Irish Laser/ILCA Sailing Dinghy News & Regatta Results
#lasernats – Colin Leonard of Ballyholme Yacht Club leads a fleet of 22 Laser Standard rigs after the first race of the Laser National Championships at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire yesterday. The 48-boat radial fleet is lead…
#laser – Royal Cork sailors were said to be 'shaken' after a collision involving a truck and their team van/boat trailer led to at least one badly damaged dinghy. Nobody was injured in the accident yesterday afternoon. The RCYC team…
Irish Skiff Sailors Off to A Good Start at Aquece Rio: Men & Women Make Top Ten
17th August 2015 Laser
#aquecerio – A strong start for both Irish skiff crews at the Olympic test event in Rio sees Belfast's Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern in sixth place overall in the 49er after counting a 9 and 5 in their 20–boat…
#laser – The National Yacht Club's Evie Byrne and Hugh Perrette finished as top Irish sailors at the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships in Medemblik, Holland today.Byrne was the top ranked Irish girl placing 25th in the Gold Fleet (full…
16 Irish Compete at Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships, NYC's Evie Byrne in Gold Fleet
14th August 2015 Laser
#laser4.7youth – Ireland have five girls and 11 boys competing in the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships in Medemblik, Holland where over 30 countries and 400 sailors are participating. After 10 races sailled and two discarded in the under 16 Worlds division,…
#laser – Kinsale Yacht Club was the venue for a dress rehearsal of this winter's Laser trial for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Four of five possible trialists made up a 17–boat standard rig fleet at the weekend and Belfast's James Espey came…
#dbsc – Tuesday's Laser Racing on Dublin Bay was held in magnificent balmy weather in a ebbing tide in Scotsmans Bay. Two races were held, back to back with strong representation from the Old & gold and the Youth Squad.…
#kinsale – Kinsale Yacht Club is a hive of activity this week ahead of the arrival of the Laser fleet for the Cantor Fitzgerald sponsored Laser Leinster Championships. The Yacht Club are delighted that so many local boats have entered…
#dlregatta – There's no shortage of Laser racing on Dublin Bay this year after 16 entries contested 10 races over four days at VDLR, followed two days later by another couple of close-fought DBSC races. Lasers had their own start…
#hyc – Howth Yacht Club sailor Ewan McMahon travelled to Warnemünde in Germany for the Laser Europa Cup from 4th - 7th July 2015 and finished third overall and 1st Under-17. Below is Ewan's report thanks to (Howth Yacht Club)…
#laserworlds – Ireland's James Espey has completed the 2015 Kingston Laser Standard World Championships in 43rd place from 53. It's a gold fleet performance but not the elusive break through in to the top 20 the London 2012 representative may…
#CORKKingston – Belfast's James Espey lies 41st from 53 in the Gold fleet of the Laser Worlds in Canada and Cork's Fionn Lyden is 12th from 53 in the silver fleet. Both fleets have sailed three races of their final series.…
#laser – Scotsman's Bay was at it's idyllic best last night for another excellent two Laser races under the DBSC burgee. While some were missing we welcomed back a few old faces in the form of Dan O'Connell, Theo Lyttle…
#laser – Eighteen of our regular fleet plus another few guests (who sportingly ducked out at the finish) from the ISA Laser Academy made for a busy start line and top notch racing in Scotsman's Bay last night. Plaudits also…
#Laser - Annalise Murphy has a new contender in the Laser Radial class on the Irish scene as Howth Yacht Club's Aoife Hopkins rises in the rankings. Hopkins' 81st place in the world, according to the latest ISAF rankings, now…
#dbsc – Fifteen DBSC Lasers enjoyed two races last night in a lovely warm, oscillating breeze, again within the confines of our wonderful Dun Laoghaire harbour. Race Officer Ian Matthews was on his game as usual, with square lines, course…
