Irish Laser/ILCA Sailing Dinghy News & Regatta Results
It seems like only yesterday that Rocco Wright (15) of Howth was a World star in the unmistakably junior Optimists. Yet in what seems like less than a year, he has established himself as a force to be reckoned with…
ILCA 6 Laser youth world champion Eve McMahon returns to a Dublin Airport homecoming this morning after a stellar performance on the world stage. The teen sensation from Howth Yacht Club retained gold in the single-handed ILCA6 class at the…
Eve McMahon (18) returned to top form for Ireland with two more bullets in today (Saturday's) final three races in the ILCA6/Laser Radial Youth Worlds 2022 at Houston in Texas. After six straight wins in the first four days, there…
O’Connell’s Overall Win Looks Certain in Monkstown Bay Sailing Club League
29th July 2022 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
David O’Connell, Laser, has increased his lead at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s July Dinghy League in Class 1, winning Race 7 to have just 5 points overall. Double-handed Laser sailors Judy Moynihan and Therese Loesberg, continue second on 18 points,…
Houston, We Have No Problem - Eve McMahon Makes Rocket-Boosted Start to ILCA6 Youth Worlds in Texas
27th July 2022 Laser
Fresh from winning two major international championships in Europe already during July, Howth's Eve McMahon (17) has launched her campaign in the Laser Radial/ILCA6 Youth Worlds at Houston in Texas in appropriately rocket-assisted style with four bullets in a stellar…
ILCA/Lasers See Record Turnout at MGM Boats Leinster Championships at Royal St. George Yacht Club
25th July 2022 Laser
This weekend saw a record turnout at the ILCA/Laser Ireland Leinster Championships 2022 hosted by the Royal St. George Yacht Club in association with MGM Boats. 90 sailors entered the ILCA/Laser fleet’s Leinster Championships in Dun Laoghaire this weekend making…
RCYC's O'Shaughnessy Leads ILCA 7 Fleet at MGM Boats Laser Leinsters at the RStGYC
24th July 2022 Laser
Royal Cork Yacht Club's Jonathan O'Shaughnessy leads Skerries Daragh Kelleher in the ILCA 7 division of the ILCA/Laser MGM Boats sponsored Leinster Championships at the Royal St. George Yacht Club on Dublin Bay. Third in the 18-boat ILCA 7 fleet is…
Ireland’s Texas-Bound Laser Youth Gold Medallists: Will Extreme Weather Make It Out of the Frying Pan Into The Fire?
21st July 2022 Youth Sailing
Despite the gathering record-breaking heatwave over Europe as July progressed, Ireland’s Eve McMahon (17) won Gold at both the ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) European Youth Championship in Greece, and then Gold again at the 2022 World Sailing Youth World Championship…
Big Lead for Laser Sailor David O'Connell at Monkstown Bay Sailing Club Dinghy League
21st July 2022 Monkstown Bay Sailing Club
After five races and with one discard allowed, Laser sailor David O’Connell continues to hold a big lead in Class 1 of the Monkstown Bay SC July dinghy league in Cork Harbour on a total of four points. Second is…
While it may take a day or two for the full significance of the Gold Medals won in this week's World Youth Sailing Championship in The Netherlands by Eve McMahon and Rocco Wright to sink in among the population at large,…
Time was when the Hill of Howth was the only part of Ireland above water. Admittedly that was about 600 millions years ago, and our rare old Howth rocks were down around where Australia is now located before they took…
Both of Ireland's single-handed sailors have won Gold medals at the Allianz Youth Sailing World Championships in The Hague this afternoon (The Netherlands, Thursday 14th July 2022) Eve McMahon, the 2021 Irish Sailor of the Year, and Rocco Wright, both from…
Royal St. George Yacht Club Countdown to the MGM Boats Supported ILCA/Laser Leinsters
14th July 2022 Laser
A record ILCA/Laser fleet is expected in Dun Laoghaire on July 23-24 for the Leinster Championships 2022, hosted at the Royal St. George Yacht Club and proudly supported by MGM Boats. Organisers of the ILCA Ireland Leinster Championships are expecting…
Eve McMahon Has One Hand on ILCA 6 Female Youth World Gold in The Hague
13th July 2022 Youth Sailing
Howth Yacht Club ILCA 6/Laser Radial sailors look set for podium finishes in both boys and girls finishes at the Allianz World Youth Sailing Championships in The Hague on Thursday. Dubliner Eve McMahon sailed out of her skin to notch…
Howth's Eve McMahon Leads ILCA 6 Girls at World Youth Sailing Championships in The Hague
10th July 2022 Youth Sailing
After the first day of competition, Ireland's Eve McMahon has gone straight into the lead of the World Youth Sailing Championships at the Hague in the Netherlands. McMahon, who is competing in the Girls Single-handers class, arrived in the Hague as…
Howth's Eve McMahon is Crowned European Youth ILCA 6 Champion in Greece With Massive 36 Point Lead
7th July 2022 Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing
Paris 2024 Campaigner Eve McMahon from Howth Yacht Club has won the ILCA6/Laser Radial European Youth championship in impressive fashion at Thessaloniki, Greece, this afternoon (Wednesday 6th July 2022) The 17-year-old Dubliner adds the Greek result to her 2021 Youth…
