RORC IRC Europeans
Beau Geste Sends Clear Signal In Class Zero of Maples Group IRC Europeans
12th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
For some classes in the IRC Euros 2024, seriously unfortunate outcomes on the water (to put it as euphemistically as possible) may have indicated that Friday 13th had come a day early. But in the big boy's games, a grown-up…
Bray Sailing Club J24 Leads Class Three of Maples Group IRC European Championships
12th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
David Bailey's J24 Hard on Port leads Class Three after the first two races in blustery conditions on Dublin Bay of the Maples Group IRC European Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club. Two wins for the Bray Sailing Club…
The national success, as the 2024 season progresses, of John and Suzi Murphy's J/109 Outrajeous from Howth has been so, well, utterly outrageous, that ordinary folk might reasonably have expected a slight but inevitable easing of the pace by the…
Half Tonners on Top in Class Two of Maples Group IRC Europeans on Dublin Bay
12th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Vintage Half Tonners won both of Thursday's (12th September) opening races in Class Two of the Maples Group RORC IRC European Championships off Dun Laoghaire this afternoon, but a J97 lies second overall after an unfortunate collision between two Half…
Half-Tonner Head Hunter is Dismasted in First Race of Maples Group IRC Europeans at Dun Laoghaire
12th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Adam Ovington's Half Tonner Head Hunter was dismasted in the opening moments of the first race of the Maples Group RORC IRC European Championships off Dun Laoghaire this afternoon. On opposite tacks after the start, the upper mast of the…
Maples Group RORC IRC Europeans at Royal Irish YC is High Note to Conclude Dun Laoghaire's Cruiser-Racer Regatta Frenzy
10th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
So far, so good. Truck-racing sailors in Ireland have got themselves successfully as a group - and hyper-successfully in individual boat cases – through a plethora of cruiser-racer championship titles recently. These emerged from the multiple interpretations of a healthy…
Hong Kong TP52 ‘Beau Geste’ Arrives in Dun Laoghaire for IRC Europeans
1st September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Hong Kong businessman Karl Kwok's TP52 racing yacht Beau Geste has arrived at Dun Laoghaire Harbour two weeks ahead of the first races of the 2024 Maples Group IRC European championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club on Dublin Bay.…
Meteorological commentators tell us that Autumn has definitely arrived, thereby closing off the decidedly mixed summer of 2024. So there's a certain awed fascination in contemplating the reality that in Ireland the 2024 sailing season is only really getting into…
Royal Irish Yacht Club Prepares to Welcome IRC Europeans in Under a Month's Time
20th August 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
The eighth edition of the IRC European Championship at the Royal Irish Yacht Club will feature, say the organisers, a wide range of boats in action: high-tech racing yachts, hybrid cruiser racers, pocket rockets, and vintage designs. As Afloat previously…
IRC European Championships in Dublin Bay to Feature Corinthian Yacht Racing Prizes
29th July 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Corinthian yachts will race for additional prizes in the IRC European Championships on Dublin Bay this September to celebrate the inclusiveness of yacht racing and club skippers. Announcing the generous sponsorship of Maples Group, an international law firm and fund…
Hong Kong TP52 is Latest Entry to 2024 Maples Group IRC European Championships at Royal Irish Yacht Club
26th June 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Hong Kong businessman Karl Kwok has entered the TP52 Beau Geste into the 2024 Maples Group IRC European championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club on Dublin Bay this September. The entry is one of the first of the expected…
Maples Group Announced as Title Sponsor for the RORC IRC European Championship at Royal Irish Yacht Club
9th May 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
The Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) has announced that Dublin law firm Maples Group will be the title sponsor of the upcoming IRC European Championship sailing regatta. Taking place on the Irish capital's waters of Dublin Bay, the Maples Group…
Dun Laoghaire's New Ker 46 'Tonnerre de Breskens 3' to Contest Round Ireland Race and IRC Europeans
8th May 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Noted Dublin Bay inshore and offshore sailor Pete Smyth of the Royal Irish Yacht Club has purchased the famous Ker 46 Tonnerre de Breskens 3 which will arrive in Dublin Bay three weeks before its first major event, the 2024…
'Purple Haze' Arrives on Strangford Lough: Vintage Quarter Tonner Will Contest 2024 ICRA Nationals and IRC Europeans on Dublin Bay
6th March 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
The Ker 32 Hijacker was a popular competitor owned by Stuart Cranston of Strangford Lough YC at Whiterock and the nearby Down Cruising club, but he was struggling to get enough regular crew (eight) so downsizing was the answer, and…
International IRC Conference Welcomes IRC European Championships at Dun Laoghaire in 2024
25th October 2023 RORC IRC Europeans
Ireland's coastal town of Dun Laoghaire on Dublin Bay is set to host the next IRC European Championship in September 2024, the 2023 international IRC Congress held in Paris heard recently. Irishman Michael Boyd, who chaired the Congress and is also…
London's Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has announced Dun Laoghaire as the venue for its IRC European Championships in 2024. While a host club has yet to be named, RORC's provisional programme 2024 says the eighth championship edition will be…
