RORC IRC Europeans
Irish sailors featured prominently at the IRC European Championship in Poole Bay over the UK Bank Holiday weekend, with strong results across all three IRC divisions. Corby 37 Impetuous, formerly Ireland’s Blondie III, claimed the IRC 1 European title after…
Notices of Race have been published for the 2026 IRC European Championship and IRC Southern Area Championship. Both events will form part of the International Paint Poole Regatta, scheduled for May 2026. Organisers say interest is already strong, with 100…
Only six months remain until racing begins at Poole Regatta and the IRC European Championship 2026 on the English south coast. The event runs from 23–25 May, with an additional day on 22 May for IRC European Championship competitors. Organisers…
The IRC European Championship will be held in Poole Harbour from 22-25 May 2026. This event follows the successful regatta staged in Dublin Bay in 2024 and this year in Corsica. Andrew Pearce from Poole Regatta stated, “Hosting the IRC…
The 2025 IRC European Championship has been announced for Yacht Club Bonifacio, Corsica, from 5-12 October 2025. The IRC European Championship alternates between northern and southern Europe every two years. Following its recent successful hosting in Ireland this year, the Championship returns to…
Johnny Murphy of Howth & Crew On Outrajeous are "Sailors of the Month (International)" for September
1st October 2024 Sailor of the Month
The first fortnight of September served up such an intensive programme of national and international cruiser-racer competition in Dublin Bay that it provided an exceptionally informative insight into how a mixed crew of professionals and amateurs can be moulded together…
Nigel Biggs and Dave Cullen (HYC) are "Sailors of the Month (Corinthian)" for September
1st October 2024 Sailor of the Month
When the Royal Alfred Yacht Club was established on Dublin Bay in 1870, it was the first in the world to codify amateur sailing, though its rule did allow that larger yachts might carry paid hands in the form of…
"Race In Haste, Celebrate At Leisure" is Howth's Approach to Maples IRC 2024 Euros Double Wins
16th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
It takes a while for the full meaning of the double overall win, for Howth Yacht Club in the Maples IRC Euros 2024 this past weekend-plus at the Royal Irish YC in Dun Laoghaire, to be fully appreciated out in…
Northern Ireland Yachts Compete at Royal Irish's ICRA Nationals and IRC Euro Champs
16th September 2024 Royal Irish Yacht Club
Two of the three prestigious events hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire over the first half of September included five competing boats from Northern Ireland. John Minnis's Archambault 35 Final Call II and Paul Prentice's Sigma…
Beau Geste In Class 0 And Outrajeous In Class 1 Emerge As Front-Runners for IRC Euros Overall Champion on Dublin Bay
15th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
The Maples Group IRC Euros 2024 on Dublin Bay for the past four days of Thursday through Sunday, with entirely daytime racing hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club of Dun Laoghaire, ended on a suitably Camelot note of only experiencing…
Outrajeous Stays Ahead In IRC Euros Class 1 In "Stakhanovite Sailing"
14th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Those familiar with the story of the Soviet ultra-worker Alexei Grigoryevich Stakhanov may well wonder what connection a coal-mining workaholic could possibly have with yachting in Dublin Bay. But the word is that the competition in Class 1 for today…
'2 Farr' Overtakes 'Swuzzlebubble' in Battle of the Half Tonners on Penultimate Day of Maples Group IRC Europeans
14th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
A change at the top of the leaderboard on the penultimate day of the Maples Group IRC European Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club sees a new leader of Class Two on Dublin Bay. The Boardman, Kelly and O'Leary…
Classic Irish Weather For Maples IRC Europeans 2024 at the Royal Irish YC
14th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Race 5 - If you go along with the notion that the Great Divide in Ireland is not North-South, but is West/East and mostly meteorological, then the third three-race-day of the Maples IRC Europeans 2024 at the Royal Irish YC…
Six from Six for J24 'Hard on Port' in Class Three of the Maples Group IRC European Championships
14th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Six wins from six races is the conclusive scoreline after three days of racing for David Bailey's J24 Hard on Port, who leads Class Three on Dublin Bay at the Maples Group IRC European Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht…
Two Wins for 2 Farr on Day Two of Maples Group IRC Europeans on Dublin Bay
13th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Two wins on day two in class two for the Half Tonner 2 Farr (Boardman, Kelly and O'Leary) puts the Rush/Crosshaven crew three points shy of the top of the Maples Group RORC IRC European Championships off Dun Laoghaire leaderboard held by rival…
Murphy's J109 'Outrajeous' Continues to Lead Maples Group IRC Euros Class One
13th September 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
Race 3: The 18 boats in Class1 of the Maples Group of the IRC European Championships, built around the significant presence of J/109s, continued with their ultra-close racing, but with the overall lead opening up ever so slightly when somebody sneezed…
