29er Youth Skiff Dinghy
Erin McIlwaine is an 18-year-old sailor from Kilkeel on the South Down coast and a member of the nearby Newcastle Yacht Club and Royal St. George in Dun Laoghaire on Dublin Bay. Erin has recently teamed up with Ellie Cunnane…
National Yacht Club's Van Steenberge Siblings Wrap up Superb Month of Skiff Sailing
30th October 2022 National YC
The final 29er skiff dinghy Eurocup of the year always attracts the cream of the fleet. Once more, with 153 entries from 20 countries, the event proved to be very competitive and can easily be considered the 'Autumn Europeans'. Three…
Top Royal Cork 29er Crew Alana Twomey Awarded Pyewacket Trophy at Club's Junior Laying Up Dinner
24th October 2022 Royal Cork YC
The national and international achievements afloat of Irish 29er dinghy star Alana Twomey were recognised ashore at the weekend at Royal Cork Yacht Club when the Irish female champion was presented with its perpetual Pyewacket Trophy. As regular Afloat readers will recall, Twomey…
Lucia Cullen (RStGYC) and Alana Twomey (RCYC & CHSC) are "Sailors of the Month (Junior)" for August
4th September 2022 Sailor of the Month
Lucia Cullen of Dun Laoghaire and Alana Twomey of Cork - both 16 - have combined to form one of Ireland's most successful 29er teams to such good effect that during August at El Bais in Spain, they became the…
Royal Cork & NYC 29er Pair O’Shaughnessy and Spain Win Royal St. George Yacht Club National Championships
21st August 2022 29er
With three race wins on their scoresheet, Royal Cork Yacht Club and National Yacht Club's Ben O’Shaughnessy and Ethan Spain claimed the Mervue Laboratories 2022 29'er Irish National Championships with a 12-point win margin. After eight races sailed at the Royal St. George…
Strong Winds Cancel Saturday Racing at the 29'er Irish National Championships at the Royal St. George Yacht Club
20th August 2022 29er
Strong winds cancelled racing today at the Mervue Laboratories 2022 29'er Irish National Championships on Dublin Bay. Royal St. George Yacht Club Race Officer Barry O'Neill has scheduled four races for Sunday's climax in the 12-boat fleet. Royal Cork Yacht…
Royal Cork 29er Pair Take One Point Lead at Royal St. George Yacht Club National Championships
19th August 2022 29er
Royal Cork Yacht Club's Ben O’Shaughnessy and Ethan Spain have a one-point lead at the Mervue Laboratories 2022 29'er Irish National Championships. After four races sailed at the Royal St. George Yacht Club-hosted event, Johnny Flynn and Max Goodbody lie second on…
Lucia Cullen (Royal St George YC) and Alana Twomey (Royal Cork YC) won Gold and took the U17 29er Female World Title in Spain at the weekend. As Afloat reported previously, the Dublin-Cork duo sailed a very strong series and…
Team Ireland has got off to a flying start at the 29er World Championships in Club Nautic, El Balis Spain with four Irish boats in the gold fleet after the three-day qualifying series. 242 crews from 26 countries over three…
The waters of Rungsted, Denmark were the theatre of last week’s 29er European Championships where four Irish partnerships competed in the 165-boat fleet, writes Thomas Chaix. A full series of 17 races was delivered by the Royal Danish Yacht Club…
In an era when solo dinghy stars seem to get much of the glamour attention, Lough Ree YC's Double Ree Regatta for four leading two-handed classes on 16th-17th July is poised to meet a popular demand as the weather settles…
Following the first event of the year in Tralee Bay in County Kerry in early May, Blessington in County Dublin will welcome the 29ers, 49ers and any skiffs to the Easterns over the weekend of the 25th and 26th of…
Over the May bank holiday weekend, Tralee Bay welcomed a few speed addicts for the first Skiff West event (also incorporating the second edition of the 29er westerns). Saturday set the scene with the TBSC opening regatta. The local dinghy…
With five wins from 11 races, skiff sailors Ben O'Shaughnessy with Eimer McMorrow Moriarty of Royal Cork Yacht Club won the 29er youth sailing nationals event at Ballyohlme on Belfast Lough. The consistent sailing put them nine points clear at…
Tralee Bay Sailing Club in County Kerry is gearing up for a weekend of sailing on the west coast over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The weekend will start with the club's yearly "Spring Regatta". Four races are scheduled on…
The RYA Youth Sailing Brititsh National Championships is making a much-anticipated return to Wales in 2022 – and entries are now open for the Irish Sea event. The week-long regatta heads to Plas Heli, the Welsh National Sailing Academy in…
