Royal Yachting Association Northern Ireland
Olympic gold medallists Eilidh McIntyre and Dylan Fletcher will be among a host of British Sailing Team athletes at this year’s RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show. The Tokyo 2020 stars will officially open the show, which this year takes place…
The RYA Youth Sailing Brititsh National Championships is making a much-anticipated return to Wales in 2022 – and entries are now open for the Irish Sea event. The week-long regatta heads to Plas Heli, the Welsh National Sailing Academy in…
Clubs Come Together Online for RYANI Affiliated Club Conference
9th February 2022 RYA Northern Ireland
Clubs from across Northern Ireland joined together online for RYANI’s Affiliated Clubs Conference recently. The virtual conference, which took place on Saturday 22 January, gave delegates the chance to network, share stories and ask questions to a host of experienced…
Scotland Pip Northern Ireland at RYA Celtic Cup Youth Sailing Event
8th February 2022 RYA Northern Ireland
The last weekend of January saw the RYA Celtic Cup hosted by RYA Scotland at Largs Sailing Club, and taking part were RYANI Youth Sailing Squad Members with RYA Wales and RYA Scotland. As well as racing for the Celtic…
Russell McGovern, known generally as Rusty, started Stratus sailing school in 2016 out of Bangor Marina on Belfast Lough, with a 31-footer and two 25 footers. He has now moved on to a new venture, replacing those three with a…
‘Planning for a successful future’ is the theme of RYA Northern Ireland’s Affiliate Clubs Conference for 2022, taking place online next Saturday 22 January. Whether your club has been able to capitalise on the staycation trend or is struggling to…
Entries have opened for the RYA and BUSA Women’s Team Racing Championships, which will take place at Budworth Sailing Club over the weekend of 19/20 February 2022. Budworth SC in the heart of Cheshire is looking forward to welcoming teams…
Most Successful Female Olympic Sailor of All Time Hannah Mills is made an OBE
1st January 2022 RYA Northern Ireland
A host of the British Sailing Team’s Tokyo 2020 stars have been recognised in the New Year Honours List for services to sailing. Hannah Mills is made an OBE after winning gold in the women’s 470 class in Japan this…
Carrickfergus sailor Bob Harper has stepped down from his role of RYA Northern Ireland sailability coordinator. Harper took up the role in 2003 and over the last 18 years he has worked with clubs and centres across Northern Ireland as…
Welsh Sailor is Top Brit as Team GB Bags Four Top 20 Spots at ILCA 7/Laser World Championships
11th November 2021 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
After playing havoc with the ILCA 7/Laser World Championships all week, Mother Nature decided to end the regatta early with Storm Blas preventing the final day’s racing, a decision that handed Ireland its best ever Laser World Championship result but also…
Laser Sharp Brits Look to Build on Euros Success at ILCA 7 Worlds in Barcelona
3rd November 2021 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
The British Sailing Team have a strong Laser/ILCA 7 squad and have the last three European champions competing at the 2021 Laser /ILCA Standard Men's World Championship (ILCA 7)at the Barcelona International Sailing Centre starting on Friday. Micky Beckett is racing…
British Windfoilers Looking to Continue Medal Run at Euros
22nd October 2021 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
The 2021 iQFOiL European Championships will take place in Marseille, France, in the same waters where it will make its Olympic debut at Paris 2024. Racing starts on Saturday 23 October and will conclude on Thursday 28 October. There’s plenty…
The RYA is calling on clubs to help make 2021 one of the biggest and best years for Portsmouth Yardstick handicap data to ensure numbers are as accurate as possible for 2022. The Portsmouth Yardstick handicap system is run jointly…
America Wins But British Kite Foiler Ellie Aldridge Takes Silver at the 2021 Formula Kite World Championships
18th October 2021 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
British kite foiler Ellie Aldridge bagged herself another international medal taking silver at the 2021 Formula Kite World Championships in Torregrande, Sardinia. With two European titles to her name, Aldridge has now added a world podium to her growing collection…
Morrish Wins Ceilidh Cup for Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club
12th October 2021 RYA Northern Ireland
Blustery conditions made for challenging racing for the seven teams competing in the Ceilidh Cup / Scottish Student Sailing (SSS) Match Racing event, hosted at the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club in Rhu, Scotland, on Saturday 9th & Sunday…
Michael Beckett has become the third Brit in as many years to claim the ILCA 7/Laser class European title. Beckett, who has twice come runner up at the Euros, in 2018 and 2020, led the week-long regatta in Varna, Bulgaria,…