Irish Flying Fifteen Class Sailing News
Close Racing in the DBSC Flying Fifteens as Lawton and O'Hagan Lead the Thursday Series
19th July 2024 Flying Fifteen
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Race Officer John McNeilly was able to create another excellent night of Flying Fifteen racing last night when a good breeze from slightly south of East manifested itself and we were able to have a…
It is the second week of July: the last two Thursdays of DBSC have been blown off due to unseasonably high winds, we enjoyed a glorious Monday this week with real sunshine, followed by two autumnal days when fog caused…
Flying Fifteens British Isles Championships: Competitive Racing and Fair Conditions Prevail at Strangford Lough Yacht Club
27th June 2024 Flying Fifteen
A 41-boat fleet of Flying Fifteens assembled at Strangford Lough Yacht Club, Whiterock, this past week to contest the British Isles Championships. This event was last held in these waters in 2018 when the regatta was condensed into three short…
'Floaty McFloatface' is UK Flying Fifteen British National Championship Winner on Strangford Lough
22nd June 2024 Flying Fifteen
Five race wins (and all scores in the top five) at the 2024 Flying Fifteen British Isles Championships gave Graham Vials and Chris Turner in Floaty McFloatface a comfortable winning margin of 13 points to take the title on Strangford Lough Yacht…
'Floaty McFloatface' Takes the Lead at UK Flying Fifteen British Nationals on Strangford Lough
20th June 2024 Flying Fifteen
Two wins from two races sailed today at the Flying Fifteen British Isles Championships 2024 at Strangford Lough Yacht Club for Graham Vials and Chris Turner in Floaty McFloatface moves the Derwent Reservoir and Lyme Regis Sailing Club pair to…
National YC's 'Mr Potato Head' Lying Third in UK Flying Fifteen British Nationals on Strangford Lough
19th June 2024 Flying Fifteen
The National Yacht Club's Shane MacCarthy and Hugh McNally are the top Irish performers after the opening two races of the Flying Fifteen British Isles Championships 2024 at Strangford Lough Yacht Club. The Dun Laoghaire pair posted a 5 and…
Ten boats lined up on the start line for the Flying Fifteen Northern Championships 2024, held on June 15th and 16th at Killyleagh Yacht Club, on Strangford Lough. The first day of racing began with calm winds and shifting breezes, challenging…
Initial Challenge to Race Officer Overcome to Produce Excellent DBSC Flying Fifteen Race
7th June 2024 Flying Fifteen
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Race Officer John McNeilly certainly had a challenge on his hands on Thursday night past as Mother Nature decided she initially wasn’t going to play ball with his plans for the one-design fleet, SB20s, Flying…
On the first blustery night of the 2024 DBSC Thursday night series, there appeared to be some reticence about going on the water and that was to be expected in a week in which the dinghies didn’t get out on…
National Yacht Club's MacCarthy and McNally Reign as Irish Flying Fifteens Go West
28th May 2024 Flying Fifteen
The first provincial regatta of the 2024 Irish Flying Fifteen season saw the fleet congregate in what has become, in a very short space of time, a very popular venue. In 2022, a small group of Dun Laoghaire Flying Fifteens…
National Champions Lead Flying Fifteen Western Championships in Connemara
25th May 2024 Flying Fifteen
National Champions Niall and Ronan O'Briain of Flying Fifteen Chonamara lead the 15-boat Flying Fifteen Western Championships after two races sailed in overcast and cool conditions with intermittent rain off the Galway coast. The National Yacht Club's Shane McCarthy and…
With five Dun Laoghaire-based Flying Fifteens away in France at the European Championships, a turnout of fourteen boats for last night’s DBSC Thursday race is indicative of the strength of the Class across the waterfront and even at that there…
Six Irish boats are competing at the Flying Fifteen European Championships starting on Thursday (March 9th) at Crozon Morgat in Brittany. With crews also from France, Spain, Belgium, and the usual UK contenders, it promises to be an exciting four-day event.…
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Flying Fifteens Celebrate the 2023 Season (Photo Gallery)
5th January 2024 Flying Fifteen
The 2023 DBSC season was a mixed bag of weather for everyone and the Flying Fifteens were no exception. We had Saturdays when we were blown off due to too much wind or dangerous seas only to find the following…
Irish Flying Fifteens Qualification Series for 2025 World Championships is Published
3rd January 2024 Flying Fifteen
Irish Flying Fifteens, one of the country's biggest one design keelboat classes, will be subject to a qualification protocol for the 2025 class World Championships in Weymouth, England if more than if more boats want to compete on the Dorset coast…
Green and MacCarthy Win Flying Fifteen Frostbite Series at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
13th November 2023 Flying Fifteen
It didn’t look very promising when the Flying Fifteen competitors arrived at the National Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Saturday as the sea was flat calm with only an odd hint of wind and none forecast till later…
