Irish Flying Fifteen Class Sailing News
The Flying Fifteen European Championships scheduled for in France in May has been cancelled due to COVID-19. The FF International Association will review in August if there are any further options for rescheduling the regatta. Flying Fifteen Worlds 2021 The…
The Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club (CCYC) has been selected to host the 2022 Flying Fifteen European Championships in what will be the year of the 75th anniversary of the design of 1947. The championship will be held from 20 -…
The 2020 Flying Fifteen European Championship will be held in conjunction with the Flying Fifteen National Championship of France. This next major event for the international class follows the successful staging of last year's Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championships on…
Flying Fifteens to Contest Howth's Wave Regatta for First Time as 2020 Fixtures Announced
28th November 2019 Flying Fifteen
The buoyant Flying Fifteens are looking forward to competing in Howth Yacht Club's Wave Regatta in May for the first time as part of the 2020 Irish fixtures calendar announced by Class President Chris Doorly today. After the excitement and the full programme leading…
DMYC sailor Neil Colin will be elected DBSC Flying 15 captain at next week's fleet agm at the Royal St. George Yacht Club. After a packed season for the Flying Fifteen class, the agm will include a review of September's…
Only in Ireland Could the Supreme Sailing Championship Produce Such Diverse Contenders
4th October 2019 W M Nixon
Only in Ireland could it be like this. We hear that of many things in this curious island of ours. But the varying sailing, location and personal backgrounds of the sixteen helmspersons competing in this weekend’s All-Ireland Helmsmans Championship at…
Impressive Fourth Flying Fifteen World Title for Vials & Turner in 'Floaty McFloatFace'
13th September 2019 Flying Fifteen
There was little if any surprise when Graham Vials and Chris Turner came ashore at the National Yacht Club this afternoon that the Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club duo had claimed their fourth Flying Fifteen World title after a marathon long Dublin Bay…
After the disappointment of sitting out two races yesterday due to boat damage in a collision for which they were awarded redress, Britain’s Graham Vials and Chris Turner sailing 'Floaty McFloatFace' from (Derwent Reservoir SC) are on the verge of…
Drama As Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championship Leaders Are Holed
11th September 2019 Flying Fifteen
There was drama on the finish line of the Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championships today in Dun Laoghaire as regatta leaders Graham Vials and Chris Turner (Derwent Reservoir SC) were involved in a collision which holed their boat forcing them…
Three Time Champions Open Up Big Lead at Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championships
9th September 2019 Flying Fifteen
As the Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championship reaches the halfway stage at the National Yacht Club, Dublin Bay delivered another blustery day to complete two more races in the 12-race series. Early in the morning, the wind was howling but…
The forecast for day 3 of the Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championship was for very light airs all day but by the time competitors started to arrive at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire on Sunday morning, a faint…
British Boats Take Top 12 Places at Subaru Flying Fifteen Worlds, National Yacht Club's Gorman & Doorly are 13th
7th September 2019 Flying Fifteen
After three races sailed at Dun Laoghaire, British boats have total control of the Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championships at the National Yacht Club on Dublin Bay and take the top 12 places overall after three races sailed. Lying in…
Vials & Turner Take the Lead at Subaru Flying Fifteen Worlds on Dublin Bay
6th September 2019 Flying Fifteen
British National Champions Graham Vials and Chris Turner of Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club have taken an early lead in the Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championships at Dun Laoghaire today. British boats took the top five places in the single race…
Hong Kong Flying Fifteens Set Sail on Dublin Bay After Customs Delay
5th September 2019 Flying Fifteen
The Hong Kong Flying Fifteen team will race in the first race of the Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championships tomorrow following the release of their three boats from Customs at Dublin Port that caused them to miss this week's pre-world…
Subaru Flying Fifteen Pre-Worlds Racing Scrubbed as Winds Reach 30-knots on Dublin Bay
4th September 2019 Flying Fifteen
With the Dublin Bay Buoy recording 23 knots with gusts in the low thirties, the obvious decision, to cancel today's racing at the Flying fifteen pre-world championships has been taken by Race Officer Jack Roy writes Cormac Bradley. This leaves…
The International Flying Fifteen class returns to Dun Laoghaire on Dublin Bay where 78 competitors from nine nations will go to battle for the 2019 title. Host club the National Yacht Club will host the event which has 12 races scheduled…
