Irish Sailing and Regatta Race Results and News
The Bacardi Cup will celebrate a major milestone in 2027 as the iconic regatta stages its 100th edition on Biscayne Bay in Miami. Founded in Havana, Cuba, in 1927 with just 13 boats, the event has grown into one of…
Classic yachts delivered a standout display on Day 2 of the Antigua Classics Regatta in steady Caribbean trade winds. The fleet raced the Caterpillar course in 15–18 knots, offering a mix of reaching, tacking and downwind sailing. Conditions allowed the…
The inaugural Antigua Racing Cup has concluded at Nelson’s Dockyard, marking a new addition to the Caribbean racing calendar. The event delivered close racing across multiple classes in steady trade winds off Antigua’s south coast. Organisers said the regatta combined…
Dun Laoghaire sailor Adrian Lee delivered a standout performance on the opening day of the Antigua Racing Cup, powering his HH66 catamaran Lee Overlay Partners III through Caribbean swells at over 20 knots. Lee’s cutting-edge multihull was the fastest boat…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) has reminded members that late entries for keelboats and Wags in the 2026 AIB DBSC summer sailing season close on Wednesday, 18 March. The club is urging competitors to submit their entries as soon as…
The Howth Yacht Club Brass Monkey Spring Series, sponsored by Tadg Riordan Motors, drew last Sunday, 1 March, delivering a superb day’s sailing to round off the programme. Sunshine, a steady breeze and a full complement of boats on the…
The Rolex SailGP Championship returns to Sydney this weekend (28 February – 1 March) with a first for the global series. For the first time, racing will take place at twilight as the KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix unfolds on…
After missing the previous weekend due to a lack of wind, the Dinghy Frostbite Spring Series sailors returned to the water at Howth Yacht Club on Sunday with a building forecast and a narrow window to get racing completed. An…
Bryon Ehkhart’s JK 88 Lucky now has the same relationship with the 1,250 miles Sydney-Auckland Race 2025 as she had – as George David’s Rambler 88 – with the 700-mile Round Ireland Race in 2016. She has taken line honours,…
A fortnight after the 64th Endeavour Trophy, there are still no overall results due to protest appeals at Britain's 'champion of champions' event. As Afloat reported on the day, Northern Ireland 505 ace Mike Sims and Rob Gullan took the overall…
To nobody’s surprise, Bryon Ehrhart NYYC’s JK 88 Lucky (formerly Rambler 88) has taken line honours and set a new course record of 2d 20h 27m 7sec for the biennial 1250-mile Sydney-Auckland Race. In fact, the surprise for anyone unfamiliar…
Arca SGR won Barcolana57 in Trieste on Sunday, skippered by Furio Benussi. At the finish, he handed the helm to his wife, Elisa. His daughter, Marta Benussi, took second place aboard Marta 07. Prosecco Doc Shockwave³ finished third. Organisers estimate…
Arca Sgr, skippered by the Fast and Furio Sailing Team, has clinched victory in Sunday's (October 12th) 57th Barcolana regatta. The Trieste-based event saw Arca Sgr cross the finish line first, completing the course in 1 hour, 43 minutes, and…
Barcolana57 has reached its highest number of entries since 2019, with 1,865 boats confirmed for Sunday’s start in Trieste, Italy. Registrations closed at 7 pm in Barcola. Organisers said the surge marks a post-pandemic record. The standout late addition is…
Inaugurated in 2024, the 1250-mile Trans-Tasman Sydney-Auckland Race is a demanding offshore challenge. Line honours in the maiden race were taken by the Santa Cruz 72 Antipodes, while the overall winner was "the Irish boat", Mickey Martin's updated TP52 Frantic,…
Following Ireland's dominance on Sunday at the 2025 UK Champion of Champions Endeavour Trophy, Ireland's history of winning the celebrated trophy goes back 57 years. Raced in Enterprise Dinghies at Burnham-on-Crouch in 1968, Malahide's Robin Hennessy and Robert Michael registered…
