29er Youth Skiff Dinghy

Featuring three double-handed dinghy classes, the event will provide the sailor with numerous short, fun, sprint races over a 24-hour period in Cork Harbour.

Royal Sprints Regatta Launched By Royal Cork Yacht Club for 29er, RS200 & Feva Classes

2nd May 2018 29er

The first annual 'Royal Sprints Regatta' will be held in just two weeks on May 19th & 20th at the Royal Cork Yacht Club. Featuring three double-handed dinghy classes, the event will provide the sailor with numerous short, fun, sprint…

A 29er junior skiff dinghy flies past the Royal St. George Yacht Club during try–out sessions in Dun Laoghaire Harbour

Breezy Debut for 29er Skiff Try Out Sessions at Royal St. George Yacht Club

7th October 2017 29er

Youth sailors were on the water for a breezy set of 29er skiff 'try–out sessions' in Dun Laoghaire Harbour today. The initiative, by the Royal St. George Yacht Club (RStGYC), is to help 'keep sailors in the sport at a…

Royal Cork's Harry Durcan and Harry Whitaker with green spinnaker in a downwind leg at the 29er British Youth Nationals

Royal St. George Host 29er Skiff Try–Outs This Weekend

3rd October 2017 29er

The Royal St. George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire will host try-out sessions in the 29er youth skiff class this coming weekend. There'll be one hour try–out slots available with experienced 29er sailors on hand to assist. There will also…

Royal St. George's Tom Higgins has launched a new 29er campaign with Royal Cork's Harry Durcan

New 29er Fleet for Dun Laoghaire? Royal St. George Seeks Interested Youth Sailors for Skiff Venture

3rd September 2017 29er

The Royal St. George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin is seeking youth sailors 'looking for a new challenge'. RStGYC Sailing Manager Ronan Adams says a group of sailors are looking to form a 29'er fleet in Dun Laoghaire. The…

Harry Durcan and Harry Whitaker competing stateside at the 29er Worlds in California this month

Tom Higgins & Harry Durcan Team Up for New 29er Campaign

22nd August 2017 29er

This month's Californian 29–er skiff Worlds was youth sailors Harry Durcan and Harry Whitaker's last regatta together as the pair embark on different sailing and study plans. Durcan will swap to crewing the 29er dinghy. His new helmsman is 2016…

Johnny Durcan pictured at January’s Australian Youth Nationals in Adelaide

Johnny Durcan Pays Tribute To Fellow Sailors’ Lifesaving Actions At 29er Worlds

13th August 2017 29er

Johnny Durcan sailed in Crosshaven on Thursday night (10 August) for the first time since his dramatic capsize at the 29er Worlds in which he became trapped under his skiff. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Royal Cork’s hottest youth…

The Irish 29er Team and training partners pictured in LA with Johnny, wearing trapeze harness, pictured third from right

'I Stopped Breathing & Passed Out': Royal Cork's Johnny Durcan Recovering in Hospital After Capsize Accident at 29er Worlds

6th August 2017 29er

Royal Cork's top youth sailor Johnny Durcan has been involved in a serious incident competing at the 29er world championships where he was trapped under his skiff dinghy during a capsize. The top Laser sailor is recovering in hospital in…

Royal Cork 29er Duo Take Bronze At British Youth Sailing Championships

23rd April 2017 29er

Royal Cork Yacht Club pairing Harry Durcan and Harry Whitaker last were bronze medalists in the 29er class at the British Youth Sailing National championships sailed last week on the Solent. In a fleet of 70 boats the Royal Cork…

UK 29er National Championship winners Harry Durcan and Harry Whitaker are heading for Spain next month

Durcan & Whitaker Prepare for 29er EuroCup

16th January 2017 29er

Royal Cork's Harry Durcan was back on the water in Crosshaven, County Cork at the weekend with crew Harry Whitaker in advance of their first 29er skiff event of the year in Spain in February. The first Eurocup of 2017…

Harry Durcan and Harry Whittaker are UK 29er National Championship winners

Royal Cork Youth Skiff Pair Win UK 29er Champs

12th August 2016 29er

Royal Cork's Harry Durcan and Harry Whittaker have won the UK 29er National Championship in Torbay. After six days racing and 19 races in all, it all came down to the final race which they secured with a bullet giving…

Crew wanted for 29er Worlds & Youth Worlds Campaign

18th January 2016 29er

After coming close to qualifying for the Youth Worlds in 2015, with only eight months in a 29er, Royal Cork youth sailor Harry Durcan is looking for a crew who wants to work towards competing at the front of the…

29er Worlds Prepare For Big Breeze, Durcan Twins Second in Silver Fleet

14th August 2015 29er

#29erworlds – Another late night with sailors coming off the water at 1945pm with 3 races held in the Gold fleet. Harry and Johnny Durcan from Royal Cork lie second in the silver fleet. Full results here. The morning breeze…

Little Breeze Means No Racing at 29er World Championship in Wales

12th August 2015 29er

Despite best efforts, no racing was held in Pwllheli, Wales yesterday. As Afloat reported previously, two Irish boats are competing, the Durcan twins from Royal Cork and Blathnaid O'Connell and Heather Sword. What little breeze was forecasted never settled to anything…

Royal Cork's Durcan Twins Stay in Top Third of 29er Worlds

11th August 2015 29er

#29er – Day two of the 29er worlds in Pwllheli in North Wales got off in almost identical conditions to day one. 15 knots South West constant, gusting mid 20's, moderate seas and with the sun shining bright by 11:30, this…

Royal Cork 29er Twins Start 29er World Champs in Top Third

10th August 2015 29er

#youthsailing – The sole Irish 29er sailed by skiff debutantes Harry and Johnny Durcan of Royal Cork lie 52nd in a fleet of over 190 at the 2015 Zhik 29er World Championship in Pwllheli, North Wales. The conditions improved after…

Royal Cork Youths Campaigning 29er Skiff

22nd July 2015 29er

#29er – Junior Helmsman champion Harry Durcan and twin Johnny have completed the European 29er skiff championships in Medemblik, Holland. The Royal Cork pair raced in the 25–boat gold fleet which is a positive result after a short time in the…

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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