Irish Laser/ILCA Sailing Dinghy News & Regatta Results
It has been a busy August for several young Laser sailors from Northern Ireland clubs who have competed at a high level in the RYA Youth Nationals at Plymouth, the UK Laser Association Nationals at Weymouth and the World Laser…
After Day Two Abandonment, Lasers Go Afloat for Royal Cork Laser Championships in Lighter Winds
20th August 2021 Laser
27 knots of wind on day two of the AIB Laser Nationals at Royal Cork Yacht Club led to the abandonment of racing in all three fleets yesterday. The combined 99-boat fleet is, however, preparing to go afloat this morning…
Leaders Make Perfect Start to Laser Nationals at Royal Cork Yacht Club (Photo Gallery)
20th August 2021 Laser
Leaders have made perfect starts to the AIB sponsored Laser National Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club recording four straight wins in all three divisions. 99 boats are competing across the three fleets at Crosshaven in Cork Harbour with locals leading…
Royal Cork Yacht Club Expects 100 Laser Dinghies for National Championships in Cork Harbour
17th August 2021 Laser
A strong fleet of over 100 boats is expected to contest the 2021 Laser National championships which start on Thursday, 19th August at Royal Cork Yacht Club. The ILCA 6 (Radial) fleet has attracted over 50 registrations, with 35 signed…
Latvian & Italian Sailors Crowned Laser 4.7/ILCA Youth World Champions at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
14th August 2021 Laser
Latvian and Italian sailors were crowned ILCA Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships at Dún Laoghaire Harbour on Saturday following a week-long competition on Dublin Bay. More than 230 competitors representing 31 countries competed in the largest international sporting event taking…
Latvian Boy Martins Atilla Holds First Place Going into Final Races of Laser 4.7/ILCA4 Youth World Championship at Dun Laoghaire
13th August 2021 Laser
Another day of strong winds on Dublin Bay greeted the 229 sailors drawn from 31 countries for the penultimate day of the Laser 4.7/ILCA4 Youth World Championships. The championships is being jointly hosted by Dun Laoghaire Harbour's National Yacht Club and Royal St.…
Italian Youth Sailors Top Boys & Girls Divisions of Laser 4.7 World Youth Championships in First Day of Gold Fleet Racing
12th August 2021 Laser
ILCA 4/Laser 4.7 World Youth competitors launched at Dun Laoghaire with 18-20 knot southwesterly winds, but the 30-knot gusts that blew through the Dublin Bay racecourses were the true test for the 229 boats taking part in the first day…
Laser 4.7/ILCA 4 Youth World Championships Reach the Halfway Stage at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
11th August 2021 Laser
Day three of the ILCA4/Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships and more changes at the top of the leader board in the boy's division as the competition reaches the half-way stage. Less than 10 points separate the top three sailors with…
Spain's Joan Ravie Leads Boys Division of Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
10th August 2021 Laser
A second day of light and shifty moderate winds completed two more qualifying rounds at the Laser/ILCA 4.7 Youth World Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. According to provisional results, the 149 boat boy's division is being led overnight by Spain's Joan Ravie followed by Alexandros…
Irish Youth Sailors Competing in First Races of Laser/ILCA 4.7 World Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
9th August 2021 Laser
Dun Laoghaire Harbour is filled with sails this week as 229 boys and girls compete at the Laser/ILCA 4.7 Youth World Championships hosted jointly by the harbour's National Yacht Club and Royal St. George Yacht Clubs. Youth competitors from 31…
It says everything about Eve McMahon's big-fleet sailing skills that she emerged as the clear winner of the Laser Radial Youth Worlds Girls Division on Lake Garda on Saturday, July 31st with a generally consistent scoreline which would have done…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon is Crowned Radial Youth World Champion on Lake Garda
1st August 2021 Eve McMahon
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon (17) has won the Laser Radial (ILCA 6) Youth World Championships in a stunning performance on Lake Garda this afternoon. As Afloat reported yesterday, the Paris 2024 campaigner has been in a podium position at…
Fans and supporters of Annalise Murphy have paid tribute to the Irish sailing star after she suggested that her Olympic career was now at a close after failing to make her Tokyo 2020 final. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, Murphy…
Howth's Eve McMahon Leads ILCA 6 Youth Worlds into the Final Day on Lake Garda
30th July 2021 Eve McMahon
Classic Lake Garda conditions returned for the penultimate day of the 2021 ILCA 6 Youth Worlds that saw Howth's Eve McMahon back on top of the leaderboard. Results are tight and the forecast is good for the final day of…
Eve McMahon Stays in Podium Places Despite Missing Race in Laser Youth Worlds
29th July 2021 Eve McMahon
Howth’s Eve McMahon managed to stay in second overall after Thursday’s first two finals races in the Laser Youth Worlds on Lake Garda even with missing out on the first race with a DNC. She came back with a third…
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon Fighting Off 108 Other Competitors to Hold Her Lead in the Laser Youth Worlds
28th July 2021 Eve McMahon
Volatile weather in northern Italy is adding to the drama in the huge fleet racing the current Laser/ILCA Youth Worlds on Lake Garda. The threat of sudden and violent winds making if difficult for competitors and organisers alike to keep…
