IDRA 14 Dinghy News
It doesn’t seem at all like ten years ago since the O’Brien Kennedy-designed Dragonfly Class of Waldringfield in Suffolk sent one of their boats to represent them at Clontarf in the 70th Anniversary festivities of their near sisters, the Irish…
Alan Carr and Orlaith Connolly racing Starfish (Sutton DC) have secured the 2026 IDRA 14 National Championship at Lough Erne Yacht Club after a closely fought six-race series was decided on countback. Sixteen boats of this 1946-founded lapstrake-built class travelled…
Howth Yacht Club's Women at the Helm regatta returns on Friday, July 3, with organisers expecting another strong turnout for the all-female helm event. Now in its second year, the regatta will again put women at the forefront of racing…
Irish 12 Foot Dinghies Reunite at Royal Irish Yacht Club's Classic Regatta
24th June 2026 Historic Boats
The Irish 12 Foot Dinghy fleet enjoyed a rare reunion on Dublin Bay during the Royal Irish Yacht Club's 195th Birthday Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin Classic Boat Regatta on 20 and 21 June. Four Irish 12 Foot Dinghies joined a mixed…
The 2026 DMYC Regatta introduced a new development for the Dun Laoghaire dinghy fraternity – a two-day regatta rather than just a single day. This was a consequence of the very early discussions between the four Dun Laoghaire clubs in…
The IDRA 14 Northern Championships returned to Carlingford Lough Yacht Club on the northern shore at Killowen in County Down on 30th-31st May, attracting a fleet of 12 boats - the largest entry to date at this venue - and…
It seems like only a couple of years ago that we were celebrating the 70th birthday of the Irish Dinghy Racing Association 14ft Dinghy Class, designed by our own O’Brien Kennedy with what was then thought of as clinker construction,…
The Howth Yacht Club (HYC) Round the Island Dinghy Race returns on 7 March 2026, bringing the curtain down on the club’s ever-popular Frostbite Series with one of the most anticipated events of the winter calendar. This iconic race challenges…
A miserably wet early morning on Sunday, Jan 18th, turned into a ‘must-do’ two hours of crisp racing with bright sunshine and 12 – 16 knots of wind laid on for the Howth YC Dinghy Frostbite fleet. The 24-boat fleet…
A strong line-up is taking shape for the Howth Yacht Club Dinghy Frostbite Series, with entries spanning ILCA, Melges 15, RS Aero and IDRA 14 classes. European Masters Champion Daragh Sheridan will compete in the RS Aero fleet, using the…
Think of Carlingford Lough, and most people think of the bustling miniature mediaeval township on the Louth shore. But across on the County Down shore, the little beachside village of Killowen offers a different world where the welcoming Carlingford Lough…
Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club Sesquicentennial to be Celebrated With Two Day "At Home" This Weekend
23rd July 2025 Dublin Bay
They do things differently in Clontarf sailing. They have to, as half the time their immediate clubside sailing area in the north inner reaches of Dublin Bay is mud rather than good sailing water. But when the sailing water is…
If you sail a classic wooden One Design in Ireland, there's a good chance it originated from the drawing board of one of the great Scottish yacht designers, geniuses who flourished internationally from 1870 onwards for almost a century as…
Ireland's Local Sailing Classics Come Through 2024 With Good Sport And In Strong Heart
26th November 2024 Historic Boats
When the intriguingly varied fleet of the Old Gaffers Association visited Dublin Bay in 2013 during their Golden Jubilee Cruise-in-Company Round Britain and Ireland, an interesting cultural divide emerged when they interacted with the 1887-founded Water Wags in Dun Laoghaire,…
The Irish Dinghy Racing Association and other clubs may have made some of the significant input into the formation of the IDRA 14 Class way back in 1946. But these days Clontarf is the class's spiritual home, and it was…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) is mourning the passing of Joanne Sheehan, a dedicated race management team member and a stalwart of the Dun Laoghaire sailing community. Joanne, who learned to sail with Glenans and was an enthusiastic IDRA 14…
