29er Youth Skiff Dinghy

Suspended - Tim Norwood and Nathan van Steenberge of the Royal Irish finished 11th at the 29er Europeans on Lake Garda earlier this week

RCYC's Dwyer & O'Shaughnessy Lead in 29er Battle of Youth Sailing Championships

29th October 2021 29er

After three races sailed in the 29er Skiff Class at the Investwise Youth Sailing Championships at Royal Cork, two of the Irish gold fleet finishers at the European Championships on Lake Garda in Italy on Wednesday continue neck and neck…

29er Euro Champions Jens Christian and Jens Philip Dehn-Toftehoj of Denmark

Royal Irish 29er Duo Norwood & van Steenberge Finish 11th Overall at Euros on Lake Garda

28th October 2021 29er

Royal Irish's Tim Norwood and Nathan van Steenberge finished in 11th place overall at the 29er European Championships that ended on Lake Garda, Italy yesterday. After a consistent preliminary round that saw them as high as fourth, Royal Cork's Ben O'Shaughnessy…

Racing at the 2021 29er European Championship on Lake Garda

Royal Irish Yacht Club's Norwood & Van Steenberge Lying Seventh at 29er Euros on Lake Garda

27th October 2021 Youth Sailing

After four races sailed in the final gold fleet races at the 29er European Championships in Lake Garda, Royal Irish Yacht Club's Tim Norwood and Nathan Van Steenberge are in seventh place overall. Royal Cork's James Dwyer Matthews and Ben O'Shaughnessy have dropped…

James Dwyer Matthews leads the fleet at a 29er event in Cork Harbour earlier this year. Having scored high in international events, Dwyer Matthews and Ben O'Shaughnessy return to the harbour for more competition this week

International Performances of Dwyer Matthews & O'Shaughnessy Will Add Extra Spice to 29er Youth Nationals at Royal Cork

26th October 2021 29er

The top performance of James Dwyer Matthews and Ben O'Shaughnessy at the 29er Europeans in Italy this week will add extra spice to proceedings at the Investwise youth sailing championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club on Thursday. The Under 18…

Royal Cork's James Dwyer Matthews and Ben O'Shaughnessy are lying fourth at the 2021 29er European Championship on Lake Garda

Royal Cork's Dwyer Matthews & O'Shaughnessy Eye Podium Finish at 29er Euros on Lake Garda

26th October 2021 29er

Royal Cork's James Dwyer Matthews and Ben O'Shaughnessy continue to edge closer to the podium at the 29er European Championships in Lake Garda and are now just four points off the overall lead, sharing third place points overall after seven races…

A race start at the 2021 29er European Championship on Lake Garda

More Race Wins for Ireland at 29er Euros on Lake Garda

25th October 2021 29er

Ireland is moving up the scoreboard in the 29er European Championships in Lake Garda with Royal Irish Yacht Club's Tim Norwood and Nathan Van Steenberge earning two race wins to jump from 25th to fifth overall. The Dun Laoghaire Harbour duo…

Race Win for Royal Cork's Dwyer Matthews & O'Shaughnessy at 29er European Championships

24th October 2021 Youth Sailing

Royal Cork's James Dwyer Matthews and Ben O'Shaughnessy are lying sixth overall after two races sailed at the 2021 29er European Championship on Lake Garda. The youth duo opened the championships with a race win on Saturday and followed it…

Royal Cork Yacht Club's James Dwyer and Chris Bateman were 15th from 193 starts at the 29er World Cup in Spain

Dwyer & Bateman Take a Top 15 at 29er Worlds as Spain Fills the Podium in Valencia

1st September 2021 29er

Royal Cork Yacht Club's James Dwyer and Chris Bateman have finished in the top 15 of 193 sailors from 24 countries at the 29er World Cup in Valencia. The six days of skiff sailing competition saw eight Irish youth boats in…

Lola and Atlee Kohl won four races to claim the Irish 29er title at Crosshaven

Royal Cork Skiff Youths Take 1,2,3 at Irish 29er Nationals in Cork Harbour

5th July 2021 29er

Royal Cork female helmswomen finished first and second overall at the 29er Irish National Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club in Crosshaven this afternoon. After a ten race series on the Curlane Bank in Cork Harbour, in which brother and…

29er skiff duo, James Dwyer and Oisin MacSweeney were the winners of the RCYC PY1000 dinghy race

29er Skiff Youths Win Royal Cork's PY1000 Dinghy Race (Photo Gallery)

20th June 2021 29er

Essentially a river race starting opposite the Royal Cork Yacht Club, 2021's PY1000 dinghy event was won by 29er skiff duo, James Dwyer and Oisin MacSweeney. Race Officer Anthony O'Leary set a windward-leeward course over ten rounds on Crosshaven's Owenabue river.…

Irish 29ers Skiffs Caught Between Covid Restrictions & International Class Association

4th May 2021 29er

The 29er Class Association finds itself caught between Irish Covid restrictions and the International Class Association, which is seeking a ranking listing by May 15 for Irish youth entries for this year's World and European Championships. The Association has written…

The 29er crews were joined by Annalise Murphy on the virtual cycle

Annalise Murphy Joins 29er's Virtual Cycle Round Ireland

13th May 2020 29er

Olympic sailing silver medalist Annalise Murphy joined four Dun Laoghaire-based 29er sailors and their coach in their bid to ‘virtual cycle’ around Ireland in aid of the RNLI. As Afloat reported earlier, Max Goodbody, Nathan van Steenberge, Sam Ledoux and…

One of the four Dun Laoghaire 29er sailors going the distance for the RNLI

Dun Laoghaire 29ers Going The Distance In ‘Virtual Cycling’ Challenge For RNLI

11th May 2020 29er

Four Dun Laoghaire-based 29er sailors and their coach have started their own ‘virtual cycling’ challenge in aid of the RNLI. Max Goodbody, Nathan van Steenberge, Sam Ledoux and Tim Norwood, along with coach Thomas Chaix, have taken on the epic route…

Harry Twomey and Harry Durcan competing in the 29er skiff

29ers Skiffs To Race at 2020 Irish Sailing Youth Nationals at Howth Yacht Club

19th November 2019 29er

Irish Sailing’s annual Youth National Championships will include skiff racing for the first time when they take place next year on 16-19 April at Howth Yacht Club, Dublin. This year for the first time Irish Sailing has invited the 29er…

Rian Geraghty McDonnell and Nathan Van Steenberge win race 3 in Strangford Lough

Kohls Win 29er Triple Crown in Much Improved Irish Fleet

26th September 2019 29er

The 29er Northerns was raced in Strangford Lough Yacht Club last weekend as part of the 30th RYA NI Youth Sailing Championships as Afloat reported earlier. It was the final event of the '29er triple crowns'. Nine teams competed: 3…

Toppers were the biggest fleet of the 30th edition of the RYA NI youth championships

Dublin 29er Duo Win RYA Northern Ireland Youth Championships

23rd September 2019 29er

Dubliners Rian McDonnell Geraghty and Nathan Van Steenberge from the National Yacht Club were the nine-boat 29er class winners at the 2019 RYA Northern Ireland Youth Sailing Championships at Strangford Lough Yacht Club at the weekend. Over 140 boats overcame some…

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About the 29er Skiff Dinghy

The 29er is a one-design double-handed, single trapeze skiff for youth sailors.

There is an active class in Ireland, just one of the 38-countries from across all continents now racing the high-performance skiff.

The 29er is one of the latest dinghy classes to arrive in Ireland and has a 50/50 split between boys and girls.

The class like to describe the boat as "The most popular skiff for sailors who want to go fast!".

Derived from the Olympic class 49er class and designed by Julian Bethwaite the 29er was first produced in 1998.

Two sailors sail the 29er, one on trapeze.

The 6.25-metre high rig features a fractional asymmetrical spinnaker; a self-tacking jib decreases the workload of the crew, making manoeuvres more efficient and freeing the crew to take the mainsheet upwind and on two-sail reaches.

The 15.00 m2 spinnaker rigging set-up challenges crews to be fit and coordinated, and manoeuvres in the boat require athleticism due to its lack of inherent stability and the high speed with which the fully battened mainsail and jib power up.

The 74kg weight hull is constructed of fibreglass-reinforced polyester in a foam sandwich layout.

The fully battened mainsail and jib are made from a transparent Mylar laminate with orange or red Dacron trimming, while the spinnaker is manufactured from ripstop Nylon.

The mast is in three parts - an aluminium bottom and middle section, with a polyester-fibreglass composite tip to increase mast bend and decrease both overall weights, and the capsizing moment a heavy mast tip can generate. Foils are aluminium or fibreglass.

About the ILCA/Laser Dinghy

The ILCA, formerly known as the Laser, is the most produced boat in the world, with 220,000 units built since 1971.

It's easy to see why the single-handed dinghy has won the title of the most widely distributed boat of all time.

The Laser is a one-design dinghy, the hulls being identical but three rigs that can be used according to the size and weight of the sailor.

The class is international, with sailors from 120 countries. The boat has also been an Olympic class since 1996, being both the men's and women's singlehanded dinghy.

Three rigs are recognised by the International Laser Class Association (ILCA):

ILCA 4: sail of 4.70m2

ILCA 6: sail of 5.76 m2

ILCA 7: sail of 7.06 m2