The World Match Racing Tour returns to Dublin Bay this week when a 16-skipper international fleet contests the Dublin Match Cup at the National Yacht Club in Dún Laoghaire from Thursday, September 24th to Sunday, September 27th.
The Irish event follows the World Match Racing Tour's Dublin debut in 2025 and has expanded from 12 to 16 skippers for its second edition.
Three Irish Skippers in 16-Boat Line-Up
Three Irish skippers are listed in the international entry: Ruairi Finnegan, Tom Higgins and Daniel Copithorne.
They will face visiting teams from France, Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland and Sweden.
The French contingent comprises Timothée Rossi, Tom Foucher and Martin Allix, while Julian Fung represents Britain. Denmark has Jan Ølholm Mortensen and Victor Christian Melchior, with Lennard Bal of the Netherlands, Patryk Zbroja of Poland, Jon Eriksson of Finland and Alexander Brorsson of Sweden completing the fleet.
Head-to-Head Racing on Dublin Bay
Match racing pits two boats directly against each other, emphasising starting tactics, boat handling and close-quarters manoeuvring, with the first boat across the finish taking the match.
The Dublin Match Cup will provide four days of racing off Dún Laoghaire, with results contributing towards the World Match Racing Tour leaderboard. The event is being hosted at the National Yacht Club, with the identical racing boats supplied by the Irish National Sailing School.
