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Season Wrap up: Sheehy Signs off with National title
John Sheehy, Nick Smyth, Paddy Kirwan, and Marty O’Leary emerged as the top crew at the Match Racing Championships in Kinsale at the weekend, The Royal St George Yacht Club team have been dominant on the Match Racing Tour of…
Students Delayed by Light Winds
Wednesday in Marseille and the outstanding but windless sunny weather led to the race committee deciding to hoist the AP flag (postponment of racing) at 10am this morning on the dock leaving the crews to enjoy the city centre of…
Frustrating Times at Student World Championships
Day 3 With a forecast wind strength of 5 to 9 knots, teams left the dock for challenging and frustrating conditions in the Student World Yachting Championship in Marseille. Dee O'Rourke of the defending champions Cork Institute of Technology sent…
Sheehy is Ireland's Top Match Racer
John Sheehy, Nick Smith, Paddy Kirwan, and Marty O’Leary of the Royal St George Yacht Club emerged as the top crew at Match Racing Championships in Kinsale yesterday having been dominant on the Tour in this its inaugural year. Twelve…
Irish Design Wins Rolex Middle Sea Race
Designed by Wicklow's Mark Mills, Alegre, the IRC 68’ Mini-Maxi of Andres Soriano III, sailed an extraordinary race to win a tough Rolex Middle Sea Race against some of the best competition assembled anywhere this year. This extends her record…
Match Racing Season Concludes
12 teams from round the country, selected from 24 entries on the basis of ISAF ranking, raced off for the title of ISA National Match Racing Champion at the weekend. Kinsale Yacht Club hosted two days of racing with some…
Italy Lead as Ireland lie Fourth and Ninth
SYWoC: As the teams headed out into the bay of Marseille this morning, they were greeted with a solid 10 knots of breeze rather than the expected 2 knots for the second days racing in the Student Yachting World Cup…
Barry and Dwyer Win 5o5 Championships
Ewan Barry and Charles Dwyer of Monkstown Bay Sailing Club are the winners of the Irish National and British Isles 505 Championship writes Claire Bateman. In a five race event sailed over the bank holiday weekend they emerged victorious with…
Big Winds in Cork Harbour
Blustery conditions swept a combined fleet of 100 Royal Cork cruisers closer to next Saturday's conclusion of the O’Flynn Exhams Solicitors Autumn Regatta. The penulimate round provided an exhilarating day of sailing for all fleets with a west/south west wind…
Champions Ready To Defend World Title
After months of rigorous preperation the 3 Ireland sponsored  CIT Sailing Team will finally depart this Friday for Marsielle in the South France to defend their title as Student Yacht World Champions 2008. This year the 29th edition of The…
RC Laser Sailing Kicks off
Winter Racing: RC Laser sailing is starting again at the National YC. The normal Sunday series commences on November 8th. Start time will be 2.00pm with a couple of practice races and the counting races will start at 2.30pm. It…
Rolex Middle Sea Race may have a winner
Yesterday (October 30th), the Rolex Middle Sea Race had its first boat home and appears to have its winner. Andres Soriano's Alegre (GBR) looks impregnable in first place as day four draws to a close. It will take a miracle…
12 Teams to Contest Match Race Title
12 teams from round the country, selected from 24 entries on the basis of ISAF ranking, race off for the title of ISA National Match Racing Champion this weekend. Kinsale Yacht Club are all set to host 2 days of…
Hot competition at O'Flynn Exhams Autumn League
There was a southerly breeze and lumpy sea with low skies and mist, but the Red Fleet – under race officer Richard Leonard – got the best of the racing for races five and six of the Royal Cork Yacht…
Lee to Defend Carribbean Title
Adrian Lee intends to defend his title in this years RORC Carribbean 600 event but he will have stiff opposition from her sistership, another Cookson 50 called Privateer, which is based on the East Coast of America. The RORC Caribbean…
Slade's Maxi may beat course record
Rolex Middle Sea Race, Day 3 – It's 'game on' for Mike Slade, as his turbo-charged Maxi is in a race against time to beat the course record for the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Leopard are passed Lampedusa in a…