Dublin Bay Mermaid Sailing News & Regatta Results
![Darrach Dineen, with crew Sean Pecknam and Breda Magner, were the winners of the 2024 Munster Mermaid Championship at Foynes Yacht Club on the Shannon Estuary Darrach Dineen (with trophy) and crew Sean Pecknam and Breda Magner, were the winners of the 2024 Munster Mermaid Championship at Foynes Yacht Club on the Shannon Estuary](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000wLY67YmWTT0/s/848/I0000wLY67YmWTT0.jpg)
Dineen's Endeavour Crew are Munster Mermaid Championship Winners on the Shannon Estuary
3rd June 2024 Mermaid
The recent Munster Mermaid Championships at Foynes Yacht Club on the Shannon Estuary were filled with intense racing, camaraderie, and some special moments. Despite a disappointing start on Saturday, as racing had to be abandoned due to a lack of…
![Darach Dinneen's Mermaid Endeavour with son Max steering and Niamh Lynchehaun crewing Darach Dinneen's Mermaid Endeavour with son Max steering and Niamh Lynchehaun crewing](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000QBKxlnQUxFM/s/767/I0000QBKxlnQUxFM.jpg)
Dublin Bay Mermaids Set to Make Historic First Visit to Belfast Lough for Ulster Championships
19th April 2024 Mermaid
Dublin Bay has been the home of the Mermaid class since 1932 when they were designed by J B Kearney. They race regularly in Dun Laoghaire, Clontarf, Rush, Skerries, Wexford, Foynes, Dungarvan and Sligo. And for the first time ever…
![This charming Mermaid dinghy is perfect for anyone looking to own a piece of sailing history This charming Mermaid dinghy is perfect for anyone looking to own a piece of sailing history](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000LjBdJUqIBeo/s/767/I0000LjBdJUqIBeo.jpg)
A beautifully restored traditional clinker-built Dublin Bay Mermaid One Design dinghy is now up for sale. Due to age and ill health, the owner has decided to part with this piece of sailing history. The sale includes a new set…
![John (Johnny) Robinson RIP John (Johnny) Robinson RIP](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000HxrPUKln__s/s/767/I0000HxrPUKln__s.jpg)
It is with deep sadness that we heard of Johnny Robinson's passing on Thursday at the age of 87. He had been involved with Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club for over 70 years and was its longest-serving member. Johnny was known…
![Liam Shanahan Senr’s db2s Lightning is officially welcomed back to the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire after winning the 1988 Round Ireland Race Liam Shanahan Senr’s db2s Lightning is officially welcomed back to the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire after winning the 1988 Round Ireland Race](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00009moAqSWzK2A/s/767/I00009moAqSWzK2A.jpg)
The Late Liam Shanahan Snr Exemplified Modern Ireland’s Success Ashore And Afloat
11th October 2023 National YC
Liam Shanahan Senr was widely known in the sailing community as a determined offshore racing and cruising owner-skipper and a pillar of the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire, both as a longtime Club Trustee and a racing and sea-going…
![It may look like a perfect Autumn evening, and it was. Yet by the small hours of the following morning, it was blowing a southerly gale. 2022 Champion Ger Owens with Ciara O Tiarnaigh (Commodore, Sutton Dinghy Club) and crew Mel Morris of East Antrim BC after a successfully-compressed one day championship It may look like a perfect Autumn evening, and it was. Yet by the small hours of the following morning, it was blowing a southerly gale. 2022 Champion Ger Owens with Ciara O Tiarnaigh (Commodore, Sutton Dinghy Club) and crew Mel Morris of East Antrim BC after a successfully-compressed one day championship](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000NLlKrbUHBV0/s/767/I0000NLlKrbUHBV0.jpg)
Can Ger Owens Make It Three-In-A-Row Defending National Overall Helm Title In Mermaids At Foynes This Weekend?
4th October 2023 All Irelands
It’s not the first time that the organisers of the National Championships of Champions have found themselves playing footsie with volatile Autumn weather. Ten days ago, the National Junior Championship at Schull was cancelled due to southerly gales. And last…
![A rose-tinted view? The setting sun – enhanced by the recent incursion of Sahara dust – adds romance for three Howth 17s in the final evening race of their 125th season in 2023, with current champion Sheila (Dave Mulligan) in foreground. But the sun is definitely not setting in a more general way on such historic local classes in Ireland, as they’re thriving with a new surge of interest A rose-tinted view? The setting sun – enhanced by the recent incursion of Sahara dust – adds romance for three Howth 17s in the final evening race of their 125th season in 2023, with current champion Sheila (Dave Mulligan) in foreground. But the sun is definitely not setting in a more general way on such historic local classes in Ireland, as they’re thriving with a new surge of interest](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000zxpFXhf3TuA/s/767/I0000zxpFXhf3TuA.jpg)
New Life For Ireland’s Ancient Local Classes As Top Sailors Learn to Value Neighbourhood Sport
16th September 2023 W M Nixon
They’ve been part of our sailing furniture for so long that you could be forgiven for thinking Ireland’s historic local classes might just quietly fade away through being barely noticed. But you’d be very much mistaken. 2023 has been a…
![Mark Boylan, Aileen Boylan and Colman Grimes, sailing number 177 'This is it' are the 2023 Mermaid National Champions Mark Boylan, Aileen Boylan and Colman Grimes, sailing number 177 'This is it' are the 2023 Mermaid National Champions](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ltixH6Amevo/s/767/I0000ltixH6Amevo.jpg)
A Skerries Sailing Club trio won the Mermaid National Championship 2023 on home waters after a four-race squally championship concluded on Sunday. Mark Boylan, Aileen Boylan and Colman Grimes, sailing number 177 'This is it', topped the 28-boat championships with…
![Mermaid Endeavour leads the National Championships at Skerries Sailing Club Mermaid Endeavour leads the National Championships at Skerries Sailing Club](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000KL2bim8A7g4/s/767/I0000KL2bim8A7g4.jpg)
Rush Sailing Club's Ruigrok is Early Leader at Mermaid National Championships
4th August 2023 Mermaid
After two races sailed, it's tight at the top of the leaderboard at the Mermaid National Championships at Skerries Sailing Club. First race winner Alan Ruigrok of Rush Sailing Club leads the 25-boat clinker fleet but is on the same…
![The Dublin Bay Mermaid Class National Championship trophy will be contested at Skerries Sailing Club from 3-6th August The Dublin Bay Mermaid Class National Championship trophy will be contested at Skerries Sailing Club from 3-6th August](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000FA8q.BD4DTc/s/635/I0000FA8q.BD4DTc.jpg)
After a somewhat disappointing turnout at last year's National Championships in Foynes, where Darragh McCormack completed his four in a row in his stunning boat Innocence, the Mermaid Class is bracing itself for a resurgence of competitive sailing in Skerries…
![Third overall in the Dublin Bay Mermaid class of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta were Dermot O'Neill's Aideen (21), with crew John and Andrew Redmond racing against Royal Irish's Jill (134) sailed by Paul Smith, Patrick Mangan and Ailbhe Smith Third overall in the Dublin Bay Mermaid class of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta were Dermot O'Neill's Aideen (21), with crew John and Andrew Redmond racing against Royal Irish's Jill (134) sailed by Paul Smith, Patrick Mangan and Ailbhe Smith](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000UE26rql07sY/s/767/I0000UE26rql07sY.jpg)
Skerries 'Cara II' is Top of Dublin Bay Mermaids at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta
10th July 2023 Volvo Regatta
The Dublin Bay Mermaids only sailed two races at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, with Skerries visitors Paul, Frank and Chloe Browne in Cara II coming out on top in the eight-boat fleet. The Royal Irish's Jill, sailed by Paul Smith, Patrick…
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In July, a new classic boat/yacht parade is planned for Dun Laoghaire Harbour. This event is being arranged in association with Dun Laoghaire's Coastival Festival, a week-long series of events and activities that culminates in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta.…
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As Afloat previously reported, the Dublin Bay Mermaid National Championships were held on the 2nd to 6th of August on the Shannon Estuary at Foynes. 16 boats took to the start line with many favourites of old competing for the…
![The 188 Innocence crew Darragh and Mark McCormack, and Cathal McMahon in the lead on the home waters of the Shannon Estuary The 188 Innocence crew Darragh and Mark McCormack, and Cathal McMahon in the lead on the home waters of the Shannon Estuary](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000JvAre3l8f64/s/767/I0000JvAre3l8f64.jpg)
McCormack's Mermaid 188 'Innocence' Takes National Title for the Fourth Year in a Row at Foynes
10th August 2022 Mermaid
Commodore John Paul Buckley welcomed all competitors and their families to Foynes for the Dublin Bay Mermaid championship, Paul Browne, President of the Mermaid Sailing Association, said a few words on their behalf, and Scorie Walls, OOD, did the briefing. Conditions…
![Shannon One Designs racing the Clinkerfest With all of Leinster to give them a lee, the Shannon One Designs racing the Clinkerfest at Lough Ree enjoyed perfect conditions while Ireland’s sea coasts were getting a battering](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ouCcFEBsiEA/s/767/I0000ouCcFEBsiEA.jpg)
When the weather patterns conspire to provide wet or rugged sailing on Ireland’s sea coasts, the shrewd mariner heads for the inland sea that is Lough Ree, which has been geographically measured with some elegant 19th Century science as being…
![Shannon One Design “Keep calm and carry on….” Shannon One Design Senior Statesman Alan Algeo – a former Lough Ree YC Commodore – looking notably serene in the midst of a developing situation](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000XJwCsSzp50M/s/767/I0000XJwCsSzp50M.jpg)
Lough Ree Clinkerfest To Celebrate Our Classic Boat-building Heritage With Sailing Sport
12th March 2022 W M Nixon
While the sailing programme during the past two years has managed to be played out afloat in a truncated form whenever changing regulations permitted, anything which involved a significant shoreside element of socialising was either cancelled completely, or else moth-balled…