Homecoming Celebration at Royal Cork Yacht Club's ILCA Event

23rd September 2025

Afloat.ie Team

Finn Lynch will be sailing his ILCA dinghy at the Royal Cork Yacht Club end of season event

The end-of-season event at Royal Cork Yacht Club on 27th/28th September is developing into a 'homecoming celebration' for a highly successful season, giving fellow Irish ILCA sailors the chance to get on the water with some of Ireland's best sailors.

Double Olympian Finn Lynch will be joined by Ewan McMahon and several senior international sailors, all aiming for the 2028 Olympics and beyond. Both Finn and Ewan have enjoyed a very successful season across Grand Slam events, with Finn winning the final event just this weekend.

Eve McMahon is also hopeful to attend, although she may not compete after a long, successful season, including a second place at the grand slam final, according to Eddie Kingston, the RCYC ILCA Class Captain.

The ILCA 6 fleet will be filled with Ireland's top talented sailors, featuring recently crowned National champion Sienna Wright, Irish Youth National champion Bobby Driscoll, and the entire current ILCA 6 academy.

The ILCA 4 class is set to be highly competitive, with local Crosshaven sailors having an excellent chance to reach the podium, according to Kingston.

Race Officer John Corkery, fresh from the U21 Worlds in Dun Laoghaire, will be utilising robotic marks to give this final ILCA Ireland event of the standout 2025 season a true international championship feel.

Published in Laser, Royal Cork YC

@ CH Marine website

@ CH Marine Facebook

@ CH Marine NI Facebook

@ CH Marine Twitter

Published in Laser

Tagged under

About The Author

Afloat.ie Team

Email The Author

Afloat.ie is Ireland's dedicated marine journalism team.

Have you got a story for our reporters? Email us here.

We've got a favour to ask

More people are reading Afloat.ie than ever thanks to the power of the internet but we're in stormy seas because advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. Unlike many news sites, we haven't put up a paywall because we want to keep our marine journalism open.

Afloat.ie is Ireland's only full-time marine journalism team and it takes time, money and hard work to produce our content.

So you can see why we need to ask for your help.

If everyone chipped in, we can enhance our coverage and our future would be more secure. You can help us through a small donation. Thank you.

You might also want to read...

About the ILCA/Laser Dinghy

The ILCA, formerly known as the Laser, is the most produced boat in the world, with 220,000 units built since 1971.

It's easy to see why the single-handed dinghy has won the title of the most widely distributed boat of all time.

The Laser is a one-design dinghy, the hulls being identical but three rigs that can be used according to the size and weight of the sailor.

The class is international, with sailors from 120 countries. The boat has also been an Olympic class since 1996, being both the men's and women's singlehanded dinghy.

Three rigs are recognised by the International Laser Class Association (ILCA):

ILCA 4: sail of 4.70m2
ILCA 6: sail of 5.76 m2
ILCA 7: sail of 7.06 m2

ILCA 2026 Calendar

Apr 04–05 — Munster Championships — Baltimore SC
Apr 09–12 — Irish Sailing Youth Nationals — Ballyholme YC
May 09–10 — Ulster Championships — East Antrim BC
May 23–24 — Masters National Championships — Howth YC
Jun 27–28 — Leinster Championships — Skerries SC
Jul 24–26 — National Championships — Royal St. George YC
Sep 11–12 — End of Season Championships — Waterford Hrbr. YC

2026 ILCA World Championships

Men ILCA 7: Aug 23 – Aug 30
Women ILCA 6: Sep 04 – Sep 12
Royal St. George Yacht Club & National Yacht Club (Dublin Bay)

At A Glance – Laser Dinghy Specifications

Designer Bruce Kirby & Ian Bruce

Year 1969

Crew 1
Draft 0.787 m (2 ft 7.0 in)
Hull weight 58.97 kg (130.0 lb)
LOA 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
LWL 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
Beam 1.39 m (4 ft 7 in)
Mainsail area 7.06 m2 (76.0 sq ft)

Racing D-PN 91.1 RYA PN 1088 PHRF 217