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The National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire is offering a pre-race coaching series to help Water Wags sailors preparing for evening racing on Dublin Bay. This series will be led by the club head coach and may receive the input…

The Water Wags, a local sailing class on Dublin Bay, had a successful season in 2023 despite the extreme weather conditions that they faced. The club's activities kicked off with a coaching and training weekend at the National Yacht Club…

The sailing and boating scene in Ireland has lost one of its most versatile and interesting participants with the death of Tom Hudson of Dun Laoghaire and Royal St George Yacht Club at the age of 90. Most recently, he…

Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a three-round windward/leeward course for the last DBSC Water Wags race of the 2023 season at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Wednesday evening, September 20th. The 26-boat fleet was racing for…

They’ve been part of our sailing furniture for so long that you could be forgiven for thinking Ireland’s historic local classes might just quietly fade away through being barely noticed. But you’d be very much mistaken. 2023 has been a…

Nineteen boats participated in the Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Water Wag dinghy race held on the windy evening of Wednesday, September 13th. Racing was held under DBSC Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly, who set up a three-round windward/leeward course in…

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a 3-round windward/leeward course for the Water Wags race on, Wednesday, September 6th. All 21 boats got off to a clear start in a balmy 7-10kt SSE breeze in Dun Laoghaire…

Adam Winkelmann and Doug Smith, sailing Water Wag No. 46 Mademoiselle, clinched a late win in the beat to the finish of Wednesday evening's DBSC Water Wag Captain’s Prize Race.  Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a three-round windward/leeward course, and…

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 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…

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…