Bangor Town Regatta
Bangor Regatta 2026 is shaping up for a strong return, with more than 40 yachts already entered one month before racing begins. Hosted by Royal Ulster Yacht Club, the regatta will run from 25 to 28 June on Belfast Lough…
Bangor Regatta will host the Impala Championship as part of its 2026 sailing programme on Belfast Lough. The four-day regatta runs from 25 to 28 June at Royal Ulster Yacht Club and will feature racing for a wide range of…
Royal Ulster Yacht Club has unveiled a busy 2026 sailing programme on Belfast Lough, with racing, regattas and participation events planned throughout the year. Preparations are already underway with a call for volunteers to help run the season’s events on…
On Sunday, October 28th, following racing in the Autumn Series at Royal Ulster Yacht Club (RUYC), Gavin Watson, Chair of 'BR26', officially launched the Bangor Regatta 2026. The regatta, hosted by RUYC, will take place from Thursday 25 to Sunday…
Countries Prepare For The Irish Sea Nations Cup 2025 - Notice of Race Here!
7th February 2025 Irish Sea Nations Cup
The countdown is on for the Irish Sea Nations Cup 2025, the new sailing competition that promotes regional engagement. Organised by the founders of prominent events like the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, the IRC Welsh Championships and the Scottish Series,…
Details Revealed for the 2025 Irish Sea Nation’s Cup, Featuring Regattas Across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Ireland
7th February 2025 Irish Sea Nations Cup
Organisers have formally announced details of the 2025 combined regatta initiative for teams from Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England and Ireland. Following an inaugural meeting last December, four 2025 regattas in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and Wales have combined to…
First 'Irish Sea Nations Cup' Set for 2025 After Groundbreaking Meeting at Dun Laoghaire
5th December 2024 News Update
A 2025 Nations Cup competition between six teams bordering the Irish Sea is just one of the positive outcomes of Wednesday's (December 2nd) high-level inaugural meeting of Irish Sea Regatta organisers at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. In what is billed as…
Octogenarian 'Merryjackers' Celebrate Third in Bangor Regatta Class Six in Verse
4th July 2024 Bangor Town Regatta
The crew of Merryjack defied their age at last week's Bangor Regatta on Belfast Lough competing in Class six YTC and taking third overall. Crew man and poet Glen McMahon on the Oceanis 37 might never be Poet Laureate but…
Three in a Row for J109 Storm as Bangor Regatta 2024 Sees Thrilling Finish in Unpredictable Weather
30th June 2024 Bangor Town Regatta
In like a lion and out like a lamb is said to mean that the month of March should end with quiet weather compared to a lion. But this is June, and the Belfast Lough weather hasn't reached the lamb…
Exciting Finale In Prospect at Bangor Regatta 2024 on Belfast Lough
29th June 2024 Bangor Town Regatta
Patience is a virtue they say and that is what was needed this morning when Belfast Lough was like a mirror and the Bangor Regatta fleet was motionless in the Marina. However word was that this forced stoppage was very…
Never mind what's going on elsewhere In Ireland this weekend; with Shania Twain in Belfast's Ormeau Park, Taylor Swift at the Aviva, the All-Ireland Quarter GAA Finals in Croke Park and the Foyle Maritime Festival in Derry, there was plenty…
The same strong winds that brought home many of the SSE Renewables Round Ireland fleet at pace down the Irish Sea to Wicklow arrived on time for the first day of the Bangor Regatta. (Thurs 27th June). Predicted by this magazine's…
Swan 40 with an Enviable Racing Record Enters June's Bangor Regatta
6th April 2024 Bangor Town Regatta
Racing at Bangor Regatta in June promises to be keener than ever with the appearance in the Coastal IRC and YTC class of not one but two Swans. The Swan 40 Sloop John T is better known outside Northern Ireland…
New Boats Arriving to Compete at June's Bangor Regatta on Belfast Lough
16th March 2024 Bangor Town Regatta
Word on the grapevine is that Jonathan Anderson's Danish-designed X 4.3 will be among the boats new to Royal Ulster’s Bangor Regatta in June. The new boat is still in the factory so brand new. He was the previous owner…
Royal Ulster Yacht Club has launched Bangor Regatta 2024 with the publication of the Notice of Race and Entry Form for the event, which will be run in Belfast Lough out of Bangor from 27th till 30th June. Sixty boats…
Royal Ulster Yacht Club Announces 'Rebranded' Bangor Regatta for June 2024
2nd December 2023 Bangor Town Regatta
A ‘Town’ Regatta at Bangor on Belfast Lough was first held over a century ago and saw a reincarnation in 2018. The 2020 event fell foul of Covid 19, but Bangor Town Regatta did run in 2022 and the Royal…
