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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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

The final Irish regional event of the year for the RS Aero class is coming up in Howth Yacht Club on the 28th and 29th of October! The Aeros in Ireland have been going from strength to strength over the…

Strong winds in Cork Harbour forced the cancellation of Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s annual ‘At Home Regatta’ on Saturday. The weekly Class 2 Friday racing had been cancelled the previous evening. Class 1 went ahead and was won by Emmet…

Howth Yacht Club's Paul McMahon is the 2023 Bretzel Bakery Irish RS Aero National Champion after a masterful display of sailing, winning the event with a race to spare - counting four firsts and a third at the National Yacht…

Commodore Paddy Wodhams welcomed some of the RS Aero fleet to Swords Sailing and Boating Club at Broadmeadows, Malahide, in County Dublin, for class coaching with Noel Butler (NYC) in advance of the class national championships. After a quickfire bow-to-stern…

The lightweight RS Aero made up the bigger fleet at the RS Westerns at Galway City Sailing Club at the weekend alongside double-hander RS200 and 400s. On Saturday, the wind gods delivered flat water and gusts of 28/29 knots. We launched,…

The last Sunday of the Frostbites, hosted by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) and sponsored by Viking Marine at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, ended on a high with steady winds out of the north that allowed two races to be sailed…