Women in Sailing
NI 49erFX Duo McElwaine and Barbour Launch Crowdfunding Drive for LA 2028 Olympic Campaign
9th August 2026 LA 2028
Northern Ireland youth sailing duo Erin McIlwaine and Ellen Barbour have launched a crowdfunding drive for their campaign to compete in the 49erFX class at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The pair were added to Irish Sailing’s senior squad…
Britain's Women's America's Cup Team has unveiled a new identity as Cobham-Ultra GB2, aligning more closely with Britain's principal America's Cup team, GB1. The rebrand marks the next phase of the British campaign ahead of the Women's and Youth America's…
A screening of the documentary Women from the Sea is one of the highlights of a Mná na Mara event in Galway in early September. Former Naval Service officer and author Marie Gleeson will also be in conversation and will…
A new perpetual trophy recognising the highest-finishing female helm will be introduced at the 2026 Melges 24 World Championship in Harbor Springs, Michigan. The Meier Trophy has been donated by Regatta Chairman Tom Meier and his family and will be…
French offshore sailor Alexia Barrier is set to become the first woman to compete in the ULTIM class at the Route du Rhum–Destination Guadeloupe. Barrier will line up for the 2026 transatlantic race at the helm of the legendary IDEC…
American skipper Chris Poole and Riptide Racing claimed a second GKSS Match Cup Sweden title on Sunday, while France's Pauline Courtois successfully defended the Nordea Women's Trophy in Marstrand. Sailed in a fresh 16-knot westerly breeze, the finals delivered high-quality…
Home favourite Oscar Engström and American skipper Chris Poole will contest the Open final at the 2026 GKSS Match Cup Sweden after a dramatic day of knockout racing in Marstrand. Fresh north-westerly winds gusting above 20 knots tested crews throughout…
The 2026 29er World Championship gets underway in Kiel on Friday as the world's top youth skiff sailors gather at the Kiel-Schilksee Olympic Sailing Centre for nine days of competition. Although the opening ceremony takes place on Friday evening, registration,…
High winds brought racing to a standstill on Thursday at the Nordea Women's Trophy Sweden, leaving the Open division quarterfinals unfinished while the Nordea Women's Trophy semifinal lineup was confirmed. After three days of near-perfect conditions, a strong weather front…
Swedish sailors hold the advantage in both the Open and Women's fleets at the halfway stage of the 2026 GKSS Match Cup Sweden in Marstrand. Oscar Engström and Martina Carlsson secured automatic places in the semi-finals after topping their respective…
Home favourite Johnie Berntsson made a flawless start to the 2026 GKSS Match Cup Sweden, winning all three of his opening matches as the world's leading match racing teams began competition in Marstrand, Sweden. Fresh winds, sunshine and large crowds…
Howth Yacht Club's Women at the Helm regatta returns on Friday, July 3, with organisers expecting another strong turnout for the all-female helm event. Now in its second year, the regatta will again put women at the forefront of racing…
The Friday night series concluded yesterday, Friday, June 19th. The forecast was encouraging for completing the series with 3 races; however, it did not materialise, with rain settling over Dun Laoghaire and the wind playing hide-and-seek whilst visiting all quadrants…
An Irish sailor will take on one of the biggest challenges of her offshore racing career when the Round Ireland Yacht Race starts from Wicklow this weekend. Twenty-three-year-old Róisín Hanrahan has been named navigator aboard the JPK 11.80 Sunrise, one of…
The fifth Women at the Helm (WATH) Regatta 2026 (WATH) took place at the National Yacht Club over the weekend of June 12th-14th in conjunction with the National Yacht Club Regatta on Saturday June 13th with WATH racing continuing on…
Ireland’s Women Sailors Setting the Summertime Pace In Dublin Bay
13th June 2026 Royal Irish Yacht Club
The Royal Irish Yacht Club is building up to the beginning of its many and varied 195th Anniversary events in a week’s time, celebrating life afloat and ashore with Winifred Kelliher as the club’s first woman Commodore. Further along the…
