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Squib fleet Boosts the Numbers At Royal Alfred Baily Bowl Weekend
#BAILYBOWL – Dragons, Squibs and RS Elites lined up for the Royal Alfred Baily Bowl one design series at the Royal St. George at the…
Welsh Yacht Takes Howth's Corby Cup
#CORBYCUP – Richard Fildes Pwhelli based Corby 37 Impetuous was the winner of Howth Yacht Club's Corby Cup today. Originally built by Corby Yachts for…
Butler and Oram Set the Pace at Killaloe's Fireball Munsters
#FIREBALL – On the opening day of the Irish Fireball season, Noel Butler & Stephen Oram set the pace, bagging three race wins from four…
Eclipse is Top Puppeteer in Howth Yacht Club Race
#HOWTH YACHT CLUB – The Hegarty's Eclipse was the winner of the Puppeteer Howth Yacht Club race today with Schiggy (G. Kennedy) second. In the…
Red Rhum Romps Home in DBSC Cruisers 2 Race
#DBSC – Jonathan and Chris Nicholson's Red Rhum made the most of the easterly winds and big seas for today's Dublin Bay Sailing Club race…

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Wednesday, 21 March 2012 09:47

Large Topper fleet expected for Leinsters at Howth

#TOPPER – The Topper Leinster sailing Championships at Howth Yacht Club on March 31st/April 1st is the first event of the season for the Irish Topper class and with qualification for the ISA Topper Squad at stake, a competitive fleet of up to 40 boats is expected from clubs as…

Friday, 19 August 2011 17:11

Birmingham's Venables Wins, Cork's Crosbie Takes Third at Topper Worlds

15 year old Matt Venables from Sutton Coal Fields Yacht Club in Birmingham proved that he is a potential Olympian with his dominant win of the very successful Sovereign Ski Topper World Championships which finished in Dun Laoghaire today writes Martin McCarthy.The youngster led from the second race on day…

Friday, 19 August 2011 10:54

School of Dolphins Help Toppers on Their Way

Sailors arrived for day four of the 2011 Sovereign Ski Topper World Championship at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire to a flat sea and no wind writes Phil Harland. With increasing cloud cover there was no sea breeze forecast in the bay and so sailors prepared to wait…

Thursday, 18 August 2011 06:11

Cork and Strangford Sailors to the Fore at Topper World Finals

The 173 strong fleet of youth sailors at the Sovereign Ski Topper World Championships produced some surprises on the first day of the finals on Dublin Bay. Having dominated the qualifying series this week, Matt Venables of Sutton YC (UK) found himself edged out somewhat in the Gold fleet, managing…

Tuesday, 16 August 2011 13:14

Epic Racing Expected as Toppers Finals Commence

With just three days racing to go before Friday's final race in the Sovereign Ski Topper World Championship at the National Yacht Club, the event is shaping up to be a battle royale. The Qualifying races are over and the 166 boats have been split into bronze, silver and gold…

Monday, 15 August 2011 05:11

Figaro Sails out, Toppers Sail in to the National Yacht Club

Just 8 hours after National Yacht Club Commodore Paul Barrington bade farewell to the 47 brave Solitaire sailors starting their gruelling 420 mile sail back to France, he was raising the curtain on the Sovereign Ski Topper World Championship – one of the world's big sailing event for the professional…

Tuesday, 09 August 2011 14:08

Strangford's Gilmore Finishes Sixth in British Topper Nationals

Strangford's Laura Gilmore lead going into the last day but had a tough time in the strong conditions however she persevered to finish a credible sixth and first Girl, a great achievement. The other Irish persevered in the conditions and all to their credit finished all the races without gear…