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Foil Play — International Moth sailors race off L’Escala on the final day of the 2026 Europeans, where Ireland’s Charles Cullen finished fifth overall.
Irish sailor Charles Cullen recorded a top-five finish at the 2026 International Moth European Championship in L’Escala, Spain. The Royal St George Yacht Club and National Yacht Club sailor ended the week-long regatta fifth overall in a highly competitive international…
Flying Irish — Ireland's Charles Cullen, sail number IRL 5170, races among the leading pack at the International Moth European Championship in L’Escala, where he climbed to fifth overall after four races in testing Mediterranean conditions.
Irish sailor Charles Cullen climbed into fifth overall as the 2026 International Moth European Championship found its rhythm in L’Escala, Spain. Four races were completed on Wednesday after the weather improved on the Costa Brava. Representing the Royal St George…
Coast And Speed — A competitor races off L’Escala during the 2026 International Moth European Championship, where sailors from across Europe are contesting the foiling class continental title.
The 2026 International Moth European Championship has officially opened in L’Escala, Spain, with an institutional ceremony at the regatta village ahead of racing on 9 June. Representatives from sailing organisations and public authorities attended the event, which marked the start…
The National Championship for the foiling Moth dinghy took place with seven boats participating on Dublin Bay
The foiling Moth dinghy National Championship saw seven boats take to Dublin Bay on the 31st of August and 1st of September and a new Handicap System was trialled with promising results. The last weekend of the Irish summer saw…
Royal St. George's Henry Start sailing his Waszp dinghy on Dublin Bay
The Royal Irish's Max Goodbody leads the WASZP National Championships after two races sailed at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Four races are planned on Sunday to put the Championship schedule back on track at Dun Laoghaire after Storm Betty impacted the first…
Foling Waszps are back on Dublin Bay this weekend
A 19-boat entry will contest the Waszp and Moth Irish National Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Royal St. George Yacht Club this weekend (August 19th and 20th). For the first time in the burgeoning class, the entry list includes a…
The 2023 Moth World Championships were capsized when the wind didn't blow at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
It wasn’t supposed to go like this. After being initially postponed in 2020 for obvious reasons, the 2023 Moth World Championship at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) should have been rewarded with the amazing South Westerly winds…
Paris 2024 ILCA 7 trialist Ewan McMahon of Howth Yacht Club competing at the UK Open Championship 2023 Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy
An Irish Olympic campaigner is one of two Irish International Moth sailors are competing at the UK Open Championship 2023 Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy that concludes on Friday.  Paris 2024 ILCA 7 trialist Ewan McMahon of Howth Yacht…
National Champion Ewan McMahon in an Exocet
Paris 2024 Olympic ILCA 7 campaigner Ewan McMahon has won the Irish Moth National Championships 2022, for the second year running. This year, the Irish Moth Class partnered with the Irish Waszp Class to hold a joint national championships kindly…
50 entries are expected for the BYC Weekend of Speed from 17th and 18th September
Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough is hopeful that the Weekend of Speed which was cancelled last year will in fact happen in September. The dates set aside are 17th and 18th September and around 50 entries are expected. Richard…
World Sailing has awarded the upcoming 2022 Foiling Week Special Event status, ensuring the competition can grow, reach more people, and partner with international and national foiling programmes and pathways to create events within the event. Foiling Week joins high…
Royal St George sailor, Charlie Cullen 19, is Waszp European Slalom Champion and Junior (U20) European Champion
In a big year for the Irish Waszp class in which Royal St. George sailor Charlie Cullen (19) became European Slalom Champion and Junior (U20) European Champion, the class will host its Irish National Championships at the Cullen's home club…
Charlie Cullen of Dun Laoghaire's Royal St. George Yacht Club competing at the Saint Tropez SailGP Waszp event
Dun Laoghaire Harbour's 2021 Waszp European Slalom & U20 Champion Charlie Cullen was one of 16 young sailors, consisting of multiple World and European Champions from various classes, who were selected to race in last week’s SailGP event in the Saint Tropez,…
Royal St George sailor, Charlie Cullen 19, is Waszp European Slalom Champion and Junior (U20) European Champion
Royal St George sailor, Charlie Cullen, 19, is Waszp European Slalom Champion and Junior (U20) European Champion following this year's Waszp European Games in Lake Garda Italy. Held in beautiful Circolo vela Arco, a competitive and experienced 87 boat fleet…
The UK Moth Nationals comes with an open invitation to sailors from any nation to come and race if they can make it to the UK
The 2020 International Moth World Championships scheduled for The UK's Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy has been cancelled due to COVID-19. The Organising Committee felt that the chances of being able to hold a Worlds event in September with…
Dave Kenefick in action in Perth
Royal Cork Yacht Club's David Kenefick has finished 28th and fifth nation at the Moth Worlds in Perth, Western Australia.  As Afloat reported earlier, the Cork Harbour sailor was one of two Irish helms competing. Also racing was the National…