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The final two-race day of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2023 went through with increasing speed as slowly brightening skies were matched by a steadily rising southerly - a sou’easter to seaward of the harbour, but distinct overtones of a sou’wester…

Frank Bradley's Ripples from the DMYC had seven results in the top two to take the Ruffian 23 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta prize on Sunday afternoon. Bradley had three race wins on his scoresheet to be five points clear of clubmate…

While Scottish crews were in command at the 20-boat Sigma 33 Irish National Championships hosted as part of the 2019 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, four years later, it is a Howth Yacht Club crew that lifted the title at Dun…

Finishing on nine points overall, Jerry Dowling's Bád/Kilcullen from the Royal Irish Yacht Club kept a margin of two points after Sunday's seventh race to take the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta crown in the 12-boat SB20 fleet.  Colin Galavan added a…

Afloat.ie regrets to record the death on Friday (7 July) of Gus Henry of Sligo; a leading Sligo Yacht Club member, veteran race officer and sailing enthusiast. In particular, Gus was a GP14 sailor of great energy and national status,…

A series of public events to welcome a new flagship ferry to serve the Isle of Man is to be live streamed at Douglas Head today.  Afloat adds live events are also available online here to celebrate the new £78m…

The General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) for England, Wales and Channel Islands, Trinity House is joining forces with Hill Robinson to create a new pathway for young people seeking careers as officers in the superyacht industry. Part of Trinity House’s Merchant…

Perfect summer sailing conditions on Dublin Bay brought changes to the leaderboard in several classes on the penultimate day of Ireland's biggest sailing regatta, the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Saturday. One contender for tomorrow's (Sunday) top prize of the 'Volvo…

With thirty offshore miles to race and the finishers ranging in size from 30ft to 50ft, it was no surprise that the finish times between the Dun Laoghaire pierheads for the Offshore Class were spread over an hour in Saturday's Volvo…

John Masterson's Curraglas of the National Yacht Club leads the Shipman 28 class of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta after six races sailed on Dublin Bay.  The Masterson family count six results in the top three of the seven-boat fleet, including three…

Despite Jerry Dowling's Bád/Kilcullen having four race wins from seven races sailed, the Royal Irish crew can't quite shake off the opposition in the 12-boat SB20 fleet of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Colin Galavan used his recent World Championship exposure in…

Sutton Dinghy Club's Alan Blay and Hugh McNally are top of the 25-boat GP14 Leinster Championships leaderboard with two races left to sail on Sunday at the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Dublin Bay. Alan Blay and Hugh McNally competing…

Vintage boats of the Elan marque have been making themselves so comfortable at the front of Non-Spinnaker IRC1 of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta that they had seemed to be taking an "After you" approach to the leading places, but this…

The arrival of more normal sailing conditions saw noted Hamble River visitor Ian Southworth with his Quarter Tonner Protis right in the groove, taking wins all the way on Saturday in IRC3 of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Dublin Bay. And…

The quirky Classic Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble (James Dwyer, RCYC) may have found the ferocity of the winds in Friday's early races not quite to her taste, but with Olympian Andy Beadsworth on the mainsheet, she was flying today, winning everything…

Day 3 of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta saw the Flying Fifteens return to the race management of David Wilkins and the South Bull course, which was pushed further northwards. The sunshine helped with the sense of the breeze which…

It was Super Saturday on Dublin Bay for VDLR23 Day 3, with brisk but very manageable sailing conditions matched by a brisk throughput of three races by the Race Teams, setting up everything nicely on track for two intense races…

After five races sailed in the Beneteau 211 class, Royal Irish's Andrew Bradley in Chinook leads the 11-boat class by two points going into Sunday's final races of the 2023 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta.  The Chinook crew have overtaken early…

We've sometimes thought that the Archambault 35 has more in her than has so far been revealed, but John Minnis and his team from RUYC headed by helm Gareth Flannigan now seem to have lifted Final Call II onto a…

Anthony O'Leary's Antix crew from Royal Cork Yacht Club maintain their lead after five races sailed at the Cape 31 Irish Nationals at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Antix, who were the UK's top Corinthian Cape 31 crew at Royal Lymington in…