Irish Flying Fifteen Class Sailing News
Dublin Bay Flying Fifteen sailors at the National Yacht Club are preparing for the annual 'Facet Trophy' races on Dublin Bay next month, the venue for the Class World Championships this September. Presented by Pat Shannon of Dun Laoghaire's Facet…
Gorman & Doorly Dominate Flying Fifteen's Biggest Domestic Regatta of the Season
15th July 2019 Flying Fifteen
In advance of the Subaru sponsored Flying Fifteen World Championships in Dun Laoghaire in September, the local fleet had the small matter of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta to attend to writes Cormac Bradley Except, that in 2019, the event…
Flying Fifteen National Champions Take Control at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
12th July 2019 Volvo Regatta
After five races sailed at the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Flying Fifteen National Champions David Gorman and Chris Doorly clearly broke the overnight points tie in their favour today when they won all three races to stamp their authority on…
O'Sullivan & Gorman Points Tie for Flying Fifteen Lead at Dun Laoghaire Regatta
12th July 2019 Volvo Regatta
In one of the biggest one design fleets of the massive 500-boat of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, John O'Sullivan's Rhubarb leads the Flying Fifteens after two races. In some neat sailing on the Salthill Course, O'Sullivan of the National Yacht…
Flying Fifteen Class East Coast Championships Staged at County Antrim Yacht Club
26th June 2019 Flying Fifteen
County Antrim Yacht Club welcomed the return of the Flying Fifteen class on 22 and 23 June 2019 for their East Coast Championships. 21 boats with their crews arrived on Saturday morning to promising weather conditions. Race Officer Ruan O'Tiarnaigh,…
McCleery & Dougan Win Flying Fifteen East Coast Title at County Antrim ¥acht Club
23rd June 2019 Flying Fifteen
Northern Ireland's Andy McCleery and Colin Dougan were the winners of Sunday's East Coast Flying Fifteen Championships at County Antrim Yacht Club. The NI pair tied with National Champions Dave Gorman and Chris Doorly of Dublin Bay going into the last race but…
Gorman & Doorly Lead From Start To Finish In DBSC Flying Fifteen Fleet
15th June 2019 Flying Fifteen
A 16-boat Flying Fifteen fleet had an interesting course that made use of the temporary replacement of Harbour mark and took us to a new mark that we haven’t visited for quite some time: Island. The race proceeding commences in…
Flying Fifteen Northern Champs Won By Chamberlain & Charlie Horder on Home Waters
20th May 2019 Flying Fifteen
The first regional event of the year took place at the weekend at the newly built Strangford Sailing Club with the Flying Fifteen Northern Championships being won by Roger Chamberlain & Charlie Horder (SLSC) with consistent results while all around…
National Yacht Club Issues Call For Volunteers To Assist With Class Compliance At Flying Fifteen Worlds
20th May 2019 Flying Fifteen
The National Yacht Club has issued a call for volunteers to assist in its hosting of the Flying Fifteen World Championships from 1-13 September. As many as 86 boats expected to enter the event, which will take place 50 years…
The excitement is building for the first regional event of the year with the Flying Fifteen Northern Championships being hosted this weekend by Strangford Sailing Club. It is one of the first events to be held since the rebuilding of…
Beijing Olympian Tim Goodbody junior of the Royal Irish Yacht Club finished second overall sailing an elderly Flying Fifteen in Palma Vela in Mallorca, Spain at the weekend. Originally created as a regatta for Maxis, and formerly known as the Maxi Race…
At 17:00 yesterday afternoon, no one would have been too put out if the DBSC Flying Fifteen racing for the evening had been “canned”. A day of heavy rain with very little wind, it was more akin to a late…
National Yacht Club Flying Fifteen Fleet All Set for Dublin Bay World Championships in September
2nd May 2019 Flying Fifteen
The National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire has preparations well underway to host the 2019 Flying Fifteen World Championships. The event was launched on Wednesday and will see up to 80 two-person boats take to the water for the qualifying Pre-worlds from…
National Yacht Club Prepares for Flying Fifteen World Championships on Dublin Bay
30th April 2019 Flying Fifteen
With the Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championships combined with an International event and the Championships of Ireland, this September promises to be a festival of sailing on Dublin Bay hosted by the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire. Preparations are…
Thirteen Flying Fifteens answered Race Officer Jack Roy’s call to the start of the first race of the Dublin Bay Sailing Club’s 2019 Summer Season and two of those were so excited at the prospect of the return of summer…
Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2019 Launches With Bumper Fleet of Visiting Yachts
4th April 2019 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
With three months to go to the first gun off Dun Laoghaire’s famous harbour, 410 boats are already entered — and more than half the entries are visiting craft to Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2019. It is an early-season marine…
