Quarter Ton Yachts
An Ed Dubois-designed Quarter Tonner, Diamond, has been listed for sale on Afloat at €13,500. The yacht was built by John West of Lymington in 1984 and has undergone a significant refit between 2009 and 2010. The redesign was carried…
The Courtown Sailing Club Quarter Tonner 'Snoopy', a two-time ICRA Division 3 National Champion, is for sale at a reduced price. Martin Mahon's Wexford campaign boat is on the market now at €€18,800 after a string of successes in recent years in the 1979 Joubert-Nivelt…
Stuart Cranston, representing Strangford Lough Yacht Club in Northern Ireland, was on the podium again with his Quarter Tonner, this time finishing second in Class Six at Cowes Week. The winner was Sam Laidlaw's 28-foot Quarter Tonner BLT, which, after…
Cranston's Purple Haze from Strangford Lough is Quarter Ton 2025 Series Winner in Cowes
6th July 2025 Quarter Ton
Stuart Cranston's Purple Haze from Strangford Lough Yacht Sailing Club in Northern Ireland has won the Quarter Ton 2025 Series in Cowes and finished fourth overall in the Quarter Ton Cup. The Cup, sailed from the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes over…
Peter Duggan's Holland Quarter-Tonner, Manzanita, won the Rosbrin Trophy at Schull Harbour Sailing Club in West Cork. The Geneveve Trophy was won by John Molloy's Starlight 35, Mischief. Both boats led the club's fleet after two races of the Murray…
Stuart Cranston's Northern Ireland Quarter Tonner Purple Haze finished a creditable runner-up in a high-quality eight-boat warmup series for quarter tonners over the weekend on the Solent. Counting finishes all in the top three, modifications and upgrades during the winter have clearly…
Two Time National Champion Quarter Tonner Snoopy is for Sale at €26,500
31st October 2024 Boat Sales
The Courtown Sailing Club Quarter Tonner 'Snoopy', a two-time ICRA Divison 3 National Champion, is for sale. Martin Mahon's Wexford campaign boat is on the market at €26,500 after a string of successes in recent years in the 1979 Joubert-Nivelt Quarter Tonner, including: 2nd2024 IRC…
The Wicklow J24 crew of Conor Haughton, Jonny Flood, Charles Heather and Garrett Kinnane have a four-point lead over defending IRC champion Quarter Tonner Snoopy in IRC Class Three after five races sailed on Saturday at the Unio ICRA National Championships…
Next week's 2024 Volvo Cork Week Regatta has released its 'initial' class bands for a 60-boat spinnaker fleet racing across four IRC divisions: Zero, One, Two and Three. Each division is published below (and downloadable as an excel file) with…
Strangford Lough's Stuart Cranston in the Bolero prototype Purple Haze was the top Irish performer in this week's Quarter Ton Cup in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Sam Laidlaw's Aguila won the seven-race event with four wins on 7.5 points from…
West Cork Quarter Tonner Manzanita is Schull Harbour Sailing Club First Race Winner of 2024
13th May 2024 West Cork
The opening race of the 2024 summer sailing season at Schull Harbour Sailing Club in West Cork was staged on Saturday in near-idyllic weather as the mixed cruiser fleet competed for the Rossbrin Boatyard Trophy. After starting in the inner…
Competition in Volvo Cork Week 2024's IRC classes are shaping up with some interesting battles developing, particularly in the vintage quarter tonner and half tonner classes. The 2024 regatta intends to embrace its traditional format, with each fleet rotating through…
'Purple Haze' Arrives on Strangford Lough: Vintage Quarter Tonner Will Contest 2024 ICRA Nationals and IRC Europeans on Dublin Bay
6th March 2024 RORC IRC Europeans
The Ker 32 Hijacker was a popular competitor owned by Stuart Cranston of Strangford Lough YC at Whiterock and the nearby Down Cruising club, but he was struggling to get enough regular crew (eight) so downsizing was the answer, and…
Phelan's Quarter Tonner Leads Royal Cork Yacht Club Autumn League 2023
2nd October 2023 Royal Cork YC
Anchor Challenge, Conor Phelan's Quarter-Tonner, won the first two races of the Royal Cork Yacht Club's Autumn League 2023 in the 17-boat IRC Spinnaker division on Sunday. The vintage yacht beat Michael McCann's Etchells 22 Don't Dilly Dally, which secured…
Outrajeous Provides Popular Overall Winner as Monday.com ICRA Nats 2023 Reach a Conclusion At Howth
10th September 2023 ICRA
"Schizoid" or "Schizophrenic" are not words you'll find to describe weather conditions in any meteorological textbooks. But how else are we to convey the flavour of the racing situations which ran through the gamut of experiences in the three-day Monday.com…
Courtown Quarter Tonner 'Snoopy' is Class Three Top Dog at Howth's ICRA Championships
9th September 2023 ICRA
After four races sailed with no discard, Snoopy, the 2021 Champion ICRA Class Three Champion, is currently leading the 2023 Monday.com sponsored ICRA Championships in Howth, according to provisional results. The Courtown Sailing Club Quarter Tonner, co-skippered by Joanne Hall…
