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Increased Naval Presence for Queen’s Visit
The most modern naval vessel of the eight-strong fleet the LÉ Niamh (P52) is an offshore patrol vessel (OPV) which is equipped with a bow-mounted 76mm gun. To see the crew undertake exercise-drills of the gun, watch the video below.
Sneak Peek at Volvo Dun Laoghaire's 360 Entries So Far
With still eight weeks to go to the first race in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta there are 360 entries now in from across 24 classes.
July's event stood at just 22 entries six months ago but it grew steadily over the Spring to put it on a par with the 2009 VDLR, the biggest regatta in Irish sailing that year.
The positive response is an indication, says organiser Adam Winkelmann, that the 2011 fleet, should be a bumper one too when it sets sail on July 7th for the four day event.
The line up has got an international flavour too; there are entries in from Germany, France, Denmark, Scotland, Wales, UK and of course Ireland with the bulk of entries drawn from the capital's own waters of Dublin Bay. Here's a sneek peek (below) of the first 360 entries so far:
| Class | Club | Boat Name | Boat Make | Owner | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRC 0 | Arklow SC | Aquelina | J122 | Sheila & James Tyrell | IRL National |
| IRC 0 | Clyde CC | Grand Cru | Beneteau First 40.7 | Jamie McGarry | Scotland |
| IRC 0 | Clyde CC | Eos | elan 410 | Roderick Stuart | Scotland |
| IRC 0 | Fairlie Yacht Club | Elf Too | Beneteau First 40 | Christine Murray | Scotland |
| IRC 0 | Howth YC | Crazy Horse | Mill 36 | Chambers/Reilly | IRL National |
| IRC 0 | Liverpool YC | Mighty Max 2 | Prima 38 | Neil Thomas | UK |
| IRC 0 | Norddeutscher Regatta Verein | Doppelbock | Dufour 45 Performance | Friedrich Boehnert | Germany |
| IRC 0 | Royal Irish YC | Lively Lady | Beneteau First 44.7 | Derek Martin | Local |
| IRC 0 | Royal Irish YC | WOW | J111 | George Sisk | Local |
| IRC 0 | Swansea Yacht & Sub Aqua Club | Dark Angel | Dubois 37 | Anthony Ackland | UK |
| IRC 1 | Ballyholme YC | Trouble | Corby 29 | Smyth,Ross and Magowan | N.Ireland |
| IRC 1 | Carlingford SC | Humdinger | Jeanneau Sunfast 37 | Michael Mc Cabe | IRL National |
| IRC 1 | Holyhead | VaVavoom | elan 37 | Richard Calveley | Wales |
| IRC 1 | Liverpool YC | Rebel | Sigma 38 | Stan Edge | UK |
| IRC 1 | National Yacht Club | Gringo | Archambault A35 | Tony Fox | Local |
| IRC 1 | National YC | Adrenalin | Archambault A35 | McDonald,Wright,Balfe,O'Malley | Local |
| IRC 1 | National YC | Lula Belle | Beneteau First 36.7 | Liam Coyne | Local |
| IRC 1 | National YC | Sailing West Intuition | Reflex 38 | Sailing West | Local |
| IRC 1 | National YC/Royal Irish YC | Rockabill V | Corby 33 | Paul O'Higgins | Local |
| IRC 1 | Royal Cork YC | Antix Beag | Modified 1720 | Anthony O'Leary | IRL National |
| IRC 1 | Royal Irish YC | Aztec | Archambault A35 | Peter Beamish | Local |
| IRC 1 | Royal Irish YC | Axiom | X 37 sport | Michael O'Neill | Local |
| IRC 1 | Royal Irish YC | Black Velvet | Beneteau 34.7 | Parnell Family | Local |
| IRC 1 | Royal Irish YC | Xtravagance | X34 | Colin Byrne | Local |
| IRC 1 | Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club | Animal | Elan 380 | Debbie Aitken | UK |
| IRC 1 | Royal St George YC | Megalopolis | Rob Humphres 36 Custom | Peter Allman | Local |
| IRC 1 | Royal St George YC | Errislannan | Sigma 38 | Paul Kirwan | Local |
| IRC 1 | Total Ulster and Ballyholme Yacht Club. | Respect | Corby 29 | Mr Ian Wilson | N.Ireland |
| IRC 1 | Royal Irish YC | Another Adventure | Archambault A35 | Daragh Cafferky | Local |
| IRC 1 | Helensburgh SC | Carmen 2 | Beneteau First 36.7 | Paul Scutt / Alan Jeffrey | Scotland |
| IRC 1 | Royal Irish YC | Raptor | Mills 30CR | Denis Hewitt & Ors | Local |
| IRC 2 | Arklow SC | J'Zus Outhaul | J92 | Brian Dempsey | IRL National |
| IRC 2 | DL Marina | White Lotus | ELAN 333 | Paul Tully | Local |
| IRC 2 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Dick Dastardly | One off Berret 1/2 tonner | Brian Cusack and Others | Local |
| IRC 2 | Howth YC | King One | Half Tonner | David Cullen | IRL National |
| IRC 2 | Howth YC | Dux | X302 | Anthony Gore-Grimes | IRL National |
| IRC 2 | Howth YC | Impetuous | Corby 25 | Fergal Noonan & Robert Chambers | IRL National |
| IRC 2 | Howth YC | Jokers Wild | Beneteau 32S5 | Gordon Knaggs | IRL National |
| IRC 2 | Howth YC | Papillion | Beneteau 300 | Brendan O' Halloran | IRL National |
| IRC 2 | Howth YC | MiniMumm | Beneteau Platu 25 | Ronan Cobbe and Niamh McDonald | IRL National |
| IRC 2 | Killyleagh YC | Movistar bleu | Élan 333 | Raymond Killops | N.Ireland |
| IRC 2 | Liverpool YC | Flash 2 | FORMULA 28 | Adam Kyffin & Jon Oliver | UK |
| IRC 2 | National YC | Smile | Corby 25 | Healy, O'Connell, O'Sullivan | Local |
| IRC 2 | National YC | Jester | J80 | Declan Curtin | Local |
| IRC 2 | Royal Irish YC | Cor Baby | Corby 26 | Martin Ryan / Vincent Lattimore | Local |
| IRC 2 | Royal Irish YC | Jawesome II | J80 | Mervyn Dyke/Basil D'Arcy | Local |
| IRC 2 | Royal Irish YC | Diamond | Huzar 30 Ocean | Kyran McStay | Local |
| IRC 2 | Royal Irish YC | Peridot | Mustang 30 Mk2 | Yannick Charrier / Jim McCann / Paul Cadden / Hugh O'Donnell | Local |
| IRC 2 | Royal St George YC | Kamikaze | Jeanneau Sunfast 32 | Peter Nash | Local |
| IRC 2 | Royal St George YC | Free Spirit | Elan 333 | Doherty,Gilsenan,Hannigan, O'Reilly, Ryan | Local |
| IRC 2 | Royal St George YC | Red Rhum | Dehler DB1 | Jonathan Nicholson, Christopher Nicholson | Local |
| IRC 2 | Royal St George YC | Bendemeer | Beneteau 325 | Lindsay J Casey and Denis Power | Local |
| IRC 2 | Royal St George YC | Helter Skelter | Jeanneau Sunfast 32i | Adrienne and Averil Jermyn | Local |
| IRC 2 | Sligo YC | Ruthless | Corby 26 | Conor Ronan | IRL National |
| IRC 2 | UCD Sailing Club, RIYC | Graduate | Dominic O Keeffe | ||
| IRC 3 | Bray SC | Shrinkwrap Pro | Superseal 26 | Donal Gleeson | IRL National |
| IRC 3 | DL Marina | Asterix | Hunter Sonata | Counihan Meredith Boushel | Local |
| IRC 3 | DL Marina | Jabiru | Hunter Sonata | Martin & Saundra Renwick | Local |
| IRC 3 | Douglas Bay YC IOM | Tango | Bolero 26 | Andy Dunn | IOM |
| IRC 3 | Dublin Bay SC | Chouskikou | Beneteau First 28 | Ronnie Sheehan / Ray Hickey | Local |
| IRC 3 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Challenger | Europa Challenger | Boland, Breathnach, Rossiter | Local |
| IRC 3 | Howth YC | SunChaser | Jeanneau Sun Dream 28 | Michael Marr | IRL National |
| IRC 3 | Howth YC | Gecko | Bolero Quarter Ton | Kevin Darmody | IRL National |
| IRC 3 | Howth YC | Holly | H-Boat | Basil Mac Mahon | IRL National |
| IRC 3 | Malahide YC | Goyave | First 28 | Colm Fitzpatrick and Russell Camier | IRL National |
| IRC 3 | Malahide YC | Scandal | J 24 | Brian McDowell | IRL National |
| IRC 3 | National YC | Grasshopper 2 | Hanse 301 | Kevin and John Glynn | Local |
| IRC 3 | National YC | Huggy Bear | Impala 28 | Sean Doyle | Local |
| IRC 3 | National YC | Cacciatore | Hunter Sonata | Mairead Ni Cheallachain | Local |
| IRC 3 | National YC | Two Step | bolero 26 | Ross Doyle | Local |
| IRC 3 | Poolbeg Yacht & Boat Club / DBSC | HyFlyer | Hydro | John Barnard | IRL National |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Capilano | Beneteau 211 | Seamus Storan | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Borraine | Aphrodite 101 | EAN PUGH | FRA |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Wynward | Beneteau First 27 | W. McCormack | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Cri-Cri | J 133 | Paul Colton | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Chinook | Beneteau 21 | Andrew Bradley | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Pamafe | Beneteau First 285 | Michael Costello | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Supernova | Quarter Tonner | Syb McCormack / Ken Lawless / Pat Shannon | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Saki | Nicholson 31 | Paget McCormack, Ben,Michael Ryan | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Yikes | Beneteau 211 | Joe Conway | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Taiscealai | Shamrock | brian Richardson and Jorid Lindberg | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Isolde | Beneteau 21.7 | Peter carroll | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal Irish YC | Small Wonder | Beneteau 211 | Hugh C Kelly | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal St George YC | Hard on Port | One Design | Flor O'Driscoll | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal St George YC | Syzrgy | Beneteau 211 | Rowan Fogarty | Local |
| IRC 3 | Royal St George YC | Carrabeg | D L Martin and R Deasy | Local | |
| IRC 3 | Lady Rowena | Sadler 34SE | David Bolger | Local | |
| Two-Handed IRC | Liverpool YC | Ulula | Corby | Nick Ogden | UK |
| Two-Handed IRC | Pwllheli SC | Mojito | Bavaria | Peter Dunlop | Wales |
| Two-Handed IRC | Royal Irish YC | Dinah | JOD35(mod) | Barry Hurley | Local |
| J109 | Holy Loch SC | Tigh Soluis II | One Design | Dr Ken Grant | Scotland |
| J109 | Liverpool YC | Sleeper | One Design | Alasdair Davidson, John Carrier | UK |
| J109 | National YC | Jalapeno | One Design | Baker et al | Local |
| J109 | National YC | Powder Monkey | One Design | Chris Moore | Local |
| J109 | National YC | Something Else | One Design | John and Brian Hall, Sue McDonnell | Local |
| J109 | Royal Irish YC | Indecision | One Design | declan hayes/patrick halpenny/ronan molony | Local |
| J109 | Royal Irish YC | Joker 2 | One Design | John Maybury | Local |
| J109 | Royal Irish YC | Jura | One Design | Peter Boucher | Local |
| J109 | Royal Irish YC | Jump the Gun | One Design | Michael Monaghan & John Kelly | Local |
| J109 | Royal Irish YC | Jetstream | One Design | Peter Redden | Local |
| J109 | Royal St George YC | Jedi | One Design | Sarratt and Austin and McGuiness | Local |
| J109 | Rush SC/Howth YC | Storm | One Design | Pat Kelly | IRL National |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Ballyholme Yacht Club / Royal Ulster Yacht Club | Twister | One Design | Fletcher, Byers, Fair | N.Ireland |
| Beneteau 31.7 | National YC | Prospect | One Design | Chris Johnston | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | National YC | Bluefin | One Design | M Bryson,B&S O'Callaghan | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | National YC | Levante | One Design | Brian Leyden,Michael Leahy | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal Irish YC | Magic | One Design | Donal O'Sullivan, David Espey | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal Irish YC | Flying Machine | One Design | Conor and Donal O Gallagher | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal Irish YC | Dies Irae | One Design | Patrick D Rowan | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal Irish YC | Prima Nocte | One Design | Ptrick Burke and Patrick Kennedy | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal Irish YC | Extreme Reality | One Design | Patrick McSwiney, Emmet O'Rafferty | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal Irish YC | Attitude | One Design | Sugars, Owens and Branigan | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal St George YC | Levana | One Design | Jean Mitton | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal St George YC | Avalon | One Design | Conan & Fox | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal St George YC | 30 Something | One Design | Kavanagh,Jones,Gaffney,Lubliner | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal St George YC | Fiddly Bits | One Design | PJ Timmins/Bill Quigley/Domhnall Murray/Kevin Byrne | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal St George YC | After You Too | One Design | Michael Blaney | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal St George YC | Violet Flame | One Design | Brendan Murphy | Local |
| Beneteau 31.7 | Royal St George YC | Legally blonde | Cathal Drohan | Local | |
| Sigma 33 | Douglas Bay YC IOM | Polished Manx | One Design | Kuba Szymanski | IOM |
| Sigma 33 | National YC | Popje | One Design | Ted McCourt | Local |
| Sigma 33 | National YC | Elandra | One Design | Ralph Hance, | Local |
| Sigma 33 | National YC | Enchantress | One Design | K.Bonner/L.Nicholl/M.Larkin | Local |
| Sigma 33 | National YC | Miss Behavin | One Design | Alan Bell & Others | Local |
| Sigma 33 | Royal Irish YC | Leeuwin | One Design | Henry &Caroline Leonard & Robert Kerr | Local |
| Sigma 33 | Royal Irish YC | September Song | One Design | Barry Colleary | Local |
| Sigma 33 | Royal Irish YC | White Mischief | One Design | Tim Goodbody | Local |
| Sigma 33 | Royal Irish YC | Pastiche | One Design | Thomas J O Neill | Local |
| Sigma 33 | Royal St George YC | Gwili Two | One Design | Dermot Clarke & Paddy Maguire | Local |
| Sigma 33 | Royal St George YC | Rupert | One Design | Patrick T Varian, Richard V. Lovegrove | Local |
| Sigma 33 | Royal St George YC | Moonshine | One Design | Ronnie Moloney,David O'flynn | Local |
| Sigma 33 | TBC | Fandango | One Design | Cope/Lee/Price | Wales |
| Non-Spinnaker | Bray SC | Syledis in Blue | Beneteau Oceanis Clipper 323 | John & Brenda Hayes | IRL National |
| Non-Spinnaker | Carlingford SC | chase me | westerly fulmar bilge keel | John Raughter | IRL National |
| Non-Spinnaker | Douglas Bay YC IOM | Grand Cru | Dufour 425 | Peter Curphey | IOM |
| Non-Spinnaker | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Just Jasmin | Bavaria Match 35 | Philip Smith | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Howth YC | Brazen Hussy | Dufour 34 | J Barry/M Stirling | IRL National |
| Non-Spinnaker | Howth YC | Voyager | Dehler 34 | Joe Carton | IRL National |
| Non-Spinnaker | Howth YC | Bite the Bullet | Elan 333 | Colm Bermingham | IRL National |
| Non-Spinnaker | National | Miss Scarlett | Jeanneau | Anthony Keane | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | National YC | Orna | Grand Soleil 40 | Philip Dilworth | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | National YC | Rebellion | Lambay 60 | Hughes,O'Mahony,Hanlon | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | National YC | Tsunami | Beneteau First 40.7 | Vincent Farrell | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal Irish YC | Act Two | Dufour 42 | M.O'Leary,T.Roche,D.Andrews | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal Irish YC | Eden Park | jeanneau sun odyssey | Liam Farmer | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal Irish YC | The Great Escape | Bavaria 33 | Patrick and Denise Rigney | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal Irish YC | Sea Safari | Jeanneau Sun Oddessy 37 | jacqueline smith | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal Irish YC | Afternoon Delight | Jenneau Sun Odyssey 32 | M.Bennett; M. Brennan; G.Begley; J.P.Mackay | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal Irish YC | Arwen | Hanse | Philip O'Dwyer | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal Irish YC | Persistance | Sigma 38 | Charles Broadhead, Jerry Collins, Ian Stuart | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal St George YC | Nirvana | Beneteau 311 | Bernard Neeson | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal St George YC | Katie | Janneau Sun Odyssey 32 | Conorv McGuinness and Others | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal St George YC | Calypso | Beneteau Oceanis 361 | Howard Knott, | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal St George YC | Vespucci | Dehler 31 | Sean and Kristina O'Regan | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal St George YC | Spirit | Jeanneau 39DS | Colin O'Brien et al | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal St George YC | Nauti-Gal | Beneteau First 310 | John / Jason Crawford | Local |
| Non-Spinnaker | Royal St George YC | Windshift | Jeanneau Sunfast 37 | Ruairi O'Flynn, James O'Connor | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Carmen | One Design | Brendan Duffy | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Ruff Rider | One Design | Ronan Lee | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Ruff Justice | One Design | Pat O'Dowd | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Ripples | One Design | Frank Bradley | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | National YC | Crescendo | One Design | Lorcan Balfe | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | National YC | Riff Raff | One Design | Brian Warner, Richard Godley, Hilary Murphy-Fagan | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | National YC | Different Drummer | One Design | Declan Tonge | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | National YC | Paramour | One Design | Larry Power, Roberto Sastre, David Russell | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | National YC | Ruff n' Ready | One Design | B Cullen/C Brown/A Kirwan | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | Royal St George YC | Ruff Nuff | One Design | Derek and Carol Mitchell, | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | Royal St George YC | Diane 2 | One Design | Alan Claffey | Local |
| Ruffian 23 | Royal St George YC | Nuits Saint Georges | Alan Kirwan | Local | |
| Ruffian 23 | Sailing in Dublin | Ruff Diamond | One Design | Sailing in Dublin | Local |
| Shipman | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Invader | One Design | Gerard Glynn | Local |
| Shipman | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Just Good Friends | One Design | Micheal Carroll | Local |
| Shipman | National YC | Curraglas | One Design | John Masterson | Local |
| Shipman | National YC | Malindi | One Design | Andrew Gray | Local |
| Shipman | National YC | Bluefin | One Design | finucane,o'sullivan,hegarty,rous | Local |
| Shipman | Royal Irish YC | Whiterock | One Design | Henry M. Robinson | Local |
| Shipman | Royal Irish YC | Macro One | One Design | J Murray | Local |
| Shipman | Royal St George YC | Jo Slim | One Design | J.D.Clarke,William and Gerard Maher | Local |
| Shipman | Royal St George YC | Euphanzel 3 | One Design | John Simington | Local |
| Shipman | Royal St George YC | Twocan | One Design | F. David Freeman | Local |
| Shipman | Royal St George YC | Viking | One Design | Dr Fergus Mason, Dr Monica McWeeney, Oliver McCrohan Brian J Glynn | Local |
| Shipman | Royal St George YC | Gusto | One Design | Christine Heath | Local |
| Shipman | Royal St George YC | The Den | One Design | Aisling Costello / George Miller | Local |
| Shipman | Royal St George YC | Poppy | One Design | Peter Wallis | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Howth YC | Sharkbait | One Design | Ben Duncan/Brian Moran | IRL National |
| Laser SB3 | Howth YC | TBA | One Design | David Quinn / Garrett May | IRL National |
| Laser SB3 | Howth YC | Monkey | Cassidy/Kavanagh/McCormack | IRL National | |
| Laser SB3 | Howth YC | Shockwave | One Design | Eoin Quinlan | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Howth YC | Sin a Bhuifl | Gillian Guinness | Local | |
| Laser SB3 | Kinsale YC | TBC | One Design | Ronan Downing | IRL National |
| Laser SB3 | Lough Ree YC/Arklow SC | Sirius Black | One Design | Anna Leech and Ken Hudson | IRL National |
| Laser SB3 | National YC | Bumble B | One Design | Fionnuala Loughrey | Local |
| Laser SB3 | National YC | Bluebird | One Design | Cathy Mac Aleavey | Local |
| Laser SB3 | National YC | Alert Packaging | One Design | Justin Burke | Local |
| Laser SB3 | National YC | Odin | One Design | James Gorman | Local |
| Laser SB3 | National YC | Rubadubdub | One Design | Nick Doherty,Rob Gavin | Local |
| Laser SB3 | National YC | Mandarin | Rory Byrne | Local | |
| Laser SB3 | Royal Irish YC | SacreBleu | One Design | Doug Smith | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal Irish YC | SuperBug | One Design | Niamh O'Rourke and Garrett O'Carroll | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal Irish YC | Bád-Kilcullen | One Design | Jerry Dowling | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal North of Ireland YC | SplashGordon | One Design | Gordon Patterson | N.Ireland |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | Sin Bin | One Design | Barry O'Neill | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | Yeti | One Design | Sean Craig | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | Kick'er Off | One Design | Ed Cook / Selina Dicker | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | Sandy Bottom | One Design | Gordon Judge | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | TBC | One Design | Aidan O'Connell | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | Seriously Bonkers 3 | One Design | Martin Cuppage, Peter Lee | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | Sunday Brunch | One Design | Richard Tate, David Dwyer | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | BomChickaWahWah | One Design | John O'Driscoll | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | Lupi D'Irlanda | One Design | MARCO SORGASSI | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | TBC | One Design | Chris Arrowsmith | Local |
| Laser SB3 | Royal St George YC | White Noise | Cormac Walsh | Local | |
| Laser SB3 | Sligo YC | Boomsticks | One Design | Brian Reilly | IRL National |
| Laser SB3 | West Riding SC | Hutton's | One Design | Ben Williamson | UK |
| Laser SB3 | Smoke on the water | One Design | Bob Hobby | Local | |
| Squib | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Periquin | One Design | Noel Colclough,John Redahan | Local |
| Squib | Howth YC | Klipbok | One Design | Emmet Dalton | IRL National |
| Squib | Howth YC | Kerfuffle | One Design | Jonathan Craig | IRL National |
| Squib | National YC | Pintail | One Design | M.Muldoonand Mrs. B Stevens | Local |
| Squib | Royal North of Ireland YC | TOY for the boys | One Design | Peter Wallace | N.Ireland |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Perfection | One Design | JILL FLEMING | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Kookaburra | One Design | Peter and Marie Dee | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Lola | One Design | Frank Whelan | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | BuzzLite | One Design | Gerry O 'Connor | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Anemos | One Design | Peter and Anne evans | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Femme Fatale | One Design | Joe O'Byrne + Vincent Delany | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Chillax | One Design | Mrs Mary McLoughlin | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Coorse and Fine | One Design | Wendy Goodbody | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Nimble | One Design | Brian O'Hare and Tonia McAllister | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Fox | One Design | Michael Moran,Ronan Browne | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Little Demon | One Design | Sheila Power | Local |
| Squib | Royal St George YC | Sidewinder | One Design | Rupert Bowen / Rupert Westrup / David Croke | Local |
| Mermaid | Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club | Ferga | Martin Reilly | IRL National | |
| Mermaid | National YC | Aideen | One Design | Dan Brennan and Brendan Martin | Local |
| Mermaid | National YC | Tiller Girl | One Design | Jonathan O'Rourke | Local |
| Mermaid | National YC | Endeavour | One Design | Roger Bannon | Local |
| Mermaid | National YC | Lively Lady | One Design | Geraldine O'Neill and Michael Hanney | Local |
| Mermaid | Royal Irish YC | Jill | One Design | Paul Smith, Pat Mangan | Local |
| Mermaid | Royal St George YC | Oonagh | One Design | Marilyn and John Griffith | Local |
| Mermaid | Rush SC | Clare | One Design | Paddy Archer | IRL National |
| Mermaid | Rush SC | Thumbalina | One Design | Patrick Boardman | IRL National |
| Mermaid | Rush SC | MiDi | One Design | Enda Weldon | IRL National |
| Mermaid | Skerries SC | Helen | One Design | Therese McHugh | IRL National |
| Mermaid | Skerries SC | The Message | One Design | Ross Galbraith | IRL National |
| Mermaid | Skerries SC | Bean Adhmaid | One Design | Martin O'Toole | IRL National |
| Mermaid | Skerries SC | Dolphin | One Design | James O'Toole | IRL National |
| Mermaid | Skerries SC | Fugitive | One Design | Brian Mc Nally | IRL National |
| Mermaid | Skerries SC | Azeezy | One Design | sam shiels | IRL National |
| Dragon | Royal Irish YC | Susele | One Design | Michael Halpenny | Local |
| Dragon | Royal Irish YC | Diva | One Design | Rick Johnson / Richard Goodbody / Rob Johnson | Local |
| Dragon | Royal Irish YC | Zin Zan | One Design | Dan O' Connor,P.Moriarty,T.Carpenter | Local |
| Dragon | Royal St George YC | Jaguar | One Design | Martin Byrne | Local |
| Dragon | Royal St George YC | Chiang | One Design | Iain Finnegan, | Local |
| Dragon | Royal St George YC | Whisper | One Design | Michael Cotter | Local |
| Dragon | Royal St George YC | Aphrodite | One Design | Doorly,Bolger,O'Kelly | Local |
| Dragon | Royal St George YC | ZU | One Design | Matt Minch, Tim Pearson, Conor Grimley | Local |
| Dragon | Royal St George YC | Phantom | One Design | Peter Bowring,David Williams | Local |
| Dragon | Yacht Club de Cannes | Eve | One Design | EAN PUGH | Local |
| Etchell | Howth YC | Kootamundra Wattle | One Design | Dan O'Grady | IRL National |
| Etchell | Howth YC | Fetching | One Design | Stephen O'Flaherty | IRL National |
| Fireball | Coal Harbour DL | license to Thrill | One Design | LOUIS SMYTH | Local |
| Fireball | Coal Harbour DL | Samphire | One Design | Cearbhall Daly | Local |
| Fireball | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Elevation | One Design | Neil Colin , Margaret Casey | Local |
| Fireball | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | No Name | One Design | B McGuire, M.Chambers | Local |
| Fireball | National YC | El Rey del Fuego | One Design | Francis Rowan | Local |
| Fireball | National YC | NN | One Design | Stephen Oram | Local |
| Fireball | National YC | Position is Possession | One Design | Gavin Doyle | Local |
| Fireball | National YC | Incubus | One Design | Marie Barry | Local |
| Fireball | Royal St George YC | Goodness Gracious | One Design | Louise McKenna | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | East Antrim BC | Final Fling | One Design | Norman Hamilton & William Rutherford | N.Ireland |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Fflogger II | One Design | Alan Dooley | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Kooigjug | One Design | Ken Dumpleton | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Flyer | One Design | Niall Coleman | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Out of the Blue | One Design | Fraser Mitchell | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | HY5ive | One Design | David Gorman | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | A Mere Triffle | One Design | Peter Sherry | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | The Gruffalo | One Design | Keith Poole | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Ash | One Design | Joe Coughlan | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Hi Fibre | One Design | Michael McCambridge | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | As Good As It Gets | One Design | Alan Balfe | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Gekko | One Design | Sean & Paul Nolan | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Melliffluence | One Design | Tom Leonard | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Rollercoaster | One Design | Tom Murphy | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Snow White | One Design | Francis J Burgess | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | The Big Bow Wow | One Design | Niall Meagher and Nicki Matthews | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Val Doolican | One Design | Ben Mulligan | Local |
| Flying Fifteen | National YC | Fastidiots | Peter & Conor Cronin | Local | |
| Glen | Royal St George YC | Pterodactyl | One Design | Roderick & David McCaffrey | Local |
| Glen | Royal St George YC | Glenshesk | One Design | G Walker,L Faulkner,M Reid,A Henderson | Local |
| Glen | Royal St George YC | Glenmarissa | One Design | Frank Elmes/Wilf Higgins | Local |
| Glen | Royal St George YC | Glencoe | One Design | Patrick Sheehan | Local |
| Glen | Royal St George YC | Glendun | One Design | Brian Denham | Local |
| Glen | Royal St George YC | Glencree | One Design | John Bligh / Henry Roche | Local |
| Glen | Royal St George YC | Glenluce | One Design | Donal O'Connor & Richard O'Connor | Local |
| Glen | Royal St George YC | Glen Miller | One Design | Paul Cusack | Local |
| Glen | Royal St George YC | Glenshane | One Design | Peter Hogan | Local |
| Howth 17 | Howth YC | Oona | One Design | Peter Courtney | IRL National |
| Howth 17 | Howth YC | Leila | One Design | Roddy Cooper | IRL National |
| Howth 17 | Howth YC | Aura | One Design | Ian Malcolm | IRL National |
| Howth 17 | Howth YC | Isobel | One Design | Brian and Conor Turvey | IRL National |
| Howth 17 | Howth YC | Echo | One Design | Bryan and Harriette Lynch | Local |
| IDRA 14 | Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club | Shearwater | One Design | Ciaran Browne | IRL National |
| IDRA 14 | Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club | Chimaera | One Design | Killian Sargent , Yvonne Murray | IRL National |
| IDRA 14 | Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club | Chaos | One Design | Julie Ascoop, Heather Keenan | IRL National |
| IDRA 14 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Doody | One Design | John Fitzgerald / Jennifer Byrne | Local |
| IDRA 14 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Dart | One Design | Pierre Long | Local |
| IDRA 14 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Dunmoanin | One Design | Frank Hamilton | Local |
| IDRA 14 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Squalls | One Design | Stephen Harrison, | Local |
| IDRA 14 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Diane | One Design | Fergal O'Flaherty / Brian Murphy | Local |
| IDRA 14 | Dun Laoghaire Motor YC | Sapphire | One Design | Lorcan O'Sulivan | Local |
| IDRA 14 | Royal St George YC | Spray | One Design | Joanne Sheehan | Local |
| IDRA 14 | Sutton DC | Starfish | One Design | Alan Carr | IRL National |
| IDRA 14 | Sutton DC | Siobhan | One Design | Gordan Kelly | IRL National |
| IDRA 14 | Sutton DC | Charmian | One Design | Gerard O'Hanlon | IRL National |
| IDRA 14 | Sutton DC | Slipstream | One Design | Alan Henry | IRL National |
| Water Wag | National YC | Mollie | One Design | Cathy Mac Aleavey | Local |
| Water Wag | Royal Irish YC | Coquette | One Design | Seymour Cresswell | Local |
| Water Wag | Royal Irish YC | Swift | One Design | Guy Kilroy | Local |
| Water Wag | Royal Irish YC | Scallywag | One Design | Dan O'Connor,David Williams | Local |
| Water Wag | Royal St George YC | Little Tern | One Design | J. Ross-Murphy, | Local |
| Water Wag | Royal St George YC | SKEE | One Design | David W Duffy | Local |
| Water Wag | Wag Club | Pansy | One Design | Julie Delany | Local |
| Wayfarer | Aarhus Sejlklub | Windwhisperer | One Design | Peter Sigetty Bøje | Denmark |
| Wayfarer | Aldeburgh | No Strings Attached | One Design | Jonathan Christie | UK |
| Wayfarer | Blackwater SC | Plane White | One Design | Mike Pearce | UK |
| Wayfarer | Bough Beech SC | Compleat Fiasco | One Design | Guy Marks/P Kershaw | UK |
| Wayfarer | Carsington sailing club | Devil's Advocate | One Design | Richard Hartley | UK |
| Wayfarer | Craftinsure.com / Ripon Sailing Club | Risky Business | One Design | Bernard Clarke | UK |
| Wayfarer | Cullaun | Into the Mystic | One Design | Margaret Hynes | IRL National |
| Wayfarer | East Down YC | Hofreki | One Design | Trevor Fisher | N.Ireland |
| Wayfarer | East Down YC | Hart-Beat | One Design | Gordon Jess | N.Ireland |
| Wayfarer | East Down YC | Lammergier | One Design | Margie Crawford | N.Ireland |
| Wayfarer | East Down YC | Way Fair Lady | One Design | Henry O'Friel | UK |
| Wayfarer | Great Moor SC | Ooh oh! | One Design | Ian Richards | UK |
| Wayfarer | Greystones SC | Liquidasset | One Design | Monica Schaefer | IRL National |
| Wayfarer | Greystones SC | WARE TEG 11 | One Design | Morgan Burgess | IRL National |
| Wayfarer | Hickling Broad SC | Catspaw | One Design | Brian Wilkins | UK |
| Wayfarer | Medway YC | Slippery When Wet | One Design | Phil Stacey | UK |
| Wayfarer | Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club | Sudden Comfort | One Design | Simon and Susan Hope | UK |
| Wayfarer | Parkstone, Poole, uk | Ten Grand | One Design | Simon Cox | UK |
| Wayfarer | Royal Corinthian IOW | Tumult | One Design | Bjarne T. Clausen | UK |
| Wayfarer | Southwold SC | Spree Lady | One Design | Ralph Roberts | UK |
| Wayfarer | Starcross YC | Nimbus | One Design | Liam McGrath | UK |
| Wayfarer | StauntonHarold sailing club | TBA | One Design | Stuart Hopson | UK |
| Wayfarer | Upper Thames SC | Panache | One Design | Mr. J. Dighton | UK |
| Wayfarer | Upper Thames SC | Gorgeous Worgeous | One Design | Quentin Strauss | UK |
| Wayfarer | Wilsonian Sailing Club | Don't worry, Be Happy! | One Design | John Goudie | UK |
| Wayfarer | Wilsonian SC | Still Gamboling | One Design | Brian Lamb | UK |
| Wayfarer | Yorkshire Dales SC | Aeowen | One Design | John Mellor | UK |
| Wayfarer | The Black Pearl | One Design | Neil McSherry | Local | |
| Laser Radial | Royal St George YC | Evee | One Design | ORLA CALLENDER | Local |
| Laser Radial | Wicklow SC | Hornet | One Design | Oscar McCullagh | IRL National |
| Laser Radial | Wicklow SC | Pump It | One Design | Luke Murphy | IRL National |
| Laser Standard Rig | Royal Irish YC | Fossa Too | One Design | Will Nesbitt | Local |
| Laser Standard Rig | Royal Irish YC | graphics-it.com | One Design | Paul Keane | Local |
| Laser Standard Rig | Royal St George YC | Sharonhoey.com | One Design | Richard Tate | Local |
| Laser Standard Rig | Royal St George YC | Gatsby | One Design | Des McCarthy | Local |
Just One Week To Go Till Red Bull Flugtag
The Red Bull Flugtag celebrates its 100th event in Dun Laoghaire next Sunday, and organisers have posted details for spectators planning to spend the day cheering on those magnificent flying machines!
The site for the free event will open at 12 noon, with the show taking place from 1pm till 4.30pm. All public access to the event site is via Dun Laoghaire Harbour/East Pier beside the National Yacht Club (the viewing area for those with disabilities is on Carlisle Pier beside the Royal St George).
There are a number of road diversions and parking restrictions to be aware of, full details of which are listed HERE. Temporary signage will advise motorists of impending diversions, and there is ample parking available at the Pavilion, Bloomfields and the IMC cinemas.
Visitors can also arrive by public transport, with bus routes 7, 7a, 46a, 75 and 111 all running to Dun Laoghaire. DART services will also run every 30 minutes and extra capacity will be provided.
The organisers wish to remind all spectators that the Red Bull Flugtag is a family event, and the consumption of alcohol in public will not be permitted.
Watch the world flugtag record being set in Minnesota last year. Maybe a new one will be set in Dun Laoghaire next weekend?
Irish Solo Circumnavigation by Kayak Approaches Dublin
Elaine 'Shooter' Alexander's epic challenge to become the first woman from Northern Ireland to circumnavigate Ireland by kayak is approaching Dublin's coastline.
The challenge will involve a solo voyage of 1000 miles battling tides, headlands, cliffs, not to mention unpredictable weather.
Elaine is just one week into her challenge having taken on a constant barrage of strong head winds en route to Dublin. She is currently just north of Drogheda and weather pending hopes to be in North Dublin (Skerries, Howth) tomorrow, passing Dublin Bay Friday, and South Dublin (Bray and Greystones) Saturday.
She is camping on route and would really appreciate somewhere to shower, store her boat etc close to the sea. You can see exactly where she is by scrolling down this post.
Lively Lady is ISORA Rockabill Race Winner
East Coast inshore campaigner Lively Lady (Derek Martin) left Dublin Bay racing behind yesterday for ISORA's offshore race to Rockaill and won. The Royal Irish boat, a Beneteau First 44.7, topped a 13-boat fleet over the 50 mile course to Rockabill. It was the second ISORA race of the 2011 calendar.
Second overall was another Beneteau, Walter Mitty, Stephen Mullaney's First 375 from Howth Yacht Club. Third was Jedi, Andrew Sarratt's J109 from Dun Laoghaire.
Yesterday's race was a much more pleasant start to the season compared to the previous weekend's pasting taken during the slog across the Irish Sea to Holyhead. Perhaps that was the reason for the drop off in entries from 21 to 13? Next Saturday's ISORA fixture features another cross Irish Sea venture, this time to Pwhelli.
Race two results are available for download below. Latest ISORA news here.
ISORA Commodore Peter Ryan adds:
It had been hoped that there would be a bumper fleet out for this popular day race run in conjunction with the Royal Alfred Yacht Club and the Lee Overlay Offshore Series but despite 25 entries, only 15 came to the start line. The heavy offshore race to Holyhead and delivery back the previous weekend and the strong winds all the week since then, had taken its toll with damage to boats and crew and boats not being to get to Dun Laoghaire.The weather forecast for the day was for wind force 3-5 south east going east. The original course was to go south to North Arklow buoy. However, with the strong spring tides going north at the start and the light winds forecast, the Sailing Committee decided that going north to Rockabill would ensure a finish would be achieved to all boats. The course was: Start – North Burford(P) – Lambay (P) – Rockabill (S) – Lambay (S) – Kish Light (S) – Finish at Dun Laoghaire Harbour (45 miles).
Paul McCarthy of the RAYC provided the start at 10.00 and the fleet set off on a white sail reach towards North Burford. The wind was as forecast, south east force 3-4. Rounding that mark, spinnakers were raised and the fleet sped north with the tide. Shorthy after 12.00 “Lively Lady” rounded Rockabill followed by “English Mick”, “Orna” and directly behind her “Tsunami”.
The leg back to Kish was a beat keeping Lambay to starboard. The wind fluctuated with the stronger wind being out to sea. Most boats tacked behind Lambay to get the benefit of some lack tides in the lee of the island.
The wind was holding as the fleet neared Kish. First round was “Lively Lady” followed by “English Mick”, “Tsunami”, “Orna” and “Jedi”. As forecast the wind backed to east and dropped. What was looking like a charge to the finish turned out to be a crawl. Many of the boats at the back of the fleet gained by a temporary filling of the wind from behind as they caught up with the leading pack. However, “Lively Lady” and “English Mick” held their positions and crossed the line first and second. “Jedi” and “Orna” crept past “Tsunami” to cross the finish.
“Lively Lady” took line honours, 1st in Class and 1st Overall. “Jedi” took 1st in Class 2 while “Walter Mitty” won Class 3.
Sandra Moore of the NYC provided the finish. The usual après sail took place in the NYC after the race.
The next race is the Day Race in Pwllheli on the 14th May. It is hoped that the day race there will attract some new entrants from the Welsh side.
| Rank | Fleet | Boat | SailNo | Type | Rating | Start | Finish | Elapsed | Corrected | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Class 1 | Lively Lady | IRL 1644 | First 44.7 | 1.109 | 10.00.00 | 16:21:00 | 6.21.00 | 7.02.32 | 98.6 |
| 2 | Class 3 | Walter Mitty | IRL 7963 | First 375 | 0.947 | 10.00.00 | 17:36:38 | 7.36.38 | 7.12.26 | 92.8 |
| 3 | Class 2 | Jedi | IRL 8088 | J109 | 1.029 | 10.00.00 | 17:05:15 | 7.05.15 | 7.17.35 | 87.0 |
| 4 | Class 1 | Orna | IRL 532 | 1.047 | 10.00.00 | 17:13:18 | 7.13.18 | 7.33.40 | 81.2 | |
| 5 | Class 2 | Lula Belle | IRL 3607 | First 36.7 | 1.019 | 10.00.00 | 17:28:55 | 7.28.55 | 7.37.27 | 75.4 |
| 6 | Class 3 | Windshift | IRL 37737 | SF37 | 0.992 | 10.00.00 | 17:41:59 | 7.41.59 | 7.38.17 | 69.6 |
| 7 | Class 2 | First of September | IRL 8581 | First 43.5 | 1.017 | 10.00.00 | 17:32:41 | 7.32.41 | 7.40.23 | 63.9 |
| 8 | Class 1 | Tsunami | IRL 4007 | First 40.7 | 1.061 | 10.00.00 | 17:15:00 | 7.15.00 | 7.41.32 | 58.1 |
| 9 | Class 1 | English Mick | GBR4771R | Beneteau 47.7 | 1.130 | 10.00.00 | 16:50:07 | 6.50.07 | 7.43.26 | 52.3 |
| 10 | Class 2 | Miss Scarlett | IRL 4763 | Sunfast 40.3 | 1.025 | 10.00.00 | 17:33:06 | 7.33.06 | 7.44.26 | 46.5 |
| 11 | Class 3 | Yahtzee | IRL 1068 | Oceanis 411 | 0.983 | 10.00.00 | 17:57:51 | 7.57.51 | 7.49.44 | 40.7 |
| 12 | Class 1 | Sailing West Intuition | GBR 9383 | Reflex 38 | 1.060 | 10.00.00 | 17:28:33 | 7.28.33 | 7.55.28 | 34.9 |
| 13 | Class 1 | Rebellion | IRL 6001 | Nicholson 58 | 1.054 | 10.00.00 | 17:39:22 | 7.39.22 | 8.04.10 | 29.1 |
| 14 | Class 1 | African Challenge | IRL 2649 | Fast 42 | 1.077 | 10.00.00 | 17:33:11 | 7.33.11 | 8.08.05 | 23.4 |
| 15 | Class 3 | Obsession | IRL4513 | Sigma 33 | 0.905 | DNF | 10.0 |
Royal Cork Yacht Club sailors have lifted two national titles at the 2011 Mitsubishi National Youth Sailing Championships this afternoon in a series cut short today by gale force winds on Dublin Bay. SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S PRIZEGIVING PHOTOS.
Local knowledge offered no advantage as Dun Laoghaire co-hosts the Royal St. George YC, the National Yacht Club and the Royal Irish YC won none of the five national titles inspite of strong turnouts fielded by each of the waterfront clubs.
With winds gusting up to 25-30 knots and easterly winds causing a big swell, sailing for the final day of the ISA Mitsubishi National Championships was cancelled leaving the 300 sailors ashore. However all classes had completed sufficient races to complete the series.
The event was an important test event for Dun Laoghaire organisers of the Youth Worlds which will be held in the same venue from 12 -21 July 2012.
In a show of strength from the regions the three other titles went to other east coast clubs at Howth, Ballyholme and Courtown.
Immediately after the prizegiving, (photos below) Olympic Team Manager James O'Callaghan named the Irish team for the 2011 ISAF Youth World Championships in Croatia in July based on the weekend results. Listen to the podcast with the team manager, talking about the stand out performances of the weekend, the current strength of youth sailing in Ireland and the prospect of a top finish in Croatia.
Royal Cork YC achieved two national titles with Laser 4.7 event favourite Seafra Guilfoyle winning the title having previously dominated the Optimist fleet in previous years.
Brother and sister team Patrick & Chloe Crosbie also from Royal Cork won the 420 National title and Patrick was awarded the Training Grant for the most promising sailor at the event.
This event was the national trials for the Optimist class which was won by Tralee Bay sailor Sophie Browne who will travel to New Zealand in December to compete in the Optimist World Championships.
Irish optimist sailors are performing well internationally at the moment finishing fourth and fifth at the Braassemermeer Easter regatta. Other events during 2011 where there will be Irish representation include the European Championships in Portugal and the National Championships in Germany and the UK.
Top three results below. Click the links for full results class by class.
Laser Radial - full results here
National Champion: Philip Doran (Courtown Sailing Club)
2nd Robbie Gilmore (Strangford Lough YC)
3rd Eoin Keller (Lough Derg YC)
1st Girl Sophie Murphy Quoile Yacht Club
Laser 4.7 - full results here
National Champion: Seafra Guilfoyle (Royal Cork YC)
2nd Darragh O'Sullivan (Kinsale YC)
3rd Finn Lynch (NYC/Blessington SC)
1st Girl: Sian Kneafsey (National YC)
420 - full results here
National Champions: Patrick Crosbie & Chloe Crosbie (Royal Cork YC)
2nd Aodh Kennedy & Daniel Browne (Kinsale YC & Tralee Bay SC)
3rd Emma Geary & Niamh Connolly (Royal Cork YC & Baltimore SC)
Feva - full results here
National Champions: D Johnston & L Flynn Byrne (Howth YC)
2nd C Totterdell & S Craig (National YC/Royal St. George YC)
3rd C Mollard & J Harris (Howth YC)
Topper - full results here
National Champion: T Brow (Ballyholme YC)
2nd Laura Gilmore (Strangford Lough YC)
3rd Andrew Penney (East Antrim BC)
Optimist (Championship fleet)
1st Ben Walsh (Skerries SC)
2nd Ross Quirke (National YC)
3rd Colin O'Sullivan (Malahide YC)
Optimist National Trials
Sophie Browne (Tralee Bay SC) won the trials and took the option of travelling to New Zealand in December 2011 to represent Ireland at the Optimist World Championships.
The following sailors were selected by the trial process to represent Ireland at the European Championship which will be held in Portugal in July 2011: Sean Donnelly, HYC, Peter McCann RCYC, Harry Whitaker RCYC, Eoin Lyden RCYC, Jil McGinley RCYC Cliodhna Ni Shuilleabhain KYC and Megan Parker SSC
The team selected to travel to the German National Championships include Robert Dickson HYC , Daire Cournane KYC, Sean Waddilove Skerries SC, Richard Hogan HYC, Adam Hyland RSGYC, Ronan Cournane KYC, Sean Gambier Ross KYC and Fergus Flood HYC, Aoife Hopkins and Alacoque Daly Tralee Bay SC.
In addition 10 sailors were chosen for the Irish under 12 squad who will compete in the Optimist UK National Championships.
All our youth sailing news aggregated here
Prizegiving photos by Gareth Craig below. For daily on the water action: Day one photos here. Day two photos here. Day three photos here.
Healthy Discounts Give Irish Boat Sales a Lift
Any upturn couldn't come quick enough though. The Irish Marine Federation (IMF) is counting the cost of recession that has reduced its membership by up to two thirds as marine firms closed their doors.
"For the first time in three years I'm seeing fresh enquires and importantly new blood coming into Irish boating, said Bernard Gallagher of BJ Marine in Malahide, north Dublin.
Boat dealers are offering substantial discounts
The new confidence in Irish boat buyers is primarily being seen in the sailing boat market.
One of the most accurate barometers of marine leisure activity, some dealers are reporting a return business levels not seen for three or four years.
"We've just sold a lovely 38-footer in to Howth and we've more sales in the pipeline said" Gallagher.
Other dealers confirm the same saying there is definitely a positive mood among buyers to go the extra step in the sales process.
It's quite a turnaround because up until very recently, dealers admit there was 'no boat buying mood at all'.
Ironically though after such poor sales at home there's now a real shortage of boats for sale here because over the past few years a lot of Irish boat stock was sold abroad.
"We badly need boats for our brokerage listings", says Gallagher who also operates branches in Belfast and Malta.
Many say sales will never get back to the dizzy heights of 2006 but for now good product ranges at the right place plus a splash of Easter sunshine is helping to move things at least a step in the right direction.
Irish dealers have been resourceful in finding markets abroad and an example of this is Dun Laoghaire dealer MGM boats who has just returned from the Portuguese boat show where there was positive vibes in Villamoura despite the recent bailout there too!
The MGM Boats Stand at the recent Villamoura Show
500 Boats will Kick Start the Dublin Sailing Season this Weekend
There could be anything up to 500-boats afloat for events right across the bay and out in to the Irish Sea.
Joining the 390 boat DBSC fleet for its 128th season is a gathering of over 300 dinghies in Dun Laoghaire for the Mitsubishi Youth National Championships at the Royal St. George and National Yacht Clubs. It's an important event because it is a dry run for next year's ISAF Youth Worlds on Dublin Bay.
The National Yacht Club is also host for the first race of the 2011 ISORA offshore season. Up to 17 starters from a possible ISORA entry list of 40 are confirmed for the first race to Holyhead. First gun for ISORA is at 0755. An Early one!
Across the bay in Howth there is a competitive fleet assembled for the SB3 Eastern Championships. A notable feature of the event is the inclusion of Olympic campaigner Annalise Murphy.
Ashore, Réalt na Mara Dun Laoghaire RNLI's new D-class lifeboat is to be officially named during a ceremony on the East Pier in Dun Laoghaire this Saturday at 12 noon. The lifeboat is to be named by Mr and Mrs Pat and Kathy Kenny. RTE presenter Pat Kenny and his wife Kathy have been long-standing supporters of the Dun Laoghaire RNLI lifeboats.
Mid week forecasts show good sailing winds for the weekend. Met Eireann is forecasting Southeast to east force 2 to 4 breezes, light enough for a gentle start to the season but there's still a chance of stronger for Saturday afternoon. Listen to Eddie English's weather prediction from Cork Harbour.
300 Top Junior Sailors Bound for Dublin Bay
Over 300 sailors will compete in Dublin Bay in seven different classes (Laser Radial, Laser 4.7, 420, Feva, Topper, SL16 and Optimist). For youth sailors, this event is the most important in the annual calendar as it is the decider for the top Irish sailors to compete internationally during 2011 and is the pathway for future Olympic sailors. Podcast with Olympic Team Manager James O'Callaghan here.
The 420 fleet is already in situ as the Leinster Championships were held over Easter and the girls team Emma Geary and Niamh Connolly won the event in style. This team is the only 420 crew to qualify internationally for a place on the Irish team to compete in the ISAF Youth Worlds in Zadar, Croatia and will be looking to win next weekend to secure this honour.
Dublin Bay will host the 2012 ISAF Youth World Championships and this year's ISA Mitsubishi Youth National event is an important test event with representatives from the international sailing authority visiting Dun Laoghaire to view plans and test logistics.
In addition to the 420 fleet the Laser radial fleet will also be competing to qualify to represent Ireland in Croatia. Philip Doran aged 17 from Courtown in Wexford is the current former under 17 World Champion in the Laser Radial fleet although the National title has eluded him so far. In the girls fleet it will be a toss up between Saskia Tidey (RIYC) and Sophie Murphy (Quoile YC) as both already have a national title each under their belts.
A fleet of top Optimists are expected. Photo: Bob Bateman
The younger Optimist fleet is also celebrating this week after two top 5 positions at the Easter Regatta in Braassemermeer, the Netherlands. In fact an Irish team has competed at this event for 23 years and this is the first time that Ireland has won the country prize. Sean Donnelly from Dun Laoghaire who finished fourth in Braassemermeer is also leading the Optimist fleet in the trials and will be anxious to hold on to first position during the ISA Mitsubishi Youth Nationals.
In other fleets, the laser 4.7 fleet is enjoying record numbers with many ex-Optimist and Topper sailors choosing this boat. Finn Lynch from Blessington and Seafra Guilfoyle from Cork will be firm favourites to win the class.
Overall Dublin Bay will be a spectacle of sail over the May Bank holiday weekend with light winds forecast.
Mitsubishi Motors have been a proud supporter of junior sailing in Ireland for the last 7 years. In recent years Ireland has had successes at youth level with winner of the girls under 21 Laser World Championships and a top 10 at the 2010 ISAF Youth Worlds and wins at the British National Optimist Championships.
Cruising Association Holds First 2011 Meeting on Dublin Bay
Dinner will be served at 8pm at a reduced cost of only €20 per person, Drinks in the bar, wine available @ €18 per bottle.
The is rally open to all cruising sailors, and there will be a brief presentation of the Strangford Lough cruise in late July.
The Cruising Association AGM will be held in a private room from 1900 – 1930 for CAI members interested in attending.
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