15 RS Fevas! The event in Blessington should see the light hot weather that we have enjoyed for the last…
The National Yacht Club RS Feva sailing team competed at the British National Championships in Pwllheli, North Wales, under NYC coach Thomas Chaix (pictured right)
After a very successful Eastern Championships organised by the neighbouring Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, a small group of National Yacht Club RS Feva sailors got set for the British Nationals. After a light-air yet instructive clinic,…
Jessica Dadley-Young and Sally Nixon of Ballyholme Yacht Club competing in the Uk Feva Nationals. Racing was in a big fleet of nearly 100 at Plas Heli in Pwllheli in North Wales
It is 36 years since the father of Ben Greenhalgh, winner of the RS Feva UK Nationals at Pwllheli, raced in the same waters in the Cadet Worlds in a team from Ireland. Simon Greenhalgh from Ballyholme YC was part…
The inaugural Irish RS Fest is hosted by Blessington Sailing Club and incorporates the RS200/400 National Championships, the RS Feva Nationals, RS Aeros & RS Teras
With just over three weeks to go to the inaugural RS Fest hosted by Blessington Sailing Club incorporating the RS200/400 National Championships, the RS Feva Nationals, RS Aeros & RS Teras, we thought it would be good to get a…

At a Glance - Irish RS Dinghy 2024 Calendar

May 4th/5th:
RS200/400 Northerns EABC.

June 8th:
RS200/400 Easterns/Sprint Greystones SC - ideal way to hone in your starting before many Irish boats head to France for Eurocup 21-24 June

July 6/7th:
RS FEST/Inlands LDYC. RS Fest follows on from the success of last year to incorporate all RS Feva/200/400/Aeros.

August 9-11th:
RS200/400 Irish National Championships CSC.

September 20/21st:
RS 200/400 Southerns KSC. Killaloe SC hosts the final event of the year.

At a Glance - Irish RS400/200 Events for 2023 

  • RS Westerns Galway City Sailing Club - April 1/2
  • RS Open Training Strangford SC 29/30 April
  • Northerns - Strangford Sailing Club - May 6/7
  • Irish RS Games - Nationals - Blessington Sailing Club 23-25 June
  • UK Nationals Mounts Bay 31 July - 04 August 2023
  • Southerns/Easterns - 26/27 August- Wexford Harbour SC
  • Inlands - 23/24 September - Killaloe SC

RS Feva

  • Feva Easterns Royal Irish YC- May 6/7, RS Feva UK Nationals-Pwhelli, UK- May 27th-30th
  • Irish RS Games - Nationals - Blessington Sailing Club 23-25 June (open to all RS classes)
  • Feva Northerns - East Down YC - 26/27 Aug / Southerns - Monkstown BSC- 23/24 Sept

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