Irish Offshore Sailing News. Training Courses, Lessons, & Race Results
A West Coast family’s Atlantic sailing adventure is the theme of a talk this weekend in the Galway City Museum. Across the Atlantic - A Family Adventure with a Message from the Deep is the title of the talk by…
Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) will host an evening with offshore sailor Pamela Lee on Saturday, June 13, as part of a planned visit by her Class40 yacht to Dún Laoghaire Harbour. The visit comes just days before the…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has won the 2026 Sardinia Cup, finishing ahead of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) and the RORC Gold team in Porto Cervo. The prestigious team regatta returned this year after a 14-year absence.…
The Morgan Cup Race returns on 12 June with more than 40 boats expected on the start line for the offshore passage from Cowes to Dartmouth. Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Yacht Squadron,…
Tom Dolan's 2026 La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec campaign may have ended in disappointment, but it also reinforced why the Irish skipper remains one of the leading figures in offshore solo racing. The County Meath sailor's race contained all the…
Guillaume Pirouelle and Jules Ducelier aboard SOGESTRAN-SEAFRIGO have won the 17th CIC Normandy Channel Race after crossing the finish line in Ouistreham at 4.20 pm. The Norman duo completed the 816-nautical-mile course in 3 days, 2 hours and 20 minutes,…
South Australian yacht Clockwork is preparing for a fourth consecutive Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after overcoming one of its toughest offshore challenges yet in 2025. Co-owner Mary Ann Harvey admits she questioned her decision to return during the early…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and host club Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) share the lead after the opening day of the Range Rover Sardinia Cup in Porto Cervo. The prestigious offshore team regatta returned to the calendar on…
The Irish offshore sailing season received another boost over the Bank Holiday weekend when National Yacht Club bowman Will Byrne from Dublin Bay and West Cork's Baltimore Sailing Club helmsman Harry Durcan helped the TP52 Final Final secure overall IRC…
John Malone & Emmet Sheridan of Lough Ree YC are “Sailors of the Month (Offshore)” for May
2nd June 2026 Sailor of the Month
It says much about the busily-compressed early season programme of 2026 that we can make a realistic award for Sailors of the Month (Offshore) for racing on the deep seas during May. Yet thanks to Kinsale YC’s biennial Cantor Fitzgerald…
The Sardinia Cup returns to Porto Cervo this week after a 14-year absence, bringing together 10 international teams and 20 yachts for one of the Mediterranean's most anticipated regattas. Organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) adopts a new…
Nearly 70 yachts and around 700 sailors have gathered in Sardinia for the 12th edition of the Solaris Cup, reinforcing the event's position as one of the Mediterranean's leading owner regattas. Hosted in Porto Rotondo, the annual gathering has attracted…
The RORC De Guingand Bowl Race returns on Saturday 30 May with a competitive fleet expected on the start line in Cowes. The race marks the seventh round of the 2026 RORC Season’s Points Championship and the third event in…
The 2026 IMA Maxi European Championship concluded in Sorrento on Thursday after a week of tactical racing in the Gulf of Naples. Part of the Tre Golfi Sailing Week, the regatta brought together leading Maxi yachts for offshore, coastal and…
Tom Dolan has retained the overall lead in La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec after finishing fifth on Stage 2 into Pornichet. The Irish skipper of Kingspan, who won the opening stage, now leads by 3 minutes and 38 seconds from…
Paul Loiseau has won the second leg of the 57th La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec after a tightly fought finish into Pornichet on Thursday afternoon.The skipper of Region Bretagne - CMB Espoir crossed the line at 2:52 pm French time…
