Irish J80 Sailboat News & Regatta Results
University College Cork Take Home Intervarsities Keelboat Annual Title Won At Howth
31st March 2024 Youth Sailing
Always having the Friday and Saturday of the last weekend of March as the "fixed fixture" for your annual event is usually guaranteed to provide lively conditions and Howth YC's Scorie Walls's regular yearly staging of the University Keelboats team…
J80 'GoJoe' Wins Lough Derg's Gortmore Bell for the Longest Inland Sailing Race in Ireland
19th September 2023 Inland Waterways
A local Limerick sailing team has emerged victorious in the 43rd annual Gortmore Bell Race, held on September 9th on Lough Derg. The race is considered the longest inland sailing race in Ireland and attracted 18 entries from various sailing…
O'Neill's J/80 Mojo Wins Inaugural Key Yachting J Cup Ireland on Dublin Bay
27th August 2023 J Cup Ireland
The first overall J Cup Ireland winner was awarded to Pat O’Neill’s J/80 ‘Mojo’ on Sunday afternoon for scoring four out of five wins across two days of racing at Dun Laoghaire. All J Cup One Design classes completed three…
Impressive 40-Boat Fleet Contest Day One of the Key Yachting J Cup Ireland on Dublin Bay
27th August 2023 J Cup Ireland
Day one of the inaugural Key Yachting J Cup Ireland was successfully completed on Saturday. An impressive 40 boats entered the brand-new regatta at the Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire on Dublin Bay. Boats are fairly equally split…
Irish J Cup: First-Ever Irish J Boats Event Set to Take Place This Weekend at the Royal Irish Yacht Club
21st August 2023 J Cup Ireland
J boat enthusiasts are gearing up for the first-ever Irish J Cup, set to take place this weekend at the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Organised by Key Yachting, agents for J/boats and Grand Soleil yachts, the…
The Royal Irish's Austin Kenny, Simon Redden and Austin Burke were the overall winners of the J80 class at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. In an all-star Irish fleet, that included Clontarf's Pat O'Neill, the 2021 J80 World Bronze medalist, 12…
Royal Irish Stages 'International Yacht Club Challenge' in J80 Keelboats
11th June 2023 Royal Irish Yacht Club
Pierrik Devic from the Yacht Club of Monaco was the overall winner of the International Yacht Club Challenge (IYCC) hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club on Dublin Bay over the weekend. With five race wins from seven races sailed, Devic…
The Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School is preparing for the arrival of eight J80 keelboats in January, growing capacity for training, group events and competition. After carefully reviewing the requirements for the next phase of sail training, the team…
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The Inaugural Key Yachting J/Cup Ireland is Announced for 2023
23rd December 2022 J Boats & Grand Soleil
Key Yachting is pleased to announce that the inaugural J Cup Ireland will take place from 26th to 27th of August at the Royal Irish Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire, on Dublin Bay. The J/Cup Regatta is a highly successful event…
Pat O’Neill of Howth is Sailor of the Month (International) for October
1st November 2022 Sailor of the Month
Pat O’Neill of Howth and his Mojo J/80 team are well known for their success in major events across Europe. But taking on the J/80 Worlds in the class heartlands at Newport, Rhode Island was a challenge which raised the…
When bad weather hampered the final stages of preparation for the J/80 Worlds at Newport, Rhode Island last week, the pessimists wondered if it was stretching things too far, in an Autumn of unsettled weather, to have racing scheduled right…
As reported in Afloat.ie, the showing by Pat O'Neill and his Howth crew in the J/80 Worlds at Newport, Rhode Island during the past five days seemed to be improving in tandem with the improvement with the weather, and having…
Pat O'Neill of Howth is a seasoned international campaigner with his championship crew in the J/80 fleet. But until now, most of his successes overseas have been achieved on the European circuit. This week, however, Team O'Neill have made the…
Overall Sportboat division leader Jonathan Craig's J80 George 7 won last Tuesday night's DBSC AIB race on Dublin Bay. Winds were six knots from the southeast, giving a spinnaker start for the mixed cruiser fleet from the DBSC Hut on the…
Crosshaven’s Harry Durcan Leads Munster Techies To National Intervarsity Keelboat Champs 2022
29th March 2022 Howth YC
The last weekend of March in Ireland is usually not noted for an almost-dangerous amount of highly-radiated sunshine and light breezes. But Race Officer Scorie Walls had to cope with both at Howth in putting through the full 18-race programme…
Royal Irish Yacht Club Prepare to Stage May's Dun Laoghaire Cup for Sportsboats
23rd February 2022 Royal Irish Yacht Club
The Royal Irish Yacht Club will host a four-class Dun Laoghaire Cup for sportsboats in May with racing for 1720, SB20, J80 and Beneteau First 21 classes. The 1720 East Coast Championship, the J80 East Coast Championship and First 21 National…
