All Ireland Sailing Championships News and Results
Afloat.ie regrets to record the death of noted former Cork Harbour sailor David Gay. Although he had lived in County Kilkenny for the last 20 years, for many decades he was one of the leading figures in CorkHarbour sailing, successfully…
J24 World Champion Euro and National Champion Cillian Dickson of Lough Ree Yacht Club added a further victory to his stellar season when he was crowned Champion of Champions at the newly formatted Irish Sailing Keelboat Champions’ Cup, hosted by…
Two Races Sailed as Light Winds Disrupt Irish Sailing Keelboat Champions Cup Qualifiers
11th October 2025 All Irelands
Light winds cut short the opening day of the Irish Sailing Keelboat Champions Cup on Dublin Bay on Saturday (October 11th). Only two races were completed in Qualifying Series A, with none sailed in Series B following the abandonment of…
The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away……With this weekend’s staging of the Keelboat All-Ireland Championship in the J/80s provided by the Irish National Sailing School at the Royal Irish YC in Dun Laoghaire following hot on the heels of the…
Owens and Killian Win Irish Sailing Dinghy Champions’ Cup at Royal Cork
5th October 2025 All Irelands
GP14 duo Ger Owens and Ross Killian have won the Irish Sailing Dinghy Champions’ Cup at Royal Cork Yacht Club after a three-way points tie-breaking victory. The pair finished first overall after four races, with scores of 1, 6, 4, and 1. Their…
Storm Amy has cut the Dinghy Champions' event, formerly the Helmsmans, from a weekend to one day of racing in Cork Harbour. The event, once known as the Helmsman’s Championships, will feature 11 dinghy class champions who will race in…
The 2025 Irish Sailing Champions’ Cup will be run under a new format. The event will be split between Dinghy and Keelboat sailing for the first time. It’s been 78 years since the Irish Sailing Champions’ Cup was inception, and…
Robert Espey and Mike Ferguson of Ballyholme are October "Sailors of the Month (Inshore Racing)
1st November 2024 Sailor of the Month
There was a remarkable display of sometimes flamboyant sailing talent making the scene for the Championship of Champions 2024 in the Royal North of Ireland YC's RS400s at Cultra on Belfast Lough in October. Yet while other household names in…
It has been quite the weekend for sailing all over Ireland, with flashes of pure sunlit joy. This was despite a weather prognosis which, at its gloomiest, had suggested that there might be no significant sailing at all anywhere. An…
Ballyholme Yacht Club's Robert Espey is Irish Sailing Champions’ Cup Winner
6th October 2024 All Irelands
Robert Espey of Ballyholme Yacht Club is the winner of this year’s Irish Sailing Champions’ Cup which took place at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club in Cultra, Co. Down after a string of strong results. Espey, who raced on…
The highly anticipated Irish Sailing Champions' Cup, which was set to kick off today at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club in Co. Down, has been postponed due to unfavourable weather conditions. AP over A was flown from the…
All weather forecast models are agreeing that the coming weekend is going to be very wet and windy at some stage in Ireland, with some suggesting that the unfavourable sailing conditions will persist through both Saturday and Sunday. It's a…
Irish Sailing Champions' Cup Returns This Weekend at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club
1st October 2024 Irish Sailing
The Irish Sailing Champions’ Cup makes its return this weekend, the 5 – 6 October, at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club in Co. Down. This annual event, renowned for showcasing Ireland’s top sailing talent, marks its 77th year.…
Paris 2024 Olympic campaigner Finn Lynch has won the 'Champions' Cup' at Foynes Yacht Club and sailed this year in the 17-foot Mermaid class. Tricky light winds saw the schedule of races for the annual event cut short on the…
Can Ger Owens Make It Three-In-A-Row Defending National Overall Helm Title In Mermaids At Foynes This Weekend?
4th October 2023 All Irelands
It’s not the first time that the organisers of the National Championships of Champions have found themselves playing footsie with volatile Autumn weather. Ten days ago, the National Junior Championship at Schull was cancelled due to southerly gales. And last…
Ger Owens (Dun Laoghaire) & Mel Morris (East Antrim) are Sailors of the Month for October
1st November 2022 Sailor of the Month
So many factors came into play for the 75th Anniversary of the Champions’ Cup (aka the Helmsman’s Championship or the All-Ireland) in GP 14s at Sutton Dinghy Club on October 8th/9th that its weather-imposed compression into a one-day series made…
