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Howth's Daragh Sheridan won the RS Aero Westerns on Lough Derg
12 RS Aeros joined the RS400, 200 & Feva classes as part of RS fest for their Western championship in Dromineer on July 6/7th. Three races were held in challenging blustery conditions on Saturday. Sunday was a complete contrast, and…
Roy Van Maanen of Greystones SC in IRL 4446 competing in the 2024 RS Aero European Championships at Yacht Club de Carnac in France
The RS Aero fleet returned to Yacht Club de Carnac in France, the site of their first World Championships as 112 RS Aeros from fourteen nations contested the 2024 RS Aero European Championships from 21-24 June. The bay of Quiberon…
RS Aeros race downwind at the National Championships at Howth Yacht Club
Paul McMahon of the host club took home the 2024 Irish RS Aero National Championships in convincing style at Howth Yacht Club over the weekend. The KODC Advisory sponsored event saw twenty competitors including two very welcome visitors from the…
Howth's Daragh Sheridan on a fast downwind at the UK Masters RS Aero at Felpham Sailing Club with Noel Butler (4539) of the National Yacht Club in pursuit
Howth Yacht Club’s Daragh Sheridan won the UK RS Aero 6 Masters Nationals event at a blustery Felpham Sailing Club on the South coast of England last weekend. Sheridan and Noel Butler of the National Yacht Club travelled to the…
The fourth Irish RS Aero National Championships will be held at Howth Yacht Club on the 15th & 16th of June
Two US-based sailors will add an international flavour to the fourth Irish RS Aero National Championships on the 15th & 16th of June at Howth Yacht Club. Paul McMahon of the host club is the defending champion and will be…
Local ILCA, Fireball and Melges 15 classes compete in DBSC dinghy racing on Tuesday, May 14th Scotsman's Bay against the backdrop of the visiting 300-metre-long Norwegian Star cruise liner to Dun Laoghaire Harbour
After some late April cancellations, Tuesday night AIB-sponsored Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) dinghy sailing is off to a gentle start in May with some good turnouts across ILCA 6 and 7, Fireball, IDRA 14, PY and a DBSC debutante…
RS Aero racing in Spring sunshine at the Super Series 2024 in Dun Laoghaire Harbour
The now annual RS Super Series ran over the winter of 2023/2024, with racing open to the Waszp, RS Neo and RS Aero classes. Unfortunately, the winds were never quite right for the Waszps, either too windy or not enough…
RS Fest 2024 will occur over the weekend of the 6th and 7th of July under the watchful eye of principal race officer John Leech
The RS Fest is back for 2024 after a hugely successful weekend in Blessington last year; this time, the fleets are heading to Lough Derg Yacht Club. The core ethos remains the same of all RS Sailing to have family-orientated…
Thomas Chaix afloat in Dun Laoghaire Harbour in his RS Aero dinghy
The RS Aero 1066 is back afloat... She is one of the first generation, and she has plenty of fun to give to its third owner. After four sessions afloat (and finally a bit of hiking at the weekend frostbite…
Team Ireland at the 2023 RS Aero World Championships in Calasetta, Sardinia From left to right Noel Butler, Paul McMahon, John Phelan, Roy van Mannen, Daragh Sheridan & Sarah Dwyer
Following on from a busy 2023 the Irish RS Aero fleet are looking forward to an exciting 2024 both home and abroad. A full schedule of regional events took place this year at venues across the country. The highlight of…
The RS Neo dinghy will debut at the Dun Laoghaire Super Series. The Irish National Sailing Club has invested in the ‘baby Aero’ over the last few years and now boasts a fleet of four boats
The RS Super Series is open to all RS boats, and the Waszps is back in action this Saturday, with racing also extended to the RS Neo. The RS Aeros weren’t able to join the first weekend of the RS…
A whopping 17 RS400s were on the water at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club
November is here, and although some would call it winter sailing, conjuring images of hats, gloves, rain and all-round miserable sailing conditions, the reality is that the weather this time of the year is perfect for sailing! And not only…
File image of ILCA dinghies racing in the Viking Marine DMYC Frostbites at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
The Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) is looking forward to the kick-off of this winter’s dinghy Frostbite Series sponsored by Viking Marine in Dun Laoghaire this Sunday afternoon (5 November), with the wind forecast to provide a challenging afternoon.…
UK RS Aero sailor Noah Rees competing at Howth's KODC Advisory-sponsored Eastern Championship
The Irish RS Aero fleet completed their 2023 Summer Season at the KODC Advisory-sponsored Eastern Championship held at Howth Yacht Club over the weekend. The sixteen competitors enjoyed classic Howth conditions with an Easterly breeze and waves providing challenging but…
DMYC Frostbites 2022/23 – Aeros, Fireballs, RS and PY dinghies in Dun Laoghaire Harbour
The scheduled start of the DMYC-hosted Viking Marine-sponsored Frostbites for 2023/24 is just over a week away and yet, to date, there is a very modest entry of boats. Indeed, the numbers entered thus far would represent a poor turnout…
RS Aero - Four rig sizes enable youths, women and men to enjoy the ride
There is a bumper-packed calendar for the RS Aero class, the rapidly growing singlehanded dinghy class; the RS Aero is the most technically advanced boat in its sector, which explains why it’s the most exciting and best-selling modern single-hander. And…