Irish Youth Sailing News. Regattas, Juniors, Training, Courses, Skills
IODAI Kick Start Junior Sailing Pathway with Optimist "National Training Week" at Malahide Yacht Club
24th October 2021 Optimist
The IODAI in conjunction with Malahide Yacht Club will be hosting the junior Optimist dinghy National Training week 27-30th October. Although normally part of the Youth Sailing Nationals, due to COVID safety measures in 2021 the decision was made to organise…
60 Youth Sailors Gather at Lough Ree For Inaugural Double Handed Sailing Symposium
14th October 2021 Youth Sailing
Garrett Leech reports on the inaugural Youth Double Handed Sailing Symposium was held at Lough Ree Yacht Club last weekend. Just over 60 sailors from all over Ireland descended on the Club Saturday morning for this anticipated event, many not…
Kinsale Yacht Club plans for an Under 25 sailing team are progressing in West Cork. The plan is to acquire a suitable yacht (most likely a J/24) that will compete on the under 25 keelboat circuit around Ireland. It follows expressions…
Sea Scouting Celebrates its 50th Anniversary of the Sea Scout Sailing Regatta
11th October 2021 Youth Sailing
Originally hosted from the decks of the 102-ft Lightship Albatross in Dún Laoghaire Harbour, the event has grown popular as ever within Sea Scouting under a very exciting team-racing format using fleets of Pico/ Topaz ensuring it is fun and…
The National Yacht Club’s Topper winter training programme got under way with its first session today (Sunday 10 October) at the Dun Laoghaire waterfront club. Training continues every Sunday until the end of November, with sessions for beginner (9.30am-12.30pm), intermediate…
Irish Youth Sailor Eve McMahon Wins Race at European Championships in Bulgaria
8th October 2021 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Irish youth sailor Eve McMahon from Howth took a well-earned win in a breezy race eight of the 2021 Women's ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) Senior European Championships & Open European Trophy in Varna, Bulgaria today. After nine races sailed, McMahon, who…
Young Sailors Participate in RYA Northern Ireland's Youth Forum
1st October 2021 RYA Northern Ireland
A group of enthusiastic young sailors have come together for the first meeting of RYA Northern Ireland's Youth Forum at Ballyholme Yacht Club. RYA Northern Ireland identified youth engagement as a key area for the organisation, and this strand of…
Rocco Wright of Howth is Sailor of the Month (Junior) for September
1st October 2021 Sailor of the Month
Turning 15 can be a difficult development stage for a young sailor. But Howth's Rocco Wright has been managing it with aplomb as he turned in some impressive race-winning performances at the mega-fleet Optimist Worlds on Lake Garda, shaped up…
Charlie Cullen of Dun Laoghaire Harbour is "Sailor of the Month (Inshore)" for September
1st October 2021 Sailor of the Month
A veteran of foil sailing at just 19, Charlie Cullen of the Royal St George YC has been cutting an increasingly impressive furrow through Waszp racing in 2021 as the national and international programme resumes. In mid-September, he reached new…
Tall Ship Youth Training Vessel Requires Urgent Reinstatement of State Funding - Atlantic Youth Trust
30th September 2021 Tall Ships
Youth development, education and cultural charity the Atlantic Youth Trust have made a direct appeal to An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD and Minister Simon Harris TD, to reinstate the €950,000 which came from the National Lottery to support the operational…
Howth’s Rocco Wright Takes National Junior Title 2021 after Cliff-Hanger Finish at Schull
27th September 2021 Youth Sailing
Fresh back from being the youngest participant in the NYYC Invitationals racing ILC 37s at Newport, Rhode Island, 15-year-old Rocco Wright of Howth reactivated his well-proven dinghy-racing skills in jig time to emerge as the 2021 Junior All-Ireland Sailing Champion…
All Young Dinghy Sailors Welcome at Galway Bay SC’s Junior Regatta on Sunday September 26th
19th September 2021 Galway Harbour
While good placings in the recent 420 Nationals showed that the Galway Bay SC juniors are a growing force in this demanding class, junior-sailed boats of all kinds are welcome at the GBSC Open Junior Regatta at Renville on Sunday,…
Royal St George Waszp Sailor Charlie Cullen Finishes Second at SailGP in Saint Tropez
17th September 2021 SailGP
Dun Laoghaire Harbour's 2021 Waszp European Slalom & U20 Champion Charlie Cullen was one of 16 young sailors, consisting of multiple World and European Champions from various classes, who were selected to race in last week’s SailGP event in the Saint Tropez,…
137 Dinghy Sailors Contest RYA NI Youth Sailing Championships at Carrickfergus
13th September 2021 RYA Northern Ireland
A huge fleet of 121 dinghies took to the waters of Belfast Lough from Carrickfergus Sailing Club on the north shore on Saturday and Sunday (11th and 12th) for the Royal Yachting Association NI Youth Championships. The 137 youth sailors…
When Liam Burke’s interesting Farr 31 Tribal from Galway Bay SC became the new West of Ireland champion in racing the WIORA series with Tralee Bay SC at Fenit recently, it marked the latest successful stage in the Tribal Youth…
Dwyer & Bateman Take a Top 15 at 29er Worlds as Spain Fills the Podium in Valencia
1st September 2021 29er
Royal Cork Yacht Club's James Dwyer and Chris Bateman have finished in the top 15 of 193 sailors from 24 countries at the 29er World Cup in Valencia. The six days of skiff sailing competition saw eight Irish youth boats in…