Irish Flying Fifteen Class Sailing News
National Yacht Club's Gorman and Doorly Go Left to Win DBSC Thursday Flying Fifteen Race
12th May 2023 Flying Fifteen
On a day that started with grey skies and torrential rain showers in my part of the world, the latter part of the day presented an evening of sunshine and light winds for a fifteen-boat fleet of Flying Fifteens in…
Strangford Lough's Baker and Chamberlain are Flying Fifteen Winners in Connemara
8th May 2023 Flying Fifteen
Seventeen boats contested the Flying Fifteen Westerns in Connemara this past weekend with visitors from Strangford Lough (1), Dunmore East (2) and Dublin Bay (6). Early arrivals on Friday were treated to an evening’s sail on a Galway Hooker and…
With six Dun Laoghaire-based Flying Fifteen crews contesting the Western Championships in Connemara and one other absentee, a turnout of ten boats for the second Saturday of DBSC 2023 wasn’t too bad a head count and those who made the…
As the Flying Fifteen World Championships in Australia pass the halfway point, Ireland's John Lavery and Alan Green will be hoping that a full series can be sailed following a black flag penalty in race seven that has knocked them…
National Yacht Club Flying Fifteen Duo Lying in Top Ten of Fremantle Worlds
20th March 2023 Flying Fifteen
After six races sailed and five to count, Ireland's John Lavery and Alan Green are in the top ten of the Flying 15 World Championships at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Australia. Steady sailing from Dublin Bay's Lavery and Green saw…
Flying Fifteen World Championships 2023: The Runners and Riders in Fremantle
27th February 2023 Flying Fifteen
77 boats from 4 continents are entered, with overseas entries travelling from as far away as South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and all over Australia to compete at the 2023 Flying Fifteen World Championship (March 9 -…
Two Irish Boats to Contest 2023 Flying Fifteen World Championships in Fremantle
23rd February 2023 Flying Fifteen
Two National Yacht Club boats from Dun Laoghaire – the stronghold of Irish Flying Fifteen sailing – will contest the 2023 World Championships next month in Fremantle, Western Australia. Former Irish national champions John Lavery and Alan Green, along with…
Dun Laoghaire’s Flying Fifteen Fleet Mark the Close of the 2022 Summer Sailing Season!
20th December 2022 Flying Fifteen
One of the largest one-design fleets in Dublin Bay Sailing Club, the Flying Fifteens, gathered at the end of November in the Royal St. George Yacht Club to mark the close of the 2022 season. In contrast to the previous…
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;” Mark Anthony’s speech on the death of Julius CaesarFrom Shakespeare’s play…
New Captain for Dun Laoghaire Flying Fifteen Fleet Announced at AGM
16th November 2022 Flying Fifteen
The Dun Laoghaire Flying Fifteen fleet held their AGM last night, chaired by the outgoing Captain, Jill Fleming and attended by seventeen members with representation from the three Dun Laoghaire clubs which have “Fifteens” on their decks, the National Yacht…
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Flying Fifteens Close Out the 2022 season in Sunshine!
8th November 2022 Flying Fifteen
Eleven Flying Fifteens played out the last act of the 2022 sailing season under sunshine conditions on 5th November in good winds from a westerly direction. The early part of the day saw the freshest breezes, but they eased slightly…
Ben Mulligan Remembered at National Yacht Club Flying Fifteen Frostbites Round Three
1st November 2022 Flying Fifteen
On the eve of the third round of the Flying Fifteen Frostbites, hosted by the National Yacht Club, we were all shocked to hear that our dear friend Ben Mulligan had passed away. Ben was an integral part of the…
Afloat.ie regrets to record the death of Dun Laoghaire sailor Ben Mulligan. A successful helmsman in many forms of yacht racing over a lifetime of sailing at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, he was the skipper of the top Flying Fifteen 'Enfant…
Northern Ireland Sailors Find it Better Not to Argue with Lough Derg Gusts at Freshwater One Design Regatta
19th October 2022 Northern Ireland Waters
The Lough Derg Freshwater One Design regatta last weekend was, for most, a two-day event reduced to one, and for the Northern Ireland sailors who made the long journey to Dromineer somewhat disappointing, especially for the Belfast Lough Flying Fifteen…
Connemara Checkmate Flying Fifteen Duo Claim One Design Regatta Title on Lough Derg
19th October 2022 Flying Fifteen
Niall O'Brien and Ronan O'Brien won the Irish Flying Fifteen's last regatta of 2022 at the weekend when they claimed the 2022 Freshwater One Design Regatta title on Lough Derg. It is the second win of the season for the Connemara duo, who…
Northern Ireland Squibs and Flying Fifteen Head for Lough Derg's Freshwater One Design Regatta
9th October 2022 Squib
It is a long way to Tipperary and Lough Derg Yacht Club at Dromineer from the Squib strongholds on Belfast and Strangford Loughs in the North. Dromineer lies on the shores of Lough Derg, on the River Shannon and 10km…
