Irish Laser/ILCA Sailing Dinghy News & Regatta Results
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon Takes Early Lead at Laser Radial Youth World Championships
26th July 2021 Eve McMahon
Howth Yacht Club's Eve McMahon has gone straight into the lead of the 2021 ILCA 6 Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Arco, Italy. Morning thunderstorms held the fleets ashore for day one at the northern end of Lake Garda. The typical south…
Bruce Kirby, designer of the Laser single-handed dinghy passed away earlier this week and the Dublin Bay Laser fleet certainly gave him a fitting send-off. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the official unveiling of the Laser dinghy in…
Scuttlebutt Sailing News pays tribute to legendary yacht designer Bruce Kirby, who has died on Sunday (18 July) at the age of 92. Kirby is internationally renowned as the designer of the Laser class — in which Ireland’s own Annalise…
Royal St George Yacht Club's Tom Higgins Takes Connaught ILCA/Laser Championships with Straight Wins
19th July 2021 Laser
Royal St George Yacht Club Sailor Tom Higgins put in an impressive performance to win all five races in the ILCA 7 (Laser standard) fleet and lift the winner's trophy at the Connaught championships. The event was hosted by Wexford…
Aisling Keller Has Every Right to Feel Hard Done By Over Olympics Exclusion, Says Nenagh Guardian
17th July 2021 Tokyo 2020
The process by which Laser Radial sailor Aisling Keller was excluded from this summer’s Olympic Games “leaves a lot to be desired”, according to an editorial in her home town’s newspaper. The Lough Derg Yacht Club racer secured Ireland’s Laser…
Laser Sailor Ronan Kenneally Leads Monkstown Bay Dinghy League
15th July 2021 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
At Monkstown Bay Sailing Club in Cork Harbour, Ronan Kenneally leads the July dinghy league in his Laser on 2 points, with John Moynihan 2nd in another Laser on 5 and Michael and Sandy O'Brien sailing a 505 in third…
Royal St. George Yacht Club Hosts Dublin Bay Laser 50th Anniversary Celebration
14th July 2021 Laser
The Dublin Bay Laser fleet based in Dun Laoghaire Harbour are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Laser class with a novel one-day sprint regatta on July 25th. The single-handed Laser remains one of the most popular one-design dinghies since…
Howth Yacht Club’s Eve McMahon took the silver medal at the EurILCA Laser Radial Youth Championships in Croatia yesterday, Saturday 3 July. The result from Kaštela, near Split, comes hot on the heels of her U19 silver medal at the…
Laser racing is back! After a long absence from top-level racing, the Irish Laser Association has staged two highly successful events in the last three weeks with the third event slated for 17/18 July. The ILCA Masters Championships in May…
Sean Craig of Dun Laoghaire is "Sailor of the Month" (Senior) for June
1st July 2021 Sailor of the Month
Laser ace Sean Craig has been on top form in June. In addition to his usual input into racing and sailing administration, he's in the frame in both the two Laser local weekly series currently being staged by DBSC. Meanwhile…
The 56 strong fleet of Laser sailors competing for the Ulster Championships was greeted last weekend with steady northerly winds of 12-18 knots on Saturday and 18-25 knots and sunshine on Sunday, for the first The ILCA (Laser) regional event…
Royal St George Yacht Club Inaugural Laser 'Kindergarten' Series Proves a Friday Evening Success (Video)
29th June 2021 RStGYC
The inaugural Kindergarten Laser Race Series was run for the Dun Laoghaire Harbour 'Kindergarten' fleet by the Royal St George Yacht Club over three Friday evening in June. Attracting a total entry of 13 boats the fleet largely is comprised…
Howth Laser Youth Eve McMahon Finishes Fourth at U21 ILCA 6 European Championships
17th June 2021 Eve McMahon
Leaving out the first two races of the ILCA 6 U21 European Championship & Open European Trophy 2021 in which she added more than 80 points, Howth Yacht Club sailor Eve McMahon later became the best of the sailors in the remaining…
Eve McMahon Vying for Podium Finish at EurILCA Under 21 European Championships
16th June 2021 Eve McMahon
17–year–old Eve McMahon of Howth Yacht Club lies 15 points off the podium going into the final day of racing at the 2021 EurILCA Under 21 European Championships and Open European Trophy in Tivat, Montenegro. The Dublin Paris 2024 campaigner had…
Howth & Dun Laoghaire Sailors Share Spoils at MGM Boats Laser Masters Nationals at the Royal St. George Yacht Club
14th June 2021 Laser
In spite of two days of incredibly varying conditions, there were no major surprises at the winners' enclosure in this year’s MGM Boats Irish Laser Masters Nationals hosted by the Royal St. George Yacht Club. Dublin Bay served up its…
MGM Boats Laser Masters Breaks Records & Goes Virtual at Royal St George Yacht Club
11th June 2021 Laser
The MGM Boats Laser Master Championships kicks off Saturday morning at the Royal St. George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire Harbour and was setting a number of precedents before sailors even took to the water. This year’s event has seen…
