Irish Flying Fifteen Class Sailing News
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…
Flying Fifteens Celebrate Strangford Sailing Club's New Start After 2017 Fire
13th February 2019 Flying Fifteen
The Flying Fifteen class will return to Strangford Sailing Club for its Northern Championships this May, the first time the keelboat class has sailed at the County Down venue since the clubhouse was destroyed by fire in 2017. The new club…
In near perfect conditions for the month of November, fifteen Flying Fifteens turned out at the weekend on what was dubbed 'Super Saturday' with six races for the conclusion of the Mitsubishi Flying Fifteen Frostbite Series hosted by the NYC.…
Flying Fifteen Development: Ovington Boat Builders Future Plans for Classic Keelboat Design
13th November 2018 Flying Fifteen
Jonny Fullerton chats with Boat Builder Nathan Batchelor at Ovington Boats regarding the development of the Flying Fifteen and the future prospects for the class. The Flying Fifteen is described as ‘the original sportsboat’ although unlike today’s modern sportsboats, it…
Flying Fifteen Frostbite Continues with New Leaders at the National Yacht Club
12th November 2018 Flying Fifteen
The Flying Fifteen class Mitsubishi Frostbite series continued over the weekend with Race 7 and 8 at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire on Dublin Bay. Twelve boats made it to the start line including visitors Stuart and Tim…
Lough Neagh Flying Fifteen Pair Lead National Yacht Club Frostbites Series
5th November 2018 Flying Fifteen
The Flying Fifteen class Mitsubishi Frostbite series continued over the weekend after a break for the bank holiday weekend at the National Yacht Club. With nineteen boats entered and with PRO Ian Mathews running the show this event never fails…
Subaru Ireland are delighted to announce they have come on board and and are ready to set sail as the main sponsor and vehicle partner of the Flying Fifteen World Championships 2019. Subaru also becomes a sponsor and corporate vehicle…
As David O'Brien reports in this morning's Irish Times here, the Irish Flying Fifteen class have confirmed the seven 'automatic qualifiers' for next September's Flying Fifteen World Championships on Dublin Bay. After the seasons 4 qualification events, with 3 to…
Flying Fifteen Lough Derg Delights – A Fresh Water Shower (Bath) for Everyone & Everything
16th October 2018 Flying Fifteen
After braving the delays due to roadworks on the Motorway heading south, many of the Flying Fifteen fleet assembled for Lough Derg Yacht Club's traditional pre-event supper in the Whiskey Still at Dromineer, followed by some refreshments writes our special…
Bray Sailing Club reintroduced one of the club’s longest standing trophies this weekend as its first 'Senior Helmsman’s' Championship in fifteen years was sailed. The trophy was put on ice when dinghy sailing declined in the early 2000’s but the…
Breeze Expected as Flying Fifteens & Squibs Head for Lough Derg Yacht Club 2018 Finale
9th October 2018 Flying Fifteen
Lough Derg Yacht Club is hosting its annual Freshwater Keelboat Championships in Dromineer, County Tipperary this coming weekend with racing for Squibs and Flying Fifteens over two days. The event is an end of season celebration and competition for sailors…
Fresh from last weekend's national championships on Dublin Bay, the National Yacht Club stages the first race of its Flying Fifteen 2018 Frostbite Series this Saturday. There will be back-to-back races on each day of the series that runs until November…
Irish Flying Fifteen Victory for Gorman & Doorly at the National Yacht Club
30th September 2018 Flying Fifteen
The Deloitte sponsored Championship of Ireland for the Flying Fifteen class ended on Sunday with a sinew- stretching, gut busting race in the strongest wind of the weekend with thrills and spills on the top reach of the triangle! However,…
Gorman & Doorly Take The Lead at Flying Fifteen Nationals on Dublin Bay
29th September 2018 Flying Fifteen
Day 2 of the Flying Fifteen Championships of Ireland at the National Yacht Club saw Race Officer Jack Roy having to deal with westerly winds that were a lot stronger than the forecast for the day. With this being the…
33-boats registered fleet of Flying Fifteens enjoyed balmy conditions for September on the opening day of their Deloitte sponsored Championship of Ireland writes Cormac Bradley. Two windward-leeward courses were set by International Race Officer Jack Roy and the fleet enjoyed…
