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#powerboatcrash – The crash occurred to Team Dubai during the Speed Cat Run, at the 4th stage of 2015 UIM XCAT World Series yesterday. The drivers Salem Al Adidi and Eisa Al Ali are ok, boat is damaged but can be…
#rorc – After 22 years at the RORC Rating Office, Mike Urwin, its Technical Director, is stepping aside to relinquish the day to day running of the Rating Office to James Dadd, 44, with effect from 1st September. Mike will…
#laser – Dun Laoghaire and Howth sailors shared the spoils of three national titles at the Irish Laser National championships on Dublin Bay at the weekend. Howth Yacht Club's Ronan Cull was crowned standard champion after nine races in a…
#fireballworlds – The Fireball Worlds opened yesterday under grey skies and surprisingly rain! With 106 entries, IRO Peter Saxton promised a line that would be of the order of 0.4 of a mile long. Again wind was promised but what…
#dinghyfest – Royal Cork claims the inaugural dinghyfest event was a great success with 208 entries and over 400 competitors writes Clare Bateman. Scroll down for Bob Bateman's photos from today's Dinghy fest prizegiving at Royal Cork Yacht Club. Now that the excitement…
#rorcrfr – In a Fastnet Race fleet of over 300 Dun Laoghaire's Irish Offshore Sailing School finished 66th overall and 15th in class 4 which had 72 yachts. The offshore school under principal Rónán Ó Siochrú won the Roger Justice trophy for…
#laser – Laser sailors toasted Finn Lynch's fine fourth place performance at the U21–world championships in Dun Laoghaire last night but they were also counting up their own points after seven races at the Laser dinghy national championships at the…
Cullen's Checkmate Is Half Ton Classics Cup Champion 2015 With Race to Spare
22nd August 2015 Half Tonners
#halfton – After five days, ten races, multiple parties and some amazingly close yacht racing, the 1985 Humphreys MG HS30 Checkmate XV, helmed by Ireland's David Cullen and crewed by Mark Pettitt, John Murphy, James Hynes, Andy George, Aidan Beggan…
#dbsc – BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 2. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power) BENETEAU 31.7 Echo - 1. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 2. LegallyBlonde (C.Drohan/P.Egan), 3. Extreme…
#finnlynch – Olympic trialist Finn Lynch, has finished fourth at the Laser Standard U21 World Championships in Medemblik, The Netherlands. It's another top result for the Dubliner who last year won the U19 Laser Standard world champion title in France. The…
#fireball – While there can be no doubting that the UK is the spiritual home of the Fireball Class, the reality is that as an international class there is a multi-national facet to the character of the class and that…
Podium Places Settled at Aquece Rio Test Event, Seaton & McGovern Best of Irish
22nd August 2015 Olympic
#aquecerio – The penultimate day of the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2015 served up four more podiums with Italian, Lithuanian, Kiwi and Brazilian sailors claiming the golden honours. From four Irish boats competing at Aquece Rio, Ireland ended…
#dinghyfest – The fleets that were sailing in the 142–boat Cork Dinghy Fest on Friday had a great day's racing writes Claire Bateman. Sun and wind aplenty made sure of excellent sailing conditions. A south westerly breeze combined with an…
#lasernats – Howth Yacht Club's Ronan Cull has taken over the lead at the end of day two of the Laser national championships in Dun Laoghaire. After four races sailed the Dubliner overhauls early leader Colin Leonard of Ballyholme but…
#rorcrfr – Géry Trentesaux and his JPK 10.80 Courrier Du Leon have been confirmed by the Royal Ocean Racing Club as winner of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race. For this the team will receive the Fastnet Challenge Trophy at tonight's…
Donegal Lifeboat Teen Rings Bell to Open New RNLI All-Weather Lifeboat Centre
21st August 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#lifeboat – The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) officially opened its new All-weather Lifeboat Centre at the charity's headquarters in Poole, Dorset today, with the two youngest fully-qualified lifeboat crew ringing a bell as the doors of the new building…
Royal St. George Yacht Club Announces Laser Radial Youth World Championships for 2016
21st August 2015 Laser
#laser – Dun Laoghaire Harbour and the Royal St. George Yacht Club has been selected as the venue for the 2016 Laser Radial Youth World Championships and the 2016 Laser Radial Men's World Championships. The announcement by the International Laser Class…
#tallshipkinsale – The tall ship Stavros S.Niarchos visits Kinsale Yacht Club Marina. She Departed from La Coruna on August 17 and arrived in Kinsale (non stop) on August 21st. She is owned by the Tall Ships Youth Trust a registered…
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is currently investigating a major fish kill which occurred on the River Clodiagh, a tributary of the Tullamore River, on Tuesday 18th August 2015. IFI responded immediately to reports of a pollution discharge to the river.…
#lasernats – Colin Leonard of Ballyholme Yacht Club leads a fleet of 22 Laser Standard rigs after the first race of the Laser National Championships at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire yesterday. The 48-boat radial fleet is lead…
