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Something Else and Rupert Take IRC-ORC Doubles in Breezy DBSC Saturday Racing
12th September 2026 DBSC
Something Else and Rupert scored IRC and ORC doubles as Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Saturday fleet raced in a fresh and at times gusty westerly on September 12th, on a busy day on the capital's race track. DBSC recorded 15–18…
Kinsale Yacht Club’s Cameron Good has retained the overall lead in the Cantor Fitzgerald Irish South Coast Dragon Championships, but his advantage has been cut to just two points after Saturday’s racing at Kinsale. Good’s Little Fella (IRL 211), crewed…
Eve McMahon Seventh as Charlotte Rose Wins ILCA 6 Worlds on Dublin Bay
12th September 2026 ILCA Worlds 2026
Ireland’s Eve McMahon finished seventh overall at the ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship in Dún Laoghaire on Saturday, ending her home World Championship with a third place in the final Medal Series race. American Charlotte Rose was crowned 2026 ILCA…
The second race of the 2026 Hibernia Line Cork Harbour Triple Crown has been postponed from Saturday (12 September) until Sunday due to weather conditions. The Cork Buoy Race was due to follow last weekend’s Cobh-to-Blackrock opener but will now…
Olympic silver medallist Annalise Murphy has spoken about the profound effect becoming a mother has had on her return to top-level sailing, saying her priorities and approach to competition have changed since the birth of her daughter Juliette. In an…
The ISORA Technical Committee has stressed that competitors' views expressed in the offshore racing association's open WhatsApp group did not influence the decision to cancel Saturday's season-ending James Eadie Race from Pwllheli to Dún Laoghaire. The clarification followed a discussion…
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) has been selected to host two World Sailing championships in Auckland in November 2027. The World Sailing Youth Match Racing World Championship will run from 15-20 November, followed by the World Sailing Women’s…
Royal Irish Yacht Club’s Aidan O’Connell and Sam Hunt have taken Ruby Blue to the top of the unofficial Irish Squib Ladder following the Frank Clarke Ltd-sponsored Squib Southern Championships at Kinsale Yacht Club. The latest Ladder, compiled by Vincent…
The Isle of Man Steam Packet company says it's confident its flagship ferry, the Manxman, will be back in service by the end of November and no later. Manxman, which has been in dry dock on Merseyside since July, has…
The World ARC 2026-27 fleet has departed Darwin, Australia, beginning the second half of its 15-month circumnavigation with a passage across the Timor Sea to Lombok, Indonesia. Organised by World Cruising Club, the annual rally covers some 26,000 nautical miles…
Pamela Lee to Become First Irishwoman to Race Route du Rhum
12th September 2026 La Route du Rhum Race
Irish offshore sailor Pamela Lee will make history as the first Irishwoman to compete in the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe when she lines up in the race’s largest division, the 49-boat Class40 fleet, this November. The 38-year-old will race…
Claire and Ed Mockridge’s Elaine Again has won the 2026 GBR IRC National Championship after taking victory in IRC 3 during the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta Sailing Week. The championship was sailed in Start Bay during the final week…
The concept of the Golden Globe Challenge, the four-yearly non-stop round the world race for boats not more than 36ft LOA designed pre-1988 with a traditional closed hull shape, may indeed have developed in order to celebrate Robin Knox-Johnston’s pioneering…
Irish Sailors in World Title Mix as Northstar III Clinches Maxi Crown
11th September 2026 Superyachts
Irish sailors are in the thick of the action at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo, where Peter Dubens’ Northstar III has clinched the Rolex IMA Maxi Grand Prix World Championship with a race to spare. The title…
McMahon Makes ILCA 6 Worlds Medal Series as Rose Leads Final Ten
11th September 2026 ILCA Worlds 2026
Ireland’s Eve McMahon has secured a place in Saturday’s ten-boat Medal Series at the ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship in Dún Laoghaire, qualifying ninth overall after a difficult final day of Gold Fleet racing on Dublin Bay. The Howth Yacht…
Kinsale Yacht Club’s Cameron Good has taken a commanding early lead in the Cantor Fitzgerald Irish South Coast Dragon Championships 2026 after winning two of Friday’s opening three races at Kinsale. Good’s Little Fella (IRL 211), crewed by Simon Furney…
Howling winds, ‘blowing dogs off chains’, opened Day 1 of the SB20 2026 National Championships at Lough Ree Yacht Club, with a steady 20 knots and gusts of 25–30 knots. Three races were completed on day 1 and four on…
Irish Ferries Owner ICG See Shareholders Narrowly Back Management Buyout
11th September 2026 Irish Ferries
A majority of shareholders in the ferry and maritime transportation company Irish Continental Group (ICG) have backed a €1.2 billion takeover bid led by its Chief Executive Officer Eamonn Rothwell, reported RTE News. The Dublin-listed ICG held an extraordinary general meeting…
More than 4,000 people have now graduated from a Dublin Port-based construction training programme which is providing job-ready workers for Ireland’s building sector. Taoiseach Micheál Martin marked the milestone on Friday (11 September) during a visit to the Construction Skills…
Arklow Dale First D-Class Launched from Dutch Shipyard Brings New Technological Features
11th September 2026 Arklow Shipping
Arklow Dale is the first D-class newbuild launched for Arklow Shipping, through its Dutch subsidiary, having splashed into a canal adjacent to a shipyard in the Netherlands, writes Jehan Ashmore. Aside from workers of Ferus Smit’s shipyard in Westerbroek, curious canal-side…
