1720 Sportboat Sailing News
Ross McDonald of Howth Yacht Club Dominates European 1720 Championship at Volvo Cork Week
19th July 2024 Cork Week
Ross McDonald of Howth Yacht Club, who won the national title at Baltimore in June, has made a clean sweep of the 1720 2024 calendar by retaining his European Championship title at Volvo Cork Week. After a faltering start on Monday, defending champion McDonald stamped…
Friday Fight for Second in 1720 Euros is On as McDonald Makes Stout Title Defence at Volvo Cork Week
18th July 2024 Cork Week
Ross McDonald of Howth Yacht Club, who won the national title at Baltimore in June, looks to be making a clean sweep of the 2024 1720 fixtures as he holds what appears to be an unassailable 15-point lead in the European Championship as part…
Howth's Defending Champions Have Ten Point Lead at 1720 Euros at Volvo Cork Week
17th July 2024 Cork Week
In the Volvo Cork Week hosted 1720 European Championship, the defending champion Ross McDonald skippering Rope Dock Atara from Howth has a ten-point lead but discards his sixth place scored in Wednesday's Harbour Race. Aodhan Fitzgerald’s Galway Bay team, Racing…
Defending Champion McDonald Back in Charge of the 1720 European Champs at Volvo Cork Week
16th July 2024 Cork Week
Defending champion Ross McDonald of Howth Yacht Club is back in the driving seat of the 2024 1720 European Championships after three straight wins on day two of Volvo Cork Week Regatta. On the second day of the championships, winds were from 320…
After three races sailed at the 1720 European Championships, Kinsale Yacht Club's Mícheál Ó’Súilleabháin sailing Dutch Gold leads by five points with three scores in the top five of the 14-boat fleet. Defending champion Ross McDonald of Howth Yacht Club, who…
Consistent McDonald Crew Take 1720 National Title by 8.5 points at Baltimore Sailing Club
16th June 2024 1720
The 1720 National Championships podium ended as it started at Baltimore Sailing Club, with Ross McDonald's Atara at the top of the leaderboard. After three days of tough windward-leeward racing, the only difference was the size of the consistent Howth…
The top of the leaderboard stays the same in Baltimore, West Cork, after an exciting day two of the 1720 sportsboat National Championships, except Ross McDonald has extended his winning margin to six points. Under Principal Race Officer Anthony O'Leary,…
With two wins and two second places scored, Howth Yacht Club and Royal Cork's Ross McDonald tops the leaderboard at the 1720 National Championships in Baltimore, West Cork. Despite the consistent scoreline, the reigning European class champion, who is a…
McDonald is Favourite for Windy 1720 Nationals in Baltimore But Murphy's Late Entry Maybe a Dark Horse
13th June 2024 1720
A 22-boat entry does not include defending champion Dave Kenefick for Friday's 1720 National Championships at Baltimore Sailing Club, and at least one late entry in West Cork is expected to have some Olympic firepower onboard for the three-day event.…
1720, SB20, B211 and J80 Leaders Emerge After Three Races Sailed at Royal Irish's Dun Laoghaire Cup 2024
19th May 2024 Royal Irish Yacht Club
Homeport sportsboats led in three of the competing classes after the first day of racing on Saturday (May 18) at the Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC), which hosted the Dun Laoghaire Cup 2024 on Dublin Bay. Three East Coast and…
Colin Byrne's 1720 Crew Take the 2023 DBSC Turkey Shoot Trophy on Dublin Bay
18th December 2023 Turkey Shoot
A final race win enabled Colin Byrne's 1720 Optique to be crowned 2023 AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Champion in Sunday's final race of the 70-boat series. The final race of the Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted series was sailed in medium…
1720 Sportsboat 'Optique' Wins First Race of 2023 DBSC Turkey Shoot Series
8th November 2023 Turkey Shoot
The 1720 sportsboat Optique held off a strong challenge from three different J-Boat designs to win the first race of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Series on Sunday morning. The Dublin Bay-based cruiser racer one-design keelboat fleet series hosted by…
The 1720 Sportsboat Class in Ireland has a certain something, which means that when its annual championship comes around, it often attracts stars from other classes for this peak of sportsboat sport. And though the 2023 1720 Nats at Dunmore…
Royal Cork Yacht Club's Dave Kenefick Takes 1720 Irish Title at Waterford Harbour
24th September 2023 1720
Royal Cork Yacht Club's Dave Kenefick has won the 2023 1720 sportsboat National Championships held at Waterford Harbour Sailing Club. Finishing with a six-point margin after nine races sailed and with one discard, Kenefick's 'Full Irish crew' put in a…
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Irish 1720 Sportsboat Class Lead the Way with Live Tracking of National Championships
12th September 2023 1720
The 1720 Sportsboat class is embracing technological innovations in sailing to enhance its development and offer live tracking for the National Championships for the first time. Spectators and supporters worldwide can view this live tracking in the Sailmon App. MarineServices.ie,…
Fionn Lyden's 'Spiced Beef' of the host club was the overall winner of the weekend's 1720 Baltimore Cup raced under the burgee of Baltimore Sailing Club in West Cork. Lyden built on his overnight lead to be six points clear…
